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Fansipan
Fansipan ( Vietnamese: Phan Xi Păng, ) is a mountain in Vietnam, the highest in Indochina (comprising Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia), at . It is located in the Lào Cai Province of the Northwest region of Vietnam, 9 km southwest of Sa Pa Township in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range.
Fansipan is dubbed "the Roof of Indochina" and has about 2,024 floral varieties and 327 faunal species.
The topography of Fansipan is varied. Muong Hoa Valley, at the lowest altitude (950 to 1000 metres), is created by a narrow strip of land at the base on the east side of the mountain. It can be climbed in a steep and fairly strenuous hike. __NOTOC__