Demographics
According to the General Statistics Office of the Government of Vietnam, the population of Lang Son province as on 2008 was 759,000 with a density of 91 persons per sqkm over a total land area of 8,327.6 square kilometres (3,215.3 sq mi) of the province. It is one of the least populated provinces in the Northern midlands and mountain areas of Vietnam. The male population during this period was 370100 with females accounting for 386900. The rural population was 605,600 against an urban population of 153,400 (about 2.5% of the rural population).
The ethnic groups which inhabit the province are the Viet (Kinh), Tay, Nung, Dao, Mong and San Chay, Ngai and Montagnards who retained their tribal life styles. Nungs comprised 42.97% of the population, followed by Tay people with 35.92%. Ethnic Vietnamese are 16.5%, and the remainder are mostly Dao, Hoa, Sán Chay and Hmong.
Nung dialects include Nùng Phan Slinh in eastern Lạng Sơn, Nùng Cháo around Lạng Sơn city, and Nùng Inh in western Lạng Sơn.
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