Sơn La (listen^ⓘ; Tai Dam: ꪹꪎꪷꪙꪨꪱ^[3]) is a city in the north-west region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Sơn La Province. It is bordered by Thuận Châu District, Mường La District, and Mai Sơn District.

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Sơn La Thành phố Sơn La
City (Class-3)
Sơn La City
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Coordinates: 21°19′37″N 103°54′51″E
Country	Vietnam
Province	Sơn La
Area [1]
• Total	323.51 km2 (124.91 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[2]
• Total	106,052
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Climate	Cwa
Website	thanhpho.sonla.gov.vn

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In the era of the Sip Song Chau Tai, Sơn La was a fort of the Black Tai.^[4][5][6]

As of 2019 the city had a population of 106,052, covering an area of 323.5 km².

Sơn La City is divided into 12 commune-level sub-divisions, including 7 wards (Chiềng An, Chiềng Cơi, Chiềng Lề, Chiềng Sinh, Quyết Tâm, Quyết Thắng, Tô Hiệu) and 5 rural communes (Chiềng Cọ, Chiềng Đen, Chiềng Ngần, Chiềng Xôm, Hua La).

Like most of Northern Vietnam, Sơn La has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwa), affected by the East Asian monsoons.