Thuận Châu district

{{Short description|District in the Northwest (Tây Bắc) region of Vietnam}}

{{Expand Vietnamese|topic=geo|date=March 2009|Thuận Châu}}

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| name = Thuận Châu district

| settlement_type = District

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| native_name = Huyện Thuận Châu

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| image_caption = View of the bridge in the area

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| subdivision_name1 = Northwest

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Sơn La

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Thuận Châu

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| population_as_of = 2019

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| author = General Statistics Office of Vietnam | year = 2019 | url = https://www.gso.gov.vn/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ket-qua-toan-bo-Tong-dieu-tra-dan-so-va-nha-o-2019.pdf | title = "Completed Results of the 2019 Viet Nam Population and Housing Census" | publisher = Statistical Publishing House (Vietnam) | isbn= 978-604-75-1532-5 }}

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Thuận Châu is a rural district of Sơn La province in the Northwest region of Vietnam. As of 2019, the district had a population of 172,763. The district covers an area of 1535 km². The district capital lies at Thuận Châu.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yvn.html|title=Districts of Vietnam|publisher=Statoids|accessdate=March 13, 2009}}

The Dry Laha (Phlao) and Kháng languages are spoken in Thuận Châu District.