Demographics
According to the General Statistics Office of the Government of Vietnam, the population of Yên Bái province as on 2008 was 750,200 with a density of 109 persons per sqkm over a total land area of 6,899.5 square kilometres (2,663.9 sq mi) of the province. The male population during this period was 372,000 with females accounting for 378,200. There are many ethnic groups in Yen Bai Province. Kin people who form the majority population of the country, settled here long time back and in unison with the local minority tribes established themselves in the region and developed cultivation practices. Kin people’s ancestry is traced to the Hai Duong Pham Ba Luc for nine generations till date and a monument erected in 1937 in Doc village in Hong Commune is highly revered as an ancestral home.
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