The Mường are an ethnic group native to northern Vietnam. The Mường is the country's third largest of 53 minority groups, with an estimated population of 1.45 million. The Mường people inhabit a mountainous region of northern Vietnam centered in Hòa Bình Province and some districts of Phú Thọ province and Thanh Hóa Province. They speak the Mường language which is related to the Vietnamese language and the Thổ language and share ancient ethnic roots with the Vietnamese (Kinh) people.
Mường Settlement with traditional houses near Hòa Bình (2007)
A Mường family in 1899
The traditional dress of the Mường people (photo from the Vietnamese Museum of Ethnic Studies)
Weaving looms of the Mường people
Hòa Bình or Hoà Bình is a mountainous province of Vietnam, located in the nation's Northwest region. It borders Phú Thọ province and Sơn La province to the northwest, Hanoi to the northeast, Hà Nam province to the east, Ninh Bình province to the southeast and Thanh Hóa province to the south. The province covers an area of about 4,590 km2 (1,772 sq mi) and as of 2022 it had a population of 875,380 people. In 2020, the GDP per capita of the province was estimated to be $2625.
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Image: Động Thác Bờ, Cao Phong, Hòa Bình
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