Sapa (Prague)

Sapa, fully TTTM Sapa (Vietnamese: Trung Tâm Thương Mại Sapa), also called Little Hanoi[1] or simply Prague's Hanoi, is the largest Vietnamese enclave, trading center and market in the Czech Republic, located in Prague's Libuš and Kunratice districts.[2] It was created in the area of a former poultry farm around 2000 and is often referred to as a "city within a city" by media. After Ukrainans and Slovaks, the Vietnamese are the third largest ethnic minority in the country, with Sapa being the so called Czech „Vietnamese capital".[3] Sapa offers many restaurants, food stands, specialized grocery stores, a warehouse club called Tamda foods, warehouses, tutoring and child care services, places for meetings, social events and a buddhist temple. The total area of Sapa is 35 hectares (86 acres) and around seven thousand people work there.[2]

Entrance to TTTM Sapa, 2019

References
  1. "Must-eats at Prague's Vietnamese Sapa Market". Taste of Prague Food Tours. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. "Sapa: Little Hanoi in Prague". prague.tips. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  3. Zvonková (2013-08-08). "Sapa Vietnamese Market". Prague Off the Map. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
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