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Điện Bàn (listen ⓘ) is a district-level town of Quảng Nam Province in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2015 the district had a population of 229,907. [ 1 ] The district covers an area of 214.71 km².
Climate data for Mường Lay, elevation 243 m (797 ft) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high °C (°F) 34.3
La Gi (pronounced:/la-yi/) is a District-level town (thị xã) of Bình Thuận province, Vietnam. Under the Republic of Vietnam period, La Gi was the provincial capital of Bình Tuy province (present-day western Bình Thuận Province). After the Vietnam War, it became the capital of Hàm Tân District. It was established in 2005 with the ...
The Vietnamese government often groups the various provinces and municipalities into three regions: Northern Vietnam, Central Vietnam, and Southern Vietnam.These regions can be further subdivided into eight subregions: Northeast Vietnam, Northwest Vietnam, the Red River Delta, the North Central Coast, the South Central Coast, the Central Highlands, Southeast Vietnam, and the Mekong River Delta.
Điện Biên (listen ⓘ) is a district of Vietnam's Điện Biên province. As of 2019, it had a population of 93,850 people, covering an area of 1395.99 km², [ 1 ] making it the most populous district in the province.
Điện Biên Đông district has reserves of gold ore, lead and zinc. [4] Many of the Thai inhabitants live in two colonnade homes with wooden floors, usually along the streams and mainly farm rice and weave. [4] There is a notable tower in the commune of Mường Luân, classified as a national monument in 1981. [4]
Điện Biên Phủ (Vietnamese: [ɗîənˀ ɓīən fû] ⓘ, chữ Hán: 奠 邊 府) is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province . The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ , which occurred during the First Indochina War of independence against France.
The division fought during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, and prior to the battle, had successfully hauled 200 dismantled artillery pieces up the hills to the east of Dien Bien Phu's valley and established well-hidden fortified positions overlooking the French fortress and outlying small garrisons from there (the Viet Minh placed their heavy ...