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Quảng Nam (Vietnamese: [kwaːŋ˧˩ naːm˧˧] ⓘ) is a coastal province near northernmost part of the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam.It borders Thừa Thiên Huế to the north, Đà Nẵng to the northeast, Kon Tum to the southwest, Quảng Ngãi to the southeast, Sekong of Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east.
Hội An (Vietnamese: [hôjˀ aːn] ⓘ), formerly known in the Western world as Faifoo or Faifo, is a city of approximately 120,000 people in Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province, registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999. [1] Along with the Cù Lao Cham archipelago, it is part of the Cù Lao Cham-Hội An Biosphere Reserve, designated ...
The provinces of Vietnam are subdivided into second-level administrative units, namely districts (Vietnamese: huyện), provincial cities (thành phố trực thuộc tỉnh), and district-level towns (thị xã).
Quảng Nam; Quảng Ngãi; 44,376.8 10,670,000 206.98 Contains the coastal provinces in the southern half of Vietnam's central part. One province borders Laos. Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) Đắk Lắk; Đắk Nông; Gia Lai; Kon Tum; Lâm Đồng; 54,641.0 6,251,000 102.63 Contains the mountainous provinces to the west of south-central ...
An Hòa was located southeast of a major Vietcong (VC)/People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) base area known as the Arizona Territory across the Vu Gia River. [ 2 ] : 41 The base was first used by the Marines in January 1966 during Operation Mallard when the 1st Battalion, 12th Marines established a firebase there while the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines ...
Administration map of Tam Kỳ. The town was established in 1906 under the Nguyễn dynasty as an administrative and tax post. [2] During the Republic of Vietnam, the city was the main base of the US military in Quảng Nam Province (what was then Quảng Tín Province) for the war in Vietnam. The North Vietnamese captured the city on March 24 ...
Quảng Bình is a southern coastal province in the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Hà Tĩnh to the north, Quảng Trị to the south, Khammouane of Laos to the west and the Gulf of Tonkin ( South China Sea ) to the east.
The province's highest peak is at 1630m in the west of the province near the border to Quảng Nam. [12] The coastline is relatively straight in most of the south and central part of the province (unusual for the South Central Coast), but features several capes north of Quảng Ngãi City. [11] The province's largest river is the Trà Khúc.