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The Sino-Vietnamese name Quảng Trị (廣治) was given by Vietnamese Confucian administrators. A major feature of the town is the Quảng Trị Citadel, built in 1824, as a military bastion during the 4th year of the reign of Minh Mạng.
Quảng Trị is a coastal province near the southernmost part of the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of Huế.It borders Quảng Bình to the north, Thừa Thiên Huế to the south, Savannakhet of Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east, with 75 kilometres (47 mi) of coast.
Cities in Vietnam are identified by the government as settlements with considerable area and population that play important roles vis-a-vis politics, economy and culture. Status of cities falls into four categories: special, first class ( I ), second class ( II ), and third class ( III ).
In the 1990s, the People's Committee of Quảng Trị province restored the citadel as a historical site. Some sections of the city walls were restored and the four main gates were rebuilt. A memorial was erected in the center of the citadel commemorating "the 81 days and nights of 1972". [7] Currently, it is the largest park in Quang Tri Town.
In 1968, Quảng Trị City was a small market town and the capital of Quảng Trị Province, the northernmost province of South Vietnam, bordering North Vietnam to the north, and Laos to the west. Like the old imperial capital at Huế, Quảng Trị City is located on Route 1.
La Vang or Lavang is a location in Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam.It is the site of the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang (Đức Mẹ La Vang), a Catholic sanctuary, commemorating a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary and her reputed Marian apparition in 1798.
Phước Tuy – existed from 1956 until the Vietnamese reunification of 1976. Quảng Đức – existed from 1959 until 1976. Quảng Nam–Đà Nẵng/Quảng Đà – administrative grouping of Quảng Nam provinces and Đà Nẵng city, between 1975 and 1996. Quảng Tín – existed from 1962 until the Vietnamese reunification of 1976.
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).