Province of Vietnam
Province in North Central Coast, Vietnam
Qu?ng Tr?
(
Vietnamese:
[kwaːŋ??
?i???]
ⓘ
) 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
Hu?
. It borders
Qu?ng Binh
to the north,
Th?a Thien Hu?
to the south,
Savannakhet
of
Laos
to the west and the
East Sea
to the east, with 75 kilometres (47 mi) of coast.
Geography
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Except for the narrow piedmont coastal plains, the terrain of Qu?ng Tr? province is dominated by hills and the
Annamite Mountains
.
The highlands, characterized by steep slopes, sharp crests, and narrow valleys, are covered mainly by a dense broadleaf evergreen forest. Most of the peaks are from 4,000 feet (1,200 m) to 7,000 feet (2,100 m) feet high, but some rise above 8,000 feet (2,400 m). The narrow coastal plains flanking the highlands on the east have rocky headlands and consist of belts of sand dunes and, in areas where the soil is suitable, paddy field. From the crests that mark the drainage divide in the highlands, streams flow either east towards the East Sea (South China Sea) or west into Laos or Cambodia. Those flowing eastward follow short courses through deep narrow valleys over rocky bottoms until they reach the coastal plains, where they slow down and disperse. The westward-flowing streams follow longer traces, sometimes through deep canyons which are subject to seasonal flooding. The
weather
features a wide range of temperatures and rainfall, with hot and dry south-west winds during the
Southwest Monsoon
(May to September), and much cooler wet weather during the rainy season (November to mid-March). Annual average temperature is 24 °C (75 °F), but temperatures can drop as low as 7 °C (45 °F) during the rainy season.
History
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In the immediate prehistorical period, the lowlands of Qu?ng Tr? and
central Vietnam
as a whole were occupied by Cham peoples (
Champa
), speaking a
Malayo-Polynesian
language, and culturally distinct from the Vietnamese to the north along the
Red River
. The
Qin dynasty
of China conquered parts of present-day Central Vietnam at the end of the 3rd century BCE, and administered the indigenous peoples of the area through a commandery,
Rinan
, for several centuries. A rebellion by the Cham in the 2nd century CE overthrew Chinese control and reestablished local government.
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Beginning in the 14th and 15th centuries, the Chams were defeated in the area by Vietnamese armies, and ethnic Vietnamese gradually displaced or absorbed/assimilated those
Chams
who had not fled. Over time a distinct Vietnamese dialectical and cultural subgroup developed in the area. The region was seized by the French by 1874. In 1887 it became part of
French Indochina
, i.e. the
Annam protectorate
.
Upon the division of Vietnam in 1954 into North and South according to
Geneva accords
, Qu?ng Tr? became the northernmost province of the
State of Vietnam
and the
Republic of Vietnam
, successor of the former. The
Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
lay in the province. Beginning 1964, the province gradually became a center for American bases, particularly after October 1966, when the 3rd Marine Division moved to bases just south of the demilitarized zone. In 1966,
North Vietnamese forces
(PAVN) also began occupying the northern region and pushing deeper into the province. The provincial capital, Qu?ng Tr? City, was overrun and occupied briefly by Communist troops in April 1967, and was a principal battleground during the 1968 Tet Offensive when it was again overrun by North Vietnamese troops and held for a short period before being recaptured by South Vietnamese government and U.S. forces.
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The
Battle of Khe Sanh
(1968) was a part of the North's steady efforts to occupy the whole of the province. After Khe Sanh was evacuated in July 1968, the North Vietnamese continued their efforts to take the entire province. The most notable achievement of the North Vietnamese offensive in 1972 was capturing Qu?ng Tr? (
First Battle of Qu?ng Tr?
), although they lost much of the territory gained during the South Vietnamese counter-offensive from June through September 1972 (
Second Battle of Qu?ng Tr?
).
Formerly, in 2000, Clear Path International (CPI) removed
unexploded ordnance
(UXO) left by the United States in Qu?ng Tr? province, which was at the time the largest unexploded ordnance removal effort by an
NGO
in Vietnam's history. Since 1999,
Mines Advisory Group
(MAG International) has maintained operations in Qu?ng Tr? and neighbouring
Qu?ng Binh province
, providing the only civilian staffed demining and UXO clearance operations in Vietnam.
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citation needed
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Slowly rebuilding in the areas cleared of mines is
Roots of Peace
[6]
working with MAG on a demine-replant model, clearing areas and working with local farmers to plant high-value crops.
Administrative divisions
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Qu?ng Tr? is subdivided into 10 district-level sub-divisions:
- 1 district-level town:
- 1 provincial city:
They are further subdivided into 11 commune-level towns (or townlets), 117 communes, and 13 wards.
Non-governmental organizations
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Currently,
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there are many non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in Qu?ng Tr?. One of the biggest problems which they are focusing on is the explosive remnants of war (ERW). Below is the list of NGOs who are very active in helping Qu?ng Tr? province deal with this problem:
Transportation
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The
National Route 1
runs north?south of this province.
Vietnam?Laos road
also runs west?east of this province and has a junction with national road 1A.
Hanoi?Saigon Railway
goes through Qu?ng Tr?.
Qu?ng Tr? Airport
will be built 7 km north of
đong Ha
.
Etymology
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The province's name derives from
Sino-Vietnamese
廣
治
.
See also
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References
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Further reading
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- Dyhouse, Janie (August 2018). "Searching for Sunday".
VFW Magazine
. Vol. 105, no. 10. Kansas City, Mo.:
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
. pp. 26?27.
ISSN
0161-8598
.
Nearly 50 years ago, a U.S. soldier in Vietnam saved a baby's life. Now he hopes to reconnect with her.
- Murfin, Gary D., A. Terry Rambo, Le-Thi-Que,
Why They Fled: Refugee Movement during the Spring 1975 Communist Offensive in South Vietnam
Asian Survey, Vol. 16, No. 9. (Sep., 1976): 855?863
- Pearson, Lieutenant General Willard.
The War in the Northern Provinces: 1966?1968
, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, (1975).
- Schulzinger, Robert D.
A Time for War: The United States and Vietnam, 1941?1975
(1997).
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Quang Tri
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Places adjacent to Qu?ng Tr? province
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