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Quảng Tín province

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Historic province of Vietnam
Administrative map of the Republic of Vietnam in 1967
Administrative map of Quảng Tín province in 1973
Administrative units of Quảng Tín
Districts (Quận) Population (1965) Number of communes (xã)
Hậu Đức 12,032 14
Hiệp Đức 15,242 14
Lý Tín 49,010 8
Tam Kỳ 140,787 19
Tiên Phước 34,462 12
Thăng Bình 109,564 19
Total 361,097 86

Quảng Tín (listen) was a province of South Vietnam. It was created from Quảng Nam's Quế Sơn District on July 31, 1962. The capital was Tam Kỳ.

As of the 1965 census the province had a population of 361,097 inhabitants, divided among six districts (quận), 86 communes (xã) and 419 hamlets (ấp).

During the Vietnam War it was the site of heavy fighting, including Operation Union I & II. The province was remerged with Quảng Nam following the unification of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 2, 1976.

References

  1. Viện Quốc-gia Thống-kê. Dân-số Việt-Nam theo đơn-vị hành-chánh trong năm 1965. Sài-gòn: Nha Tổng Giám-đốc Kế-hoạch, 1966. P 88-90
  2. danang.gov
  3. Viện Quốc-gia Thống-kê. Dân-số Việt-Nam theo đơn-vị hành-chánh trong năm 1965. Sài-gòn: Nha Tổng Giám-đốc Kế-hoạch, 1966. P 1


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