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Quảng Trạch District

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Country
  
Vietnam

Capital
  
Ba Đồn

Area
  
612 km²

Province
  
Quang Binh Province

Region
  
North Central Coast

Time zone
  
UTC + 7 (UTC+7)

Local time
  
Wednesday 4:25 AM

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Weather
  
23°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 100% Humidity

Quảng Trạch ( listen) is a district of Quảng Bình Province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam. The district capital is Ba Đồn. This district is divided into 34 commune-level subdivisions and faces the South China Sea.

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The Hòn La Economic Zone is located in this district. Hòn La has a capacity for vessels up to 10,000 metric tons, and may handle up to 12 million metric tons at full capacity. A coal-fueled thermalelectrical plant with a total designed capacity of 2,400 MW was built by Petrovietnam in 2009.

Subdivisions

  • Townlet: Ba Đồn
  • 33 communes: Quảng Trường, Quảng Thanh, Quảng Phong, Quảng Trung, Quảng Tân, Quảng Hải, Quảng Lộc, Quảng Văn, Quảng Thuận, Quảng Thuỷ, Quảng Hoà, Quảng Minh, Phù Hóa, Quảng Đông, Quảng Phú, Quảng Kim, Quảng Hợp, Quảng Lưu, Quảng Châu, Quảng Tùng, Cảnh Dương, Quảng Tiến, Quảng Hưng, Quảng Xuân, Quảng Thọ, Quảng Long, Quảng Phương, Quảng Thạch, Quảng Liên, Quảng Tiên, Quảng Sơn, Quảng Phúc, Cảnh Hoá.

    • As of 2007 the district had a population of 199,659. The district covers an area of 612 km². The district capital lies at Ba Đồn.

    Trần Nhân Tông founded the Tri Kien temple in present-day Bố Trạch.

    References

    Quảng Trạch District Wikipedia
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