Quảng Trị

Quảng Trị (listenⓘ) is a district-level town in Quảng Trị Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is second of two municipalities in the province after the provincial capital Đông Hà.

This article is about the town. For the province, see Quảng Trị Province.
Quảng Trị
Thị xã Quảng Trị
Town (Class-4)
Quảng Trị Town
The Quảng Trị Citadel built in 1824
The Quảng Trị Citadel built in 1824
Quảng Trị is located in Vietnam
Quảng Trị
Quảng Trị
Coordinates: 16°44′49″N 107°11′40″E
Country Vietnam
RegionNorth Central Coast
ProvinceQuảng Trị
Established16 September 1989
Area
 • Town (Class-4)74 km2 (29 sq mi)
 • Urban
8.27 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Town (Class-4)23,356
 • Density315/km2 (820/sq mi)
 • Urban
19,390
 • Urban density2,300/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)

History

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. It is an example of Vauban architecture and it later became the administrative head office of the Nguyễn dynasty in Quảng Trị Province (1809–1945).[1]

Quảng Trị was an area of early Catholic presence and by 1913, the nearest railway station to the starting point of the La Vang pilgrimage.[2]

During the Vietnam War, when the province was the South's border with North Vietnam, it suffered a major attack in the January 1968 Tet Offensive and it was the only South Vietnamese provincial capital to be captured by the North Vietnamese forces in the 1972 Easter Offensive before being recaptured in September 1972.

Notable residents

References
  1. Quang Tri Citadel Vietnam Tourism Information Vietnam Tourism Association
  2. Catholic Vietnam: A Church from Empire to Nation Charles Keith - 2012 -- Page 164 "... the La Vang pilgrimage were new modes of travel, communication, and publicity. In 1913, the future bishop Hồ Ngọc Cẩn wrote an article in Nam Kỳ Địa Phận giving directions to pilgrims coming to La Vang on the newly built colonial railway.... get off (Quảng trị), what roads to take to get to Cổ Vưu (the starting point of the pilgrimage), what sights to see along the way ...

16.7469°N 107.194°E / 16.7469; 107.194


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