Quảng Tín province

Administrative map of the Republic of Vietnam in 1967
Administrative map of Quảng Tín province in 1973
Administrative units of Quảng Tín[1]
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.[2] 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).[3]

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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