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Đông Hà

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Đông Hà Thành phố Đông Hà
City (Class-3)
Đông Hà City
Đông Hà city center seen from above
Seal
Đông Hà Location of in Vietnam Show map of Vietnam Đông Hà Đông Hà (Southeast Asia) Show map of Southeast Asia Đông Hà Đông Hà (Asia) Show map of Asia
Coordinates: 16°49′49″N 107°5′50″E / 16.83028°N 107.09722°E / 16.83028; 107.09722
Country	Vietnam
Province	Quảng Trị
Area
• Total	72.96 km2 (28.17 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	93,800
Climate	Am

Đông Hà (listen^ⓘ) is the capital of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam. Đông Hà is situated at the crossroads of National Highway 1A and Route 9, part of the East–West Economic Corridor (EWEC). It lies on the North–South Railway (Reunification Express) and is served by Đông Hà Railway Station. EWEC is an economic development program which includes northeast Thailand, Southern Laos, and central Vietnam.

History[edit]

The city was initially part of Champa, until it was conquered by the Qin Empire who were in control of most of Vietnam at the time.^[1] In the 2nd century CE, the Cham people rebelled against Chinese rule. During the 14th and 15th century, ethnic Vietnamese gradually replaced the Cham inhabitants.

During the Vietnam War, Đông Hà was the northernmost town in South Vietnam and was the location of a strategically important United States Marine Corps Đông Hà Combat Base, to support Marine positions along the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).^[2] During the so-called Easter Offensive in 1972, the town was the scene of a ferocious battle between the South Vietnamese army and invading North Vietnamese armored forces. The North Vietnamese army captured the town on 28 April 1972, and it was never regained by the South Vietnamese.

Tourists come to Đông Hà nowadays, especially ex-servicemen from the U.S. and Vietnam, who nearly always include a DMZ tour in their programs. The contemporary Vietnamese singer Như Quỳnh was born in Đông Hà in 1970.

Climate[edit]

Đông Hà has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). There is a wet season due to the northeast monsoon between August and December, peaking in October with around 629.7 millimetres or 25 inches of rain and frequent typhoon landfalls. The dry season lasts from January to July, though there is a secondary rainfall peak in May. The highest temperature recorded was 44.0 °C on 28 April 2024, while the lowest was 9.4 °C on 2 March 1986.

See also[edit]

• Dong Ha travel guide from Wikivoyage

References[edit]

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