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Provincial city in Quảng Trị, Vietnam
| Đông Hà |
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| Provincial city (Class-2)[1] |
| Đông Hà CityThành phố Đông Hà |
 Đông Hà city center seen from above |
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 Interactive map of Đông Hà |
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| Coordinates: 16°49′49″N 107°5′50″E / 16.83028°N 107.09722°E / 16.83028; 107.09722 |
| Country |  Vietnam |
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| Province | Quảng Trị |
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| Area[2][1] |
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| • Total | 73.09 km2 (28.22 sq mi) |
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| Population (August 2024) |
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| • Total | 164,228[2][1] |
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| Climate | Am |
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Đông Hà (listenⓘ) is the capital of Quảng Trị Province, in the North Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam. As of 2024, the city's population is approximately about 164,228 people. [2][1] It is located 68.6 miles (110.4 km) north of Huế and 101 miles (163 km) south of Đồng Hới in Quảng Bình Province.
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.[3] In the 2nd century CE, the Cham people rebelled against Chinese rule. During the 14th and 15th century, ethnic Vietnamese gradually admixed with 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).[4] During the Easter Offensive in 1972, the town was the scene of a ferocious battle between the South Vietnamese army and invading North Vietnamese forces. The North Vietnamese army captured the town on 28 April 1972, and it was never regained by the South Vietnamese.
The contemporary Vietnamese singer Như Quỳnh was born in Đông Hà in 1970.
Transportation
[edit] 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. The city currently does not have its own airport at this time but Quang Tri Airport is currently under construction and is expected to be operational from 2026. In the meantime, air travel is served by two airports in neighbouring provinces which are Đồng Hới Airport and Phu Bai International Airport in Huế.
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.
| Climate data for Đông Hà |
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.0(95.0) | 37.9(100.2) | 39.8(103.6) | 44.0(111.2) | 43.2(109.8) | 41.4(106.5) | 39.7(103.5) | 39.5(103.1) | 38.9(102.0) | 34.9(94.8) | 35.6(96.1) | 33.0(91.4) | 44.0(111.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 22.9(73.2) | 24.0(75.2) | 27.1(80.8) | 31.3(88.3) | 33.9(93.0) | 34.8(94.6) | 34.6(94.3) | 33.8(92.8) | 31.7(89.1) | 28.7(83.7) | 26.0(78.8) | 23.2(73.8) | 29.3(84.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.6(67.3) | 20.5(68.9) | 22.7(72.9) | 25.9(78.6) | 28.4(83.1) | 29.8(85.6) | 29.5(85.1) | 28.9(84.0) | 27.3(81.1) | 25.3(77.5) | 23.0(73.4) | 20.3(68.5) | 25.1(77.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 17.5(63.5) | 18.3(64.9) | 20.2(68.4) | 23.0(73.4) | 25.0(77.0) | 26.5(79.7) | 26.3(79.3) | 25.8(78.4) | 24.5(76.1) | 23.0(73.4) | 20.9(69.6) | 18.3(64.9) | 22.5(72.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 10.0(50.0) | 11.1(52.0) | 9.4(48.9) | 15.0(59.0) | 17.4(63.3) | 19.8(67.6) | 22.2(72.0) | 22.7(72.9) | 18.6(65.5) | 16.9(62.4) | 13.0(55.4) | 9.8(49.6) | 9.4(48.9) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 52.9(2.08) | 32.0(1.26) | 35.2(1.39) | 63.7(2.51) | 116.8(4.60) | 92.2(3.63) | 81.4(3.20) | 159.6(6.28) | 400.6(15.77) | 629.7(24.79) | 402.4(15.84) | 189.7(7.47) | 2,252.7(88.69) |
| Average rainy days | 14.0 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 11.0 | 15.9 | 20.4 | 20.0 | 18.4 | 158.5 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 88.7 | 89.7 | 87.9 | 84.7 | 78.6 | 72.6 | 71.8 | 75.6 | 83.7 | 87.8 | 88.1 | 87.5 | 83.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 95.3 | 88.9 | 123.4 | 170.2 | 228.2 | 225.1 | 227.5 | 199.1 | 161.7 | 127.9 | 94.2 | 72.2 | 1,815.1 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[5] |
See also
[edit] 
Dong Ha travel guide from Wikivoyage
References
[edit] - ^ a b c d Thành phố Đông Hà (Quảng Trị) là đô thị loại II
- ^ a b c Thành phố Đông Hà được "nâng hạng"
- ^ "Quang Tri - Vietnam Tourism Information". www.vietnamtourism.org.vn. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ^ Keith W. Nolan The Story of an Armored Cavalry Squadron in Vietnam: 1-1 Cav, 1967-1968 ... Just north of Đông Hà on April 6 the correspondent, Brummett, and Nguyễn Ngọc Lương, the paper's interpreter, waited for a possible tank battle"
- ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).
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| Places adjacent to Đông Hà |
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| Gio Linh and Cam Lộ. |  | | Cam Lộ |  Đông Hà |  | | Triệu Phong |
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| Districts of North Central Coast of Vietnam |
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| Thanh Hóa province | - Thanh Hóa city※
- Sầm Sơn city
- Bỉm Sơn town
- Nghi Sơn town
- Bá Thước
- Cẩm Thủy
- Đông Sơn
- Hà Trung
- Hậu Lộc
- Hoằng Hóa
- Lang Chánh
- Mường Lát
- Nga Sơn
- Ngọc Lặc
- Như Thanh
- Như Xuân
- Nông Cống
- Quan Hóa
- Quan Sơn
- Quảng Xương
- Thạch Thành
- Thiệu Hóa
- Thọ Xuân
- Thường Xuân
- Triệu Sơn
- Vĩnh Lộc
- Yên Định
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| Nghệ An province | - Vinh city※
- Cửa Lò town
- Hoàng Mai town
- Thái Hòa town
- Anh Sơn
- Con Cuông
- Diễn Châu
- Đô Lương
- Hưng Nguyên
- Kỳ Sơn
- Nam Đàn
- Nghi Lộc
- Nghĩa Đàn
- Quế Phong
- Quỳ Châu
- Quỳ Hợp
- Quỳnh Lưu
- Tân Kỳ
- Thanh Chương
- Tương Dương
- Yên Thành
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| Hà Tĩnh province | - Hà Tĩnh city※
- Hồng Lĩnh town
- Kỳ Anh town
- Cẩm Xuyên
- Can Lộc
- Đức Thọ
- Hương Khê
- Hương Sơn
- Kỳ Anh
- Lộc Hà
- Nghi Xuân
- Thạch Hà
- Vũ Quang
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| Quảng Bình province | - Đồng Hới city※
- Ba Đồn town
- Bố Trạch
- Lệ Thủy
- Minh Hóa
- Quảng Ninh
- Quảng Trạch
- Tuyên Hóa
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| Quảng Trị province | - Đông Hà city※
- Quảng Trị town
- Cam Lộ
- Cồn Cỏ Island
- Đa Krông
- Gio Linh
- Hải Lăng
- Hướng Hóa
- Triệu Phong
- Vĩnh Linh
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| Huế | - Thuận Hóa urban district
- Phú Xuân urban district
- Hương Thủy town
- Hương Trà town
- Phong Điền town
- A Lưới
- Phú Lộc
- Phú Vang
- Quảng Điền
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