Gio Linh

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Gio Linh is a district in Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam, known for its strategic location near the former Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone and its heavy involvement in the Vietnam War.

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Gio Linh district 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
rural district
administratedBy People's Committee of Gio Linh district NERFINISHED
administrativeLevel district (huyện)
borders Cam Lộ district NERFINISHED
South China Sea NERFINISHED
Triệu Phong district NERFINISHED
Vĩnh Linh district NERFINISHED
capital Gio Linh township NERFINISHED
climate tropical monsoon climate
contains Cửa Việt area NERFINISHED
Gio Linh firebase NERFINISHED
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
governedAs district-level subdivision of Vietnam
hasCoastlineOn South China Sea NERFINISHED
hasEconomicActivities agriculture
fishing
forestry
hasHistoricalSignificance Cold War military demarcation area NERFINISHED
Vietnam War history
hasPostWarIssues unexploded ordnance
war legacy environmental impacts
hasSettlement Cửa Việt township
Gio Linh township NERFINISHED
hasTransportRoute National Route 1A NERFINISHED
National Route 9 NERFINISHED
knownFor heavy involvement in the Vietnam War
strategic location during the Vietnam War
languageUsed Vietnamese
locatedIn Central Vietnam
North Central Coast region NERFINISHED
Quảng Trị province NERFINISHED
locatedNear Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone NERFINISHED
locatedNorthOf Đông Hà city NERFINISHED
nativeName Huyện Gio Linh
nativeNameLanguage vi
nearbyRiver Bến Hải River NERFINISHED
partOf Quảng Trị province administrative system
former northern sector of Quảng Trị battlefield
regionType coastal district
timeZone Indochina Time NERFINISHED
utcOffset +7
wasHeavilyBombedDuring Vietnam War NERFINISHED
wasPartOf area around former Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
wasSiteOf artillery duels across the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone
intense fighting during the Vietnam War

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