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Gio Linh District Huyện Gio Linh
Rural district
Country	Vietnam
Region	North Central Coast
Province	Quảng Trị
Capital	Gio Linh
Area
• Total	183 sq mi (474 km²)
Population (2003)
• Total	73,702
Time zone	UTC+7 (UTC + 7)

Gio Linh (listen^ⓘ) is a rural district of Quảng Trị Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. Gio Linh borders Vĩnh Linh District to the north, Đông Hà to the south.

The planned Quang Tri Airport will be constructed in this district. As of 2003 the district had a population of .^[1] The district covers an area of 474 km². The district capital lies at Gio Linh.^[1] Cồn Tiên is part of Gio Linh.^[2]

History

Vietnam War

Gio Linh was the site of the northernmost Allied position during the Vietnam war. It was under the command of the 12th Marine, and the 1967 hill commander was then USMC Major Alfred M. Gray, Jr.. who eventually retired in 1991 as General and Commandant of the USMC. The position was on highway 1 and expanded on an existing 1950-era French fort. The fort was occupied by a company of the Army of Vietnam First Division. The USMC command had a typical unit strength ranging from 200 to 600 men, depending on the believed level of ground assault risk. During the period April 1967 to September 1967 they suffered 28 killed and 200 wounded.

Administrative divisions

Gio Linh District is divided into nineteen districts:

References

^ ^a ^b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
^ Cồn Tiên High School

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v t e Districts of Vietnam North Central Coast
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
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
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
Quảng Bình province	Đồng Hới city^※ Ba Đồn town Bố Trạch Lệ Thủy Minh Hóa Quảng Ninh Quảng Trạch Tuyên Hóa
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
Thừa Thiên Huế province	Huế city^※ Hương Thủy town Hương Trà town A Lưới Nam Đông Phong Điền Phú Lộc Phú Vang Quảng Điền
^※ denotes provincial seat.