A Luoi
Encyclopedia
A Luoi is a district (huyện)
of Thua Thien-Hue Province
in the North Central Coast
region of Vietnam
. It is located to the west of the province in a mountainous area bordering Laos.
The population includes many Bru
, Hoa and Ta Oi people
.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 38,616. The district covers an area of 1,229 km². The district capital lies at A Luoi
.
It is connected to Huế
, one of the main towns in central Vietnam by National Road 49, a road notorious for its poor safety because of the hilly terrain and poor road surface, including a stretch of 16 km through the Kim Quy hills.
Many of the hills in the area became famous during the many border battles of the mid-late 1960s during the Vietnam War
, such as Mẹ Ơi, suối Máu (lit Bloody Waterfall), and A Bia, better known for the Battle of Hamburger Hill
.
The district has one town and 21 communes. The central town has gas stations, and a few guest-houses for travelers.
Districts of Vietnam
||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....
of Thua Thien-Hue Province
Thua Thien-Hue Province
Thừa Thiên-Huế is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quang Tri Provice to the north and Da Nang City to the south, Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east. The province has 128 km of coastline, 22,000 ha of...
in the North Central Coast
Bac Trung Bo
Bắc Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên-Huế...
region of Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. It is located to the west of the province in a mountainous area bordering Laos.
The population includes many Bru
Bru
Bru may refer to:*Saint Bru, Also known as Saint Brioc*Federico Laredo Brú, President of Cuba from 1936 to 1940*Bru, South African slang for "brother" or "friend"*Bru, a.k.a...
, Hoa and Ta Oi people
Ta Oi people
The Tà Ôi is an ethnic group of Vietnam . They speak a Mon–Khmer language and are concentrated in A Lưới district of Thừa Thiên-Huế province and Hương Hóa district of Quảng Trị province....
.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 38,616. The district covers an area of 1,229 km². The district capital lies at A Luoi
A Luoi
A Luoi is a district of Thua Thien-Hue Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. It is located to the west of the province in a mountainous area bordering Laos.The population includes many Bru, Hoa and Ta Oi people....
.
It is connected to Huế
Hue
Hue is one of the main properties of a color, defined technically , as "the degree to which a stimulus can be describedas similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue, and yellow,"...
, one of the main towns in central Vietnam by National Road 49, a road notorious for its poor safety because of the hilly terrain and poor road surface, including a stretch of 16 km through the Kim Quy hills.
Many of the hills in the area became famous during the many border battles of the mid-late 1960s during the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
, such as Mẹ Ơi, suối Máu (lit Bloody Waterfall), and A Bia, better known for the Battle of Hamburger Hill
Battle of Hamburger Hill
The Battle of Hamburger Hill was a battle of the Vietnam War which was fought by the United States and South Vietnam against North Vietnamese forces from May 10–20, 1969. Although the heavily fortified Hill 937 was of little strategic value, U.S. command ordered its capture by a frontal assault,...
.
The district has one town and 21 communes. The central town has gas stations, and a few guest-houses for travelers.
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