Đồng Hới

Đồng Hới  is the capital city of Quảng Bình Province, in the north central coast of Vietnam. The city's area is 155.54 km² (60 square miles). In 2005, 103,005 people lived there.

It is at around 500 km (310 mi) south of Hà Nội (Hanoi), 260 km (160 mi) north of Đà Nẵng (Danang), 1,200 km (750 mi) north of Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon). It borders Laos on the west, the South China Sea on the east, Hà Tĩnh province on the north, and Quảng Ninh in the south.
Dong Hoi Airport is 6 km north of Dong Hoi.

The city was close to the Vietnamese DMZ, and it was in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Since it was so close to the DMZ, it was important for the North Vietnamese. For this reason, the city was heavily bombed by the US Air Force. There is a cathedral called the Tam Toa Church that was bombed during the war. Tam Toa is still ruined today so people could remember the bombing of North Vietnam.

 Administration 
Dong Hoi is subdivided into 16 subdivisions, 10 urban wards (phường) and 6 rural communes (xã).
 No. Name Vietnamese Pop. Area (km2)1.Bac LyPhường Bắc Lý13,53610.192.Bac NghiaPhường Bắc Nghĩa69817.763.Dong MyPhường Đồng Mỹ26530.584.Dong PhuPhường Đồng Phú80163.815.Dong SonPhường Đồng Sơn881519.656.Duc Ninh DongPhường Đức Ninh Đông47263.137.Hai DinhPhường Hải Đình38088,8228.Hai ThanhPhường Hải Thành47742.459.Nam LyPhường Nam Lý11,5793.910.Phu HaiPhường Phú Hải34403.0611.Bao NinhXã Bảo Ninh853816.312.Duc NinhXã Đức Ninh75265.2113.Loc NinhXã Lộc Ninh840713.414.Nghia NinhXã Nghĩa Ninh450816.2215.Quang PhuXã Quang Phú31063.2316.Thuan DucXã Thuận Đức373845.28

Category:Cities in Vietnam
Category:Quảng Bình province