Yên Cư
Yên Cư is a locality in Tịnh Biên, An Giang province. Yên Cư is situated nearby to the locality Pô Thi, as well as near Phú Cường.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tịnh Biên and Ba Chúc.
Tịnh Biên
Town
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Tịnh Biên is an urban ward of the An Giang Province, Vietnam. Tịnh Biên was depicted in Robin Moore's fiction book The Green Berets; chapter 1 described a real-life battle during the Vietnam War in which all of the members of a United States Army Special Forces detachment were injured during the fighting. Tịnh Biên is situated 6 km north of Yên Cư.
Ba Chúc
Town
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Ba Chúc is a commune of An Giang Province in Mekong Delta of Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, the village came to the attention of American publics when it was revealed in The New York Times that civilians there had been forced by ARVN officers and their American advisers to remove landmines planted by Viet Cong and NVA units. Ba Chúc is situated 8 km southwest of Yên Cư.
Yên Cư
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Yen Cu”
- Location: Tịnh Biên, An Giang province, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
10.55° or 10° 33′ northLongitude
104.95° or 104° 57′ eastElevation
115 metres (377 feet)Open location code
7P26GWXX+XXGeoNames ID
1560328
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