Vietnam
An Giang province
Tịnh Biên

Tịnh Biên

Tịnh Biên is an urban municipality and capital town of the Tịnh Biên District of An Giang Province, . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 143,000 residents
  • Description: Capital of Tịnh Biên District
  • Also known as: “Tinh Bien”

Tịnh Biên

Latitude
10.6073° or 10° 36′ 26″ north
Longitude
104.9486° or 104° 56′ 55″ east
Population
143,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
7P26JW4X+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2639446470
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1564555
Wiki­data ID
Q2496740
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Tịnh Biên” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “静边市镇”
  • Dutch: “Tịnh Biên”
  • French: “Tịnh Biên”
  • Persian: “تینه بین”
  • Urdu: “تینھ بین”
  • Vietnamese: “Thị trấn Tịnh Biên”
  • Vietnamese: “Tịnh Biên”

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