Ba Chúc
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 the American public 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.- Type: Town with 13,100 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Ấp Ba Chúc”, “Ba Chuc”, and “Thị Trấn Ba Chúc”
Ba Chúc
- Categories: Commune-level town of Vietnam and locality
- Location: Tri Tôn District, An Giang province, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
10.49433° or 10° 29′ 40″ north
Longitude
104.90898° or 104° 54′ 32″ east
Population
13,100
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
7P26FWV5+PH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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