Where is Quang Tri Province and what are its demographics?
Quang Tri is a province (similar to a state in the United States) in the north of central Vietnam, located in the narrowest portion of the length of Vietnam. It was the northern-most province in the former South Vietnam, bordering the former Demilitarized Zone that separated North and South Vietnam until 1975. Quang Tri Province is 4,746 km2 in size, a terrain that is 75% hills and mountains. The majority of the land is poor and heavily eroded because of natural disasters, floods and hard weather. The population is about 574,000 with 122,000 families, the majority of whom depend on agriculture for a living.
