Mộc Hóa district | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Native Name: | Huyện Mộc Hóa |
Pushpin Map: | Vietnam |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Mekong Delta |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Long An |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Bình Phong Thạnh |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 297.64 |
Population As Of: | 2003 |
Population Total: | 67753 |
Timezone: | Indochina Time |
Utc Offset: | +07:00 |
Mộc Hóa is a rural district (huyện) of Long An province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
In 1963 team A-414 Special Forces set up operations at Kien Tuong. In 1965 Seabee team 0503 upgraded the outpost to a B camp for team B-41. In 1966 the camp became home to the Mobile Strike Force(Mike Force) for IV Corps. MACV-SOG ran reconnaissance missions into Cambodia from there and the RVN army took over the base in 1970.
Since 2013, the district has been divided into seven communes:[1]
In 2003 the district had a population of 67,753 and covered an area of 501 km².[2] The district capital was at the town also known as Mộc Hóa.[2] In 2013, the town of Mộc Hóa and the nearby communes of Bình Hiệp, Bình Tân,, Thạnh Trị and Tuyên Thạnh were separated to create the district-level town of Kiến Tường.[3] The headquarters of the new Mộc Hóa District were moved to Bình Phong Thạnh.