| Administrative units of Quảng Tín[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Districts (Quận) | Population (1965) | Number of communes (xã) | |
| Hậu Đức | 12,032 | 14 | |
| Hiệp Đức | 15,242 | 14 | |
| Lý Tín | 49,010 | 8 | |
| Tam Kỳ | 140,787 | 19 | |
| Tiên Phước | 34,462 | 12 | |
| Thăng Bình | 109,564 | 19 | |
| Total | 361,097 | 86 | |
Quảng Tín was a province of South Vietnam. It was created from Quảng Nam's Quế Sơn District on July 31, 1962.[2] The capital was Tam Kỳ.
As of the 1965 census the province had a population of 361,097 inhabitants, divided among six districts (quận), 86 communes (xã) and 419 hamlets (ấp).[3]
During the Vietnam War it was the site of heavy fighting, including Operation Union I & II. The province was remerged with Quảng Nam following the unification of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on July 2, 1976.