| Triệu Phong district | |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Native Name: | Huyện Triệu Phong |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Central Coast |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quảng Trị |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 354.92 |
| Population As Of: | 2019 |
| Population Total: | 88,852 |
| Population Density Km2: | 306 persons |
| Population Urban: | 4,320 |
| Timezone: | ICT |
| Utc Offset: | +07:00 |
| Area Code: | District |
| Population Rural: | 84,532 |
Triệu Phong is one of 10 districts, towns and cities of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam. The district is located in the southeastern part of the province and stretches like a silk strip from the border between two districts of Cam Lộ and Đakrông to the East Sea; The length on the mainland from West to East is more than 30 km, the width in the delta ranges from 10 to 13 km.
Triệu Phong district is located in the southeast of the province. It borders:
Gio Linh District to the north with the natural boundary of Thạch Hãn River
Quảng Trị Town to the south
Cam Lộ District to the west
Đông Hà City to the northwest
Đa Krông District to the southwest
Hải Lăng District to the southeast
East Sea to the east
Triệu Phong district is located in the southeastern part of the province which stretches like a sash from the border with two districts of Cam Lộ and Đakrông to the East Sea; with the length on the mainland from west to east more than 30 km, the width in the delta from 10 to 13 km. The natural area of the district is 354.92 km2, the population of the district as of April 2009 is 108,657 people.
Ái Tử Township is the economic, socio-cultural center of the district, which is 7 km south of Đông Hà City and 6 km north of Quảng Trị Town. Trieu Phong is a district consisting mainly of a coastal plain with a small number of low hills in the communes of Triệu Thượng and Triệu Ái in the west, the eastern topography of the district is sand dunes and white sand dunes. The last section of Thạch Hãn River flows to Cửa Việt estuary located in the district.
Triệu Phong District topography is inclined from West to East, divided into 3 distinct areas: hilly, plain and coastal sandy area:
Hilly area accounts for 51.08% of the district's natural land area, including communes of Triệu Thượng, Triệu Ái and a part of Triệu Giang Commune, where grows industrial crops, timber trees combined with cash crops, food crops, and developing farm economy.
The width of the plain area ranges from 7 to 8 km with an area of 38.39% of the natural land area, including communes: Triệu Thành, Triệu Long, Triệu Đông, Triệu Hòa, Triệu Đại, Triệu Độ, Triệu Thuận, Triệu Phước, Triệu Trạch, Triệu Sơn, Triệu Trung, Triệu Tài, part of Triệu Giang Commune and Ái Tử Township.
The east area of the district is a long stretch of sand running along the coast from North to South, more than 15 km long, 4 to 4.5 km wide, with an area of 10.53% of the district's natural land including communes Triệu Lăng, Triệu Vân, Triệu An. This is part of the Spratly, with 18 km long coastline. The fishing ground has several species of high economic value such as squid, crab, shrimp, and fish species for export.
Triệu Phong district is located in the tropical monsoon climate, divided into two seasons: cold rainy season and hot dry season.
The average annual temperature is about 23 to 25 °C. However it has quite a large fluctuation range (the highest month 35–39 °C, the lowest month 12–13 °C) The average annual rainfall is 2,500– 2,700mm, higher than the national average and unevenly distributed, mainly from September to December, which is likely to cause droughts and floods.
The lowland soil is extremely fertile, convenient for farming and bringing new high-quality crops into production; that promises to bring a peaceful and prosperous life.
Triệu Phong district has 18 commune-level sub-divisions, including Ai Tu Town (district capital) and 17 communes: Triệu Ái, Triệu An, Triệu Đại, Triệu Độ, Triệu Giang, Triệu Hòa, Triệu Lăng, Triệu Long, Triệu Phước, Triệu Sơn, Triệu Tài, Triệu Thành, Triệu Thuận, Triệu Thượng, Triệu Trạch, Triệu Trung, Triệu Vân.
Triệu Phong officially has belonged to the map of Đại Việt Country since 1306, when two Châu Ô – Châu Rí were presented by King Champa (Vietnamese: Chế Mân) as the wedding presents to marry Princess Huyền Trân - daughter of King Trần Nhân Tông. From that year backwards, ancient history only stated that this land was part of the Việt Thường Group- one of the 15 groups of Văn Lang Country of Hung Kings. After 207 (BC), it was a part of Tỳ Cành Sub-district, Nhật Nam District in the period of domination by northern invaders. In the middle of the fourth century, when Champa King – Phạm Văn drove the Han dynasty out of Ngang Pass, it became a part of Châu Ô, belonging to the Champa Kingdom.
After taking over, the Trần immigrated from the North to initiate the process of forming villages and establishing administrative units. The process of immigration took place in 3 main waves:
From that moment on, the migration and establishment of villages only took place within the province and district (the number of villages after the August Revolution in 1945 was only 23 more than that of 1776, of which the Midlands and Mountains witnessed the greatest increase (An Đôn Canton).
Parallel to the process of migration and establishment of villages, the process of forming administrative units occurred.
In 1307, the Trần changed the name Châu Ô to Châu Thuận, and set up the headquarters in the Vệ Nghĩa area (Triệu Long Commune nowadays). Administratively, the Trần divided Châu Thuận into four districts. Back then, Triệu Phong was Hoa Lãng District (i.e. beautiful and open).
In 1469, King Lê Thánh Tông redefined the country map, renamed Hoa Lãng to Võ Xương, belonged to Triệu Phong Prefecture (Triệu Phong Prefecture at that time included 6 districts from Cửa Việt to Điện Bàn (Quảng Nam – Đà Nẵng).
In 1604, Nguyễn Hoàng changed it to Đăng Xương District. However, the land of Đăng Xương District at that time was different from now.
In 1801, Quảng Tri Palace was placed including Triệu Phong Prefecture, the territory of 3 districts of Đăng Xương, Hải Lăng, Minh Linh.
In 1830, the prefect was appointed who also governed Minh Lương District, two districts of Đăng Xương, Hải Lăng.
In 1836, the prefect concurrently governed 3 districts of Đăng Xương, Minh Linh and Địa Linh. During the Duy Tân Dynasty, the prefecture was just a large district without government. That situation lasted until the dynasties of Minh Mạng, Tự Đức and Khải Định and then was gradually adjusted to become the present land. The geographic adjustment process is as follows:
After the August Revolution in 1945, the revolutionary government dissolved the cantons to form a commune consisting of several villages.
In October 1946, the whole district had 14 communes, the capital units were changed to districts.
In 1950, implementing the provincial policy from 14 communes merged into 10 large communes.
In 1956, the Republic of Vietnam divided Triệu Phong into 18 communes in 3 separate administrative districts, namely Triệu Phong, Đông Hà and Ba Lòng.
In 1977, Triệu Phong District merged with Hải Lăng into Triệu Hải District.
On May 11, 1981, Quảng Trị Town was established.
On September 11, 1981, Triệu Lương and Triệu Lễ communes were relocated to Đông Hà Town for management (which are Đông Lương and Đông Lễ wards of Đông Hà City nowadays).
On September 17, 1981, according to which:
Ba Lòng Commune was divided into two communes named Ba Lòng and Triệu Nguyên
Triệu Vân Commune was divided into two communes named Triệu Vân and Triệu An.
Since 1989, Quang Tri Township was split to form Quang Tri Town.
In 1990, Triệu Hải district was divided into two districts Triệu Phong, Hải Lăng and Quảng Trị Town, Triệu Phong District including 21 communes: Ba Lòng, Hải Phúc, Triệu Ái, Triệu An, Triệu Đại, Triệu Độ, Triệu Đông, Triệu Giang, Triệu Hòa, Triệu Lăng, Triệu Long, Triệu Nguyên, Triệu Phước, Triệu Sơn, Triệu Tài, Triệu Thành, Triệu Thuận, Triệu Thượng, Triệu Trạch, Triệu Trung, Triệu Vân.
On August 1, 1994, Ái Tử Township was established from the land of Triệu Ái Commune.
By 1997, 3 communes of Ba Lòng, Triệu Nguyên and Hải Phúc were moved to Đa Krông District, Triệu Phong District had 18 communes and 1 town.
On January 1, 2020, Triệu Đông Commune was merged into Triệu Thành commune.
Triệu Phong district has 1 town and 17 communes nowadays.
Triệu Phong has National Route 1A and a railway running through.
In addition to the above important roads, Triệu Phong has 5 provincial roads, which are:
From the provincial roads, several arterial roads connecting the district have been invested in upgrading such as:
In the district, there is a big river flowing through Thạch Hãn River, Vĩnh Định Canal and two other rivers which are Vĩnh Phước and Ái Tử.
Portal: Trieu Phong District.