Bình Long

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| subdivision_name2 = Bình Phước

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Bình Long is a town of Bình Phước Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. As of 2018, the district had a population of 105.520 and an area of 126.28 km². The district capital lies at An Lộc ward.{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/yvn.html|title=Nghị quyết số 35/NQ-CP|publisher=Government of Vietnam|access-date=Feb 9, 2014}}

The town's former name is An Lộc. It is located approximately 90 km north of Ho Chi Minh City with a population of 8,599 (2009). An Lộc was formerly part of Bình Long Province before the merger with Phước Long Province to form Bình Phước Province. It became famous during the Vietnam War for being the location of the Battle of An Lộc in 1972. Today Bình Long has a mass grave memorial with 3,000 bodies.Christina Schwenkel The American War in Contemporary Vietnam 2009- Page 72 "A monument that stands on location reads: "This grave marks the resting place of three thousand fellow countrymen [đồng bào] from An Lộc, Bình Long, who were exterminated by American bombs in summer 1972."

Geographical location

Bình Long borders Hớn Quản District to the east, west, and south, and Lộc Ninh District to the north.

Administrative division

Bình Long consists of four wards (phường) and two communes (xã):

Wards: An Lộc, Hưng Chiến, Phú Thịnh, Phú Đức
Communes: Thanh Lương, Thanh Phú

In popular culture

An Lộc is mentioned in the epilogue of American Graffiti, which states that "Terry 'Toad' Fields was reported missing in action near An Lộc in December 1965." This is later expanded upon in the sequel, More American Graffiti.
An Lộc is also mentioned in Good Morning, Vietnam, as Sgt Major Dickerson requests activity on the road to An Lộc for the trip that Adrian Cronauer (Robin Williams) and Edward Garlick (Forest Whitaker) are taking to supposedly "interview" troops in the field.
Ba-Nee, one of the Starlight Girls in Jem, is said to have been born in An Lộc.

References

External links

[http://www.anloc.org/ The Battle of An Loc] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050308021041/http://www.anloc.org/ |date=2005-03-08 }} - Battle Overview, Photos, Personal Accounts and Links.
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070515050059/http://www.vnafmamn.com/Valiant_Anloc.html Battle of An Loc (Valiant Binh Long)]}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070609183306/http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/willbanks/willbanks.asp Battle of An Loc] - by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Willbanks
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090327061057/http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/download/csipubs/thiet/thie_c3_pt1.pdf Communist Battle Plans for An Lộc]
[http://www.vwip.org/ Vietnam War Internet Project]
[http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/ Texas Tech University Vietnam Project] - Major Vietnam Era Archive.
[http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/exhibits/vietnam/vietnam.htm/ Gerald R. Ford Library holdings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218210527/http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/exhibits/vietnam/vietnam.htm |date=2007-02-18 }} - Declassified National Security Adviser files of interest
[https://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/ PBS Battlefield: Vietnam]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060623003042/http://www.knox.army.mil/center/ocoa/ArmorMag/ma96/2arvn96.pdf Account of ARVN Armor general and last days combat]

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Category:Districts of Bình Phước province

Category:County-level towns in Vietnam