Mộc Hóa District

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Mộc Hóa district Huyện Mộc Hóa
District
View of the rice fields in Mộc Hóa
Country	Vietnam
Region	Mekong Delta
Province	Long An
Capital
Area [1]
• Total	297.64 km2 (114.92 sq mi)
Population  (2003)[2]
• Total	67,753
Time zone	UTC+07:00 (Indochina Time)

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.

Divisions[]

Since 2013, the district has been divided into seven communes:^[1]

1. Bình Phong Thạnh
2. Tân Thành
3. Tân Lập
4. Bình Hòa Đông
5. Bình Hòa Trung
6. Bình Hòa Tây
7. Bình Thạnh

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 , ,  [vi], and 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.

References[]

Coordinates: 10°45′00″N 106°00′00″E / 10.750°N 106.000°E / 10.750; 106.000

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