Lệ Thủy district

Lệ Thủy is a district of Quảng Bình province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam. The district borders Quảng Ninh district on the north, Vĩnh Linh district on the south, Laos on the west. Lệ Thủy central is 40 km south of the provincial capital Đồng Hới. The district government seat is Kiến Giang Township. The district area is 1420.52 km², population: 140,804.
Lệ Thủy district is home to Võ Nguyên Giáp and the family of Ngô Đình Diệm. Economy bases on agriculture, mainly rice culture.
Mỹ Trạch massacre by French army happened here on 29 November 1947.

Subdivisions

This district has two townlets and 25 communes

Two townlets: Kiến Giang and Nông Trường Lệ Ninh.
26 communes:

Hồng Thủy, Ngư Thủy Bắc, Ngư Thủy, Thanh Thủy, Lộc Thủy, Hoa Thủy, Cam Thủy, Liên Thủy, Phong Thủy, An Thủy, Sơn Thủy, Ngân Thủy, Hải Thủy, Hưng Thủy, Tân Thủy, Xuân Thủy, Dương Thủy, Mai Thủy, Phú Thủy, Mỹ Thủy, Sen Thủy, Trường Thủy, Văn Thủy, Kim Thủy, Thái Thủy.

Communes	Area	Population	Density
Kiến Giang	3.14	6,341	2019.4
Lệ Ninh	11.35	4,836	426
An Thủy	22.76	9,610	433.66
Cam Thủy	13.80	3,684	266.95
Dương Thủy	9.3	4,146	445.8
Hoa Thủy	17.25	7,273	421.6
Hồng Thủy	29.5	8,191	380.97
Hưng Thủy	21.7	6,138	282.8
Kim Thủy	484.75	3,309	6.82
Lâm Thủy	242.97	1,260	5.18
Liên Thủy	6.98	8,083	160.59
Lộc Thủy	7.75	4,155	536.1
Mai Thủy	19.77	6,060	306.5
Mỹ Thủy	13.64	5,011	367.37
Phong Thuỷ	9.96	7,016	704.4
Phú Thủy	45.66	6,748	147.78
Sen Thủy	75.2	5,409	71.9
Sơn Thủy	25.88	7,184	277.5
Ngân Thủy	167.71	1,742	10.38
Ngư Thủy Bắc	31.38	3,584	114.2
Ngư Thủy Nam	9.7	2,831	311
Ngư Thủy Trung	13.4	2,152	160.59
Tân Thủy	19.91	5,942	298.4
Thanh Thủy	14.2	5,380	378.87
Thái Thủy	55.3	4,570	82.6
Trường Thủy	20.75	1,579	76
Văn Thủy	15.1	2,698	178.67
Xuân Thủy	6.8	5,241	770.73

Geography

The western portion of the district is characterized by the Annamite Range, where the Ho Chi Minh trail ran through in Vietnam War. The area slope is lower towards the east to the narrow plain of Kiến Giang River. The east side is the coastline with a range of sand dunes. The seasides here are wild and clean with several fishing villages. The district is home to Bang Spa, a mineral hot spring and is also a regular tourist destination.

Economy

The district's economy is largely based on agriculture and forestry. The district has two townships: Kiến Giang Township and Nông Trường Lệ Ninh. There are some fine sand beaches along the South China Sea coast and a hot mineral spring in the west of this district but they are mainly visited by local inhabitants only.