Mạo Khê is a
ward
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Division or unit
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() of
Đông Triều
Đông Triều is a district-level town of Quảng Ninh Province in the north-eastern region of Vietnam. As of 2015 the district had a population of 173,141. The district covers an area of 397.2155 km². The town capital lies at Đông T ...
town in
Quảng Ninh Province,
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making it ...
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[ To find information at reference, go to row 22, then row 205, and it is listed on row 07069.]
It is the location of the 1951 "
Battle of Mạo Khê
The Battle of Mạo Khê ( vi, Mạo Khê, ), occurring from March 23 to March 28, 1951, was a significant engagement in the First Indochina War between the French Union and the Việt Minh. The French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jea ...
" in the
First Indochina War
The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam) began in French Indochina from 19 December 1946 to 20 July 1954 between France and Việt Minh ( Democratic Republic of ...
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References
Communes of Quảng Ninh province
Populated places in Quảng Ninh province
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