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Vĩnh Lộc district
District in North Central Coast, Vietnam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Army of the Republic of Vietnam general, see Vinh Loc (general).
Vĩnh Lộc is a district of Thanh Hóa province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam. As of 2003 the district had a population of 87,219.[1] The district covers an area of 157 km2. The district capital lies at Vĩnh Lộc.[1] The village is famous for the Citadel of the Hồ, a short-lived Vietnamese Dynasty (1400-1407), Hồ Quy, the founder of the Dynasty, having built the Citadel in 1397 and moved the capital there in 1401. Since 2011, the Citadel is part of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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