Phu Loc is a district (huyện)

Districts of Vietnam

||The provinces of Vietnam are divided into counties , provincial cities , and county-level towns .The centrally-controlled municipalities are subdivided into rural counties , county-level towns , and urban districts , which then subdivided into wards ....

 of Thua Thien-Hue Province

Thua Thien-Hue Province

Thừa Thiên-Huế is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quang Tri Provice to the north and Da Nang City to the south, Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east. The province has 128 km of coastline, 22,000 ha of...

 in the North Central Coast

Bac Trung Bo

Bắc Trung Bộ is one of the regions of Vietnam. It consists of six provinces: Thanh Hóa, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Thừa Thiên-Huế...

 region of Vietnam

Vietnam

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As of 2003 the district had a population of 149,418. The district covers an area of 728 km². The district capital lies at Phu Loc

Phu Loc

Phu Loc is a district of Thua Thien-Hue Province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.As of 2003 the district had a population of 149,418. The district covers an area of 728 km²...

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The district comprises the townships of Lăng Cô

Lăng Cô

Lăng Cô is a township in Phú Lộc District, Thua Thien-Hue Province, Bắc Trung Bộ, Việt Nam....

 and Phú Lộc, and the communes of Lộc Trì, Lộc Bổn, Vinh Hải, Lộc Hòa, Lộc An, Lộc Bình, Lộc Thủy, Vinh Giang, Lộc Vĩnh, Vinh Mỹ, Lộc Sơn, Lộc Tiến, Vinh Hiền, Vinh Hưng, Xuân Lộc and Lộc Điền.

The district is divided into three sectors, from Huế

Hue

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 and moving southwards towards Phú Lộc is Sector 1, opposite is Sector 2, and the region between Lang Co and Phu Loc is Sector 3.

The area abuts the South China Sea

South China Sea

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and Phu Loc is the main economic focal point of the district, mainly due to tourism.