Quảng Trạch is a district

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 ....

 (huyện) of Quang Binh province

Quang Binh Province

Quảng Bình , formerly Tiên Bình under the reign of Le Trung Hung of the Lê Dynasty, this province was renamed Quảng Bình in 1604) is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam....

, 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...

 of Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

. The district capital is Ba Đồn townlet. This district is divided into 34 commune-level

Communes of Vietnam

In Vietnam, there are three kinds of third-level administrative subdivisions: the rural commune , the commune-level town ，and the ward . In Vietnam a rural commune is referred to as a xã and urban communes are referred to as Thị trấn, urban townships...

 (cấp xã) subdivisions.
The Special Hon La Economic Zone

Hon La Economic Zone

Hon La Economic Zone is one of special economic zones in Vietnam. This zone is located by the South China Sea’s Hon La Port in Quảng Trạch District, Quang Binh Province, Bac Trung Bo, Vietnam...

 is located in this district. Hon La Port

Hon La Port

Hon La Port is a port located in South China Sea in Quảng Trạch District Quang Binh Province, Vietnam, serving this province, neighboring Laos and especially Hon La Economic Zone. This is one of the main seaports in North Central Coast...

 capable to handle 10,000 metric ton vessel, full capacity of 12 million metric tons per annum is locate on the East Sea

South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around...

 in this district., a coal-fueled thermalelectrical plant with total designed capacity of 2,400 MW invested by Petrovietnam

Petrovietnam

PetroVietnam is the trading name of Vietnam Oil and Gas Group . PetroVietnam has developed rapidly since it was established in 1977, and its activities, through its various companies and wholly owned subsidiaries, now cover all the operations from oil and gas exploration and production to...

 will be constructed here in 2009.

Subdivisions

• Townlet: Ba Đồn
• 33 communes: Quang Dong, Quang Phu, Quang Truong, Quang Kim, Quang Chau, Quang Hop, Quang Tien, Quang Luong, Quang Xuan, Quang Tho, Quang Phuc, Quang Thuan, Quang Long, Quang Phuong, Quang Thach, Quang Luu, Quang Thanh, Quang Lien, Quang Tien, Quang Tan, Quang Trung, Quang Thuy, Quang Son, Quang Minh, Quang Hoa, Quang Loc, Quang Van, Quang Hai, Quang Tung, Canh Duong, Canh Hoa, Phu Hoa.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 199,659 (as of 2007). The district covers an area of 612 km². The district capital lies at Ba Don.