Son Tinh

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Coordinates: 15°10′N, 108°52′E Sơn Tịnh is a district of Quảng Ngãi Province, South Vietnam, situated to the northeast of the town of Quảng Ngãi.

The county has 21 communes (xã):

• Thị trấn Sơn Tịnh
• Tịnh Long
• Tịnh An
• Tịnh Châu
• Tịnh Thiện
• Tịnh Hòa
• Tịnh Kỳ
• Tịnh Sơn
• Tịnh Hà
• Tịnh Thọ
• Tịnh Ấn Đông
• Tịnh Ấn Tây
• Tịnh Khê
• Tịnh Bình
• Tịnh Đông
• Tịnh Trà
• Tịnh Giang
• Tịnh Minh
• Tịnh Hiệp
• Tịnh Bắc

The hamlet of Mỹ Lai pronunciation (help·info) of the Sơn Mỹ village, Tinh Khe commune was the site of the massacre of non-combatants committed by United States Army troops in 1968, today documented in Son My Memorial Park in Son My's sub-hamlet of Tu Cung.

My Khe Beach is an attractive 8 km long beach situated in the Co Luy Village of Tinh Khe commune.

[edit] See also

• My Lai Massacre

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