Mộc Hóa district
District in Mekong Delta, Vietnam
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Mộc Hóa is a rural district (huyện) of Long An province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam.
In 1963 team A-414 Special Forces set up operations at Kien Tuong. In 1965 Seabee team 0503 upgraded the outpost to a B camp for team B-41. In 1966 the camp became home to the Mobile Strike Force(Mike Force) for IV Corps. MACV-SOG ran reconnaissance missions into Cambodia from there and the RVN army took over the base in 1970.
Divisions
Since 2013, the district has been divided into seven communes:[1]
- Bình Phong Thạnh
- Tân Thành
- Tân Lập
- Bình Hòa Đông
- Bình Hòa Trung
- Bình Hòa Tây
- Bình Thạnh
In 2003 the district had a population of 67,753 and covered an area of 501 km2 (193 sq mi).[2] The district capital was at the town also known as Mộc Hóa.[2] In 2013, the town of Mộc Hóa and the nearby communes of Bình Hiệp, Bình Tân, Thạnh Hưng, Thạnh Trị and Tuyên Thạnh were separated to create the district-level town of Kiến Tường.[3] The headquarters of the new Mộc Hóa District were moved to Bình Phong Thạnh.
Climate
| Climate data for Mộc Hóa | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34.8 (94.6) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.2 (99.0) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.6 (101.5) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.3 (93.7) |
38.6 (101.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.1 (88.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
33.8 (92.8) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.9 (93.0) |
32.6 (90.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.2 (90.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.8 (82.0) |
27.4 (81.3) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.6 (78.1) |
25.1 (77.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.5 (77.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
24.8 (76.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.4 (61.5) |
17.4 (63.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 13.5 (0.53) |
6.9 (0.27) |
17.2 (0.68) |
66.6 (2.62) |
168.1 (6.62) |
165.0 (6.50) |
188.0 (7.40) |
177.5 (6.99) |
260.2 (10.24) |
336.7 (13.26) |
177.4 (6.98) |
50.5 (1.99) |
1,627.6 (64.08) |
| Average rainy days | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 6.8 | 15.4 | 17.2 | 19.7 | 18.6 | 20.1 | 21.1 | 13.1 | 6.0 | 144.2 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 77.6 | 77.8 | 76.8 | 77.1 | 81.9 | 84.5 | 84.8 | 84.2 | 83.6 | 82.4 | 79.8 | 77.3 | 80.7 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 253.4 | 247.2 | 272.6 | 246.0 | 227.5 | 190.8 | 194.0 | 191.3 | 186.8 | 201.2 | 221.6 | 232.5 | 2,659.3 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[4] | |||||||||||||
