Ba Tri
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Ba Tri is a rural 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 Ben Tre province
Ben Tre Province
Bến Tre is a province of Vietnam. It is one of the country's southern provinces, being situated in the delta of the Mekong River.-Administration:Politically, Ben Tre is divided into eight districts:*Ba Tri*Bình Đại*Châu Thành*Chợ Lách*Giồng Trôm...

 in the Mekong Delta
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta is the region in southwestern Vietnam where the Mekong River approaches and empties into the sea through a network of distributaries. The Mekong delta region encompasses a large portion of southwestern Vietnam of . The size of the area covered by water depends on the season.The...

 region of Vietnam. As of 2004 the district had a population of 201,802. The district covers an area of 351 km². The district capital lies at Ba Tri
Ba Tri
Ba Tri is a rural district of Ben Tre province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2004 the district had a population of 201,802. The district covers an area of 351 km². The district capital lies at Ba Tri....

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The district is in the east of Bến Tre Province. It is bordered to the east by the South China 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...

, to the north by the Ba Lai River
Ba Lai River
The Ba Lai River is a river in the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam. It flows through Ben Tre Province. In 2002, a irrigation dam was built across the River to stop the infiltration of salt water and preserve fresh water for 100,000 hectares of farmland in Ben Tre....

, to the south by the Hàm Luông river. To the west is Giồng Trôm District.

In the capital of Ba Tri lies the final resting place of the famed 19th century poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Nguyen Dinh Chieu
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu was a Vietnamese poet who was known for his nationalist and anti-colonial writings against the French colonization of Cochinchina, the European name for the southern part of Vietnam...

, known for his patriotic anti-colonial writings. It has been visited by dignitaries including Nong Duc Manh.

The commune of Bảo Thạnh is the home of Phan Thanh Gian
Phan Thanh Gian
Phan Thanh Giản or Phan Thanh Jan was a Grand Counsellor at the Nguyễn court in Vietnam. He led an embassy to France in 1863, and committed suicide when France completed the invasion of Southern Vietnam in 1867.Phan Thanh Giản's grandfather was an ethnic Chinese , while his grandmother was a...

, a leading mandarin of Tự Đức who was also the first southerner to gain a PhD in the imperial court examinations.

The commune of Bảo Thuận among others is known for tourism.

Administrative divisions

The district is divided into one township Ba Tri
Ba Tri
Ba Tri is a rural district of Ben Tre province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. As of 2004 the district had a population of 201,802. The district covers an area of 351 km². The district capital lies at Ba Tri....

 (capital) and the following communes:
  1. An Hòa Tây
  2. An Thủy
    An Thuỷ
    An Thuy is a commune and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quang Binh Province, Vietnam. Local economy is mainly agricultural, rice production and cattle breeding....

  3. Vĩnh An
  4. An Đức
  5. An Bình Tây
  6. An Hiệp
  7. An Ngãi Tây
  8. Tân Hưng
    Tan Hung
    Tan Hung is a district of Long An Province in the Mekong River Delta region of Vietnam.-Divisions:The district is divided into communes:*Tân Hưng #Vĩnh Đại#Vĩnh Châu A#Vĩnh Châu B#Vĩnh Lợi#Vĩnh Thạnh#Thạnh Hưng#Hưng Thạnh...

  9. An Ngãi Trung
  10. An Phú Trung
  11. Mỹ Thạnh
    Mỹ Thanh
    Mỹ Thanh is a commune and village in Bạch Thông District, Bắc Kạn Province, in Vietnam....

  12. Mỹ Nhơn
  13. Mỹ Chánh
  14. Mỹ Hòa
  15. Tân Mỹ
  16. Tân Xuân
  17. Phước Tuy
  18. Bảo Thạnh
  19. Phú Ngãi
  20. Phú Lễ
  21. Vĩnh Hòa
  22. Tân Thủy
    Tân Thủy
    Tân Thủy is a commune and village in Lệ Thủy District, Quang Binh Province, in Vietnam....

  23. Bảo Thuận
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