Long Tân, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu
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Long Tân is a commune (xã) and village in Đất Đỏ District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Vietnam, at 10°31′N 107°16′E. When it was part of South Vietnam, it was in Phước Tuy province.
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Long Tân | |
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Coordinates: 10°31′N 107°16′E | |
Country | Vietnam |
Province | Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province |
District | Đất Đỏ |
Area | |
• Total | 2,895 km2 (1,118 sq mi) |
Population (1999 census)[1] | |
• Total | 4,437 |
Time zone | UTC+7 (Indochina Time) |
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It is renowned for its rubber plantations, and hosts a very small population of roughly 1,200 people.
The village, along with nearby Long Phước, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, was cleared to make an exclusion zone around the Nui Dat Australian base near Bà Rịa. The destruction of the two villages formed part of the background for the Battle of Long Tan on 18 August 1966, where a small unit of Australian soldiers recorded a victory over a much larger force of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers.