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Da Nang

Port city (formerly Tourane) of southern Vietnam, centrally placed on the South China Sea, 80 km/50 mi southeast of Hué; population (1995 est) 416,000. Following the reunion of North and South Vietnam, the major part of the population was dispersed in 1976 to rural areas. Textiles are an important local industry.

A major US military base during the Vietnam War, it is now used by the USSR.



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