17th Parallel Vietnam Map
Map showing the 17th parallel separating north and south vietnam.
17th parallel vietnam map. It crosses africa asia the indian ocean the pacific ocean central america the caribbean and the atlantic ocean. The 17th parallel of latitude was chosen in the 1954 peace accords by the united nations to separate the 3 french protectorates tonkin to the north annam in the centre and cochinchine to the south that now makes up what we call vietnam. The boundary between north vietnam officially the democratic republic of viet nam and south vietnam officially the state and later the republic of vietnam was established as the ben hai river. Photo taken from the north side of the dmz at the route 1 crossing.
The parallel is particularly significant in the history of vietnam see below. 17th parallel map 17th parallel. Map of the demilitarized zone. The dmz extended five kilometers on each side of the river.
Seventeenth parallel the provisional military demarcation line established in vietnam by the geneva accords 1954. I think the village council and the people on the david westfall foundation board of directors saw it as another. The river ran approximately east west approximately on the 17th parallel. Find this pin and more on maps for samoeun s book by rosemary rawlins.
The line did not actually coincide with the 17th parallel but ran south of it approximately along the ben hai river to the village of bo ho su and from there due west to the laos vietnam border. The 17th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 17 degrees north of the earth s equatorial plane. The guard tower on the left is a re creation and spires seen in the distance through the arch are a new monument. Following the french war the geneva accords temporarily divided vietnam along the 17th parallel.
During the vietnam war 1955 1975 it became important as the. Vietnam map 17th parallel quang tri was a part of vietnam with it being right on the 17th parallel that saw a lot of action swickard said.