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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011

 

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TABLE 1

GVN REPORT ON STATUS OF STRATEGIC HAMLETS

As of 30 September 1962^[1]

Area	Strategic Hamlets Planned	Strategic Hamlets Completed	Strategic Hamlets Under Construction	Population in Completed Hamlets
SOUTHERN:
Saigon	433	105	115	261,470
Eastern Provinces	1,595	291	501	423,060
Western Provinces	4,728	1,236	702	1,874,750
SUB-TOTAL	6,756	1,632	1,318	2,559,320
CENTRAL:
Central Lowlands	3,630	1,490	682	1,654,470
High Plateau	930	103	217	108,244
SUB-TOTAL	4,560	1,593	899	1,762,714
GRAND TOTAL	11,316	3,225	2,217	4,322,034

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- Percentage of planned hamlets completed ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

28.49%

- Percentage of total population in completed hamlets ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

33.39%

1. Adapted from The Times of Vietnam, 28 October 1962, p. 17.

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