Đức Cơ district

Đức Cơ district Huyện Đức Cơ
District
Seal
Location in Gia Lai province
Country	Vietnam
Region	Central Highlands
Province	Gia Lai province
Capital	Chư Ty
Area
• Total	277 sq mi (717 km2)
Population  (2018)
• Total	62,031
Time zone	UTC+7 (Indochina Time)

Đức Cơ is a district (huyện) of Gia Lai province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.

History

Its name Đức Cơ from Daàk-kơh in Jarai language, what means "the stream of the mops". It was changed by President Ngô Đình Diệm's policy in 1957.

During the Vietnam War, the battle of Đức Cơ was the most important event of the Republic of Vietnam Marine Division, who won a resounding: "Delayed in Bình Giã so we did not back down ; The hard victory made us deserve to be volunteers for death ; Our people were happy to welcome the victory of Đức Cơ" (Lừng danh Bình Giã chúng ta không hề lùi bước ; Chiến thắng phong sương xứng danh là cảm tử quân ; Đồng bào mừng vui đón chào chiến thắng Đức Cơ) -- March of the Marine Division, "Maybe I will return from the victory of Pleime ; Or Đức Cơ, or Đồng Xoài, or Bình Giã?" (Anh trở lại, có thể bằng chiến thắng Pleime ; Hay Ðức Cơ, Ðồng Xoài, Bình Giã?) -- by Linh Phương's poem in 1971 and Phạm Duy's song in 1972, Man Who Entered The War History (Người vào chiến sử) by Anh Việt Thu, The Man Stayed At Charlie (Người ở lại Charlie) by Trần Thiện Thanh. This place is also the main context of theme song Warrior, Who Are You (Hỡi người chiến sĩ, anh là ai) in 1971 epic movie Faceless Lover (Người tình không chân dung) by Hoàng Vĩnh Lộc and Kiều Chinh. In addition, it was also mentioned by Phan Nhật Nam's battlefield memoirs and a few other novels mentioned very vividly and majestic.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 49,745. The majority of the native Jarai people, followed by the Kinh people. In the early 2000s, even the number of Kinh people continuously decreased due to the wrong economic policies of the local government, causing young people to leave elsewhere. The district covers an area of 717 km², that is, it is equivalent to Singapore Island. The district capital lies at Chư Ty.

Culture

Đức Cơ is located in the position of the strongest flowing water of the Se San basin, so it has been renovated into the most important hydroelectric lake of the Indochina junction. This project has quickly became a tourist landscape what was not to be missed.

This rural district was planned to be the center of the Development Triangle Project until Cambodia announced a retreat in 2024.