Bàu Tró (''Bàu'' in Vietnamese dialect means ''pond'') is a lake in
Đồng Hới
Đồng Hới () is the capital city of Quảng Bình Province in the north central coast of Vietnam. The city's area is . Population as per the 2017 census was 119,222. It is served by National Highway 1A, the Đồng Hới Railway Station, a ...
city,
Quảng Bình Province,
Vietnam
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. This lake is an important fresh water supply for more than 130,000 inhabitants of Đồng Hới. Bàu Tró is better known for archaeological findings by French archaeologists during
French Indochina
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China),; vi, Đông Dương thuộc Pháp, , lit. 'East Ocean under French Control; km, ឥណ្ឌូចិនបារាំង, ; th, อินโดจีนฝรั่งเศส, ...
periods. The artefacts found here dated back as far as 5,000 years ago, displaying important proof of human settlements in this area.
Lakes of Vietnam
Landforms of Quảng Bình province
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