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Province/ City (Urban/rural) District Ward/Commune Residential Unit/Hamlet/Village
- Poverty Rate: 0,93 percent (25
households) as of end of 2007
- Other features:
• Net rice purchase
• home to 3 industrial clusters, nearly 80
agencies and enterprises
Residential Unit 3:
- Geographical location: Total area of 40 ha
- Population and Ethnicity: 748 households with 2,638 people.
- Poverty Rate: five poor households as of end of 2007
- Other features: mainly simple jobs such as motorbike taxi drivers,
small traders, cyclo drivers; some still grow vegetables and catching
fish/prawns along the river sides
An Lao District:
- Geographical location: 18 km South
West of Hai Phong
- Population: 34360 households
- Poverty Rate: 8,3 percent (2868
households) as of August 2007
- Other features:
• 1 industrial park (An Tràng) and
multiple industrial clusters by National
highway 10.
• mainly agriculture and handicrafts
An Thái Commune:
- Geographical location: at the far end
of An Lao District, total area of 575.96
ha
- Population: 1890 households with
7,865 people
- Poverty Rate: 212 poor households as
of end of 2007
- Main jobs: paddy farming,
construction, shoe-making and
handicrafts
Tiên Cm 1 hamlet:
- Poverty Rate: 18 poor households as of end of 2007
- Main sources of income: agriculture (wetland paddy, cash crops,
cigarette…), rattan frames, shoe-making, construction…
Tiên Cm 2 hamlet:
- Population and Ethnicity: 168 households with 542 people
- Poverty Rate: 12,5 percent (21 households) as of end of 2007
- Main sources of income: agriculture (wetland paddy, cash crops,
cigarette …), rattan frames, shoe-making, construction…
Quang Tri:
- Geographical location:
North central coastal
region, total area of 4,744
km 2
- Population and Ethnicity:
611,000; 3 ethnic groups
Vân Kiu, Pa Cô and Kinh.
- Poverty Rate: 25,7
percent as of end of 2006
Huong Hoa District
- Geographical location: border
mountain district with 22 communes
Population and Ethnicity: 13,335
households, mainly of Vân Kiu group
(56.9 percent) and Pa Cô (31.8
percent).
- Poverty Rate: l31.2 percent as of end
of 2006
Xy Commune:
- Geographical location: remote area,
one of the poorest communes of
Huong Hoa District. Total area of
2,118 ha.
- Population and Ethnicity: 276
households with 1,256 people. Mainly
of the Vân Kiu group
- Poverty Rate: very high, 70.1 percent
as of end of 2006
- Key features: mainly subsistence
production. Main sources of income:
cassava and upland crops.
Troan Ô hamlet:
- Geographical feature: low mountain
- Population and Ethnicity: 42 households with 206 people. 97,6
percent of Vân Kiu group
- Distance to Commune : 1 km
- Main sources of income: cassava, hired jobs (carpentry, weeding...)
Xi La hamlet:
- Geographical feature: low mountain
- Population and Ethnicity: 27 households with 136 people. 100
percent of Vân Kiu group
- Distance to Commune 1 km
- Main sources of income: cassava, upland paddy, hired jobs
(weeding...)
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