The DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) which was located at the 17th Parallel.
17th parrelle
Between 1954 and 1975, there were two Vietnams: a North Vietnam and a South Vietnam; divided at the 17th parallel.
SOUTH Vietnam was called the "REPUBLIC of South Vietnam." Everyone in those days just called North Vietnam...NORTH VIETNAM.
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There is no "North Vietnam" as a country. The term "North Vietnam" was an erronous term used by the US to justify there intervention into Vietnam after the Paris Peace Accord 1954 which temporarily divide the country into 2 parts, North and South. FoIn the history there was no north or south country in Vietnam. The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi.
President Eisenhower did not allow an election.
There was no country called "Vietnam" during the war. There was a country called North Vietnam and another country called South Vietnam, which one are you asking about?
During the Vietnam War, the 17th parallel was the dividing line that separated one nation from another (North & South Vietnam); it hasn't existed since 1975.
When the Vietnam War ended in 1975, North and South Vietnam became one communist nation called Vietnam.
The capital of North Vietnam (1955-1975) was Hanoi. It lies in the blue river Delta in Vietnam's central north. It remained the capital when Vietnam was reunified.Capital: Hanoi 21°2′N 105°51′EThere is a debate as to whether North Vietnam is an appropriate term, see below:There is no "North Vietnam" as a country. The term "North Vietnam" was an erronous term used by the US to justify there intervention into Vietnam after the Paris Peace Accord 1954 which temporarily divide the country into 2 parts, North and South. In the history there was no north or south country in Vietnam.
Drainage basins are separated from each other by an area of higher ground called a drainage divide. North America has 5 large Continental Divides that separate the drainage basins of the Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic Oceans, Hudson Bay, the Great Lakes, and the Gulf of Mexico.
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