Phước Long province



Phước Long is a former province of Southeast region of Vietnam. It was established on 22 October 1956 by a presidential decree. It was one of South Vietnam's 22 provinces. It is now part of Bình Phước province. The province was originally into three districts: Phước Bình, Bù Đốp, and Phước Hòa. In 1961, it was reorganized as four districts: Bố Đức, Phước Bình, Đức Phong and Đôn Luân. The administrative center was in Phước Bình.

History

 * On 23 January 1959, part of Phước Long province was divided to form Phước Thành province.
 * On 24 July 1961, Phước Hòa District was dissolved.
 * In 1976 Phước Long province was merged with Bình Dương province and Bình Long province to form the new Sông Bé province.

Districts

 * Bố Đức
 * Phước Bình
 * Đức Phong
 * Đôn Luân