Located in North Central Vietnam, Quảng Trị province is surrounded by Quảng Bình province on the north, Thừa Thiên-Huế province on the south, Savannakhet, Laos on the west, and the South China Sea on the east, with 75 kilometers (47 mi) of seaside. Except for the narrow Piedmont coastal plains, the terrain is dominated by hills and the Annamite Mountains