Pleiku

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Pleiku is a city in Vietnam’s Central Highlands known as a regional hub for coffee production and as a strategic site during the Vietnam War.

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Pleiku canonical 16

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
airportIATAcode PXU ⓘ
climateCharacteristic distinct dry and rainy seasons ⓘ
coffeeTypeProduced Arabica coffee ⓘ
Robusta coffee ⓘ
country Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
distanceFrom about 200 km south of Kon Tum ⓘ
about 500 km north of Ho Chi Minh City ⓘ
economySector agriculture ⓘ
coffee industry ⓘ
services ⓘ
elevation approximately 750 metres ⓘ
geologicalFeature basaltic soils suitable for coffee ⓘ
hasAdministrativeStatus provincial city ⓘ
hasAirport Pleiku Airport ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Gia Lai Teacher Training College ⓘ
hasEthnicGroups Bahnar ⓘ
Jarai ⓘ
Kinh ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic urbanizing regional center ⓘ
hasReligions Buddhism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
local indigenous beliefs ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC ⓘ
hasStadium Pleiku Stadium ⓘ
hasTransport interprovincial bus connections ⓘ
historicalEvent Battle of Pleiku ⓘ
isCapitalOf Gia Lai province ⓘ
linked to: Gia Lai
knownFor coffee production ⓘ
role in the Vietnam War ⓘ
languageUsed Vietnamese ⓘ
locatedIn Central Highlands ⓘ
Gia Lai province ⓘ
linked to: Gia Lai
locatedOn Pleiku Plateau ⓘ
militaryBaseFor Army of the Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
nearbyLake Bien Ho (T’Nung Lake) ⓘ
region Tây Nguyên ⓘ
roadJunctionOf National Route 14 ⓘ
National Route 19 ⓘ
National Route 25 ⓘ
strategicRole logistics hub during Vietnam War ⓘ
timeZone Indochina Time ⓘ
tourismAttraction Bien Ho (Sea Lake) ⓘ
local ethnic minority villages ⓘ
utcOffset +7 ⓘ
wasPartOf South Vietnam ⓘ
wasStrategicSiteIn Vietnam War ⓘ

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