Central Highlands

E133074
mountainous region region

The Central Highlands is a strategically important mountainous region in Vietnam that was a major battleground during the Vietnam War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Central Highlands canonical 7
Central Highlands campaign area 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountainous region ⓘ
region ⓘ
averageElevation 500–1500 meters ⓘ
borders Cambodia ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
coastal regions of central Vietnam ⓘ
climateType tropical monsoon ⓘ
containsCity Buôn Ma Thuột ⓘ
Kontum ⓘ
surface form: Kon Tum

Pleiku ⓘ
containsProvince Gia Lai ⓘ
Kontum ⓘ
surface form: Kon Tum Province

Lâm Đồng Province ⓘ
Đắk Lắk Province ⓘ
Đắk Nông Province ⓘ
country Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
cash crop production ⓘ
coffee cultivation ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bahnar ⓘ
Jarai ⓘ
M'Nông ⓘ
Ê Đê ⓘ
hasVietnameseName Tây Nguyên ⓘ
involvedBelligerent Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnam

South Vietnam ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Viet Cong ⓘ
knownFor coffee production ⓘ
ethnic minority populations ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
rubber plantations ⓘ
strategic military importance during the Vietnam War ⓘ
locatedIn Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
locatedInRegion Central Vietnam ⓘ
Southwestern Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: Tây Nguyên
notableBattle Battle of Buôn Ma Thuột ⓘ
Battle of Ia Drang ⓘ
Battle of Pleiku ⓘ
partOf Annamite Range ⓘ
strategicImportance high ⓘ
strategicRoleDuringWar buffer zone between coastal lowlands and borders with Laos and Cambodia ⓘ
control of Ho Chi Minh Trail approaches ⓘ
control of supply routes ⓘ
terrainType mountainous ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorConflict 1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn Vietnam War ⓘ
wasMajorBattlegroundIn Vietnam War ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Easter Offensive → location → Central Highlands ⓘ
General Offensive and Uprising → tookPlaceIn → Central Highlands ⓘ
Kontum → locatedInRegion → Central Highlands ⓘ
MR II (South Vietnam) → includesArea → Central Highlands ⓘ
Nguyen Hue Offensive → location → Central Highlands ⓘ
Pleiku Campaign → location → Central Highlands ⓘ
Pleiku Province → locatedInRegion → Central Highlands ⓘ
Pleiku Province → partOfMilitaryTheater → Central Highlands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Highlands campaign area