Kontum

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Kontum is a city and province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands that became a major battleground during the Vietnam War, notably in the 1972 Easter Offensive.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kon Tum Province 7
Kontum Province 3
Kontum canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
provincial capital
administrativeStatus provincial city
capitalOf Kontum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kon Tum Province
climateClassification Aw (Köppen)
conflict Easter Offensive
surface form: 1972 Easter Offensive

Tet Offensive-related operations
connectedByHighway Ho Chi Minh Highway
National Route 1A
surface form: National Route 14
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
economySector agriculture
coffee cultivation
forestry
rubber plantations
hasAirportNearby Pleiku Airport
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasEthnicGroups Bahnar
surface form: Bahnar people

Jarai people
Sedang people
Kinh
surface form: Vietnamese Kinh
hasLandmark Dak Bla River suspension bridges
Kontum Wooden Church
surface form: Kontum Bishop’s House

Kontum Wooden Church
hasMilitaryHistory ARVN defense against North Vietnamese forces in 1972
historicalEvent Battle of Kontum
historicalPeriod Vietnam War
languageUsed Vietnamese
localLanguages Bahnaric
surface form: Bahnaric languages

Jarai language
locatedIn Kontum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kon Tum Province
locatedInCountry Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
locatedInGeographicRegion Tây Nguyên
surface form: Vietnam’s Central Highlands
locatedInRegion Central Highlands
Tây Nguyên
locatedOnRiver Đăk Bla River
nearBorderWith Cambodia
Laos
notableFor key target in the 1972 Easter Offensive
major battleground during the Vietnam War
partOf Kontum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kon Tum Province
religionPresent Buddhism
Roman Catholicism
indigenous ethnic religions
strategicImportance control point on routes to Pleiku and the coast
gateway to the Central Highlands
timeZone Indochina Time
utcOffset +7

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Easter Offensive location Kontum
Quang Ngai Province borders Kontum
this entity surface form: Kon Tum Province
Central Highlands containsCity Kontum
this entity surface form: Kon Tum
Central Highlands containsProvince Kontum
this entity surface form: Kon Tum Province
Kontum locatedIn Kontum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kon Tum Province
Kontum partOf Kontum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kon Tum Province
Kontum capitalOf Kontum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kon Tum Province
Nguyen Hue Offensive location Kontum
this entity surface form: Kontum Province
Battle of Kontum location Kontum
this entity surface form: Kontum Province
Central Highlands, South Vietnam containsProvince Kontum
this entity surface form: Kontum Province
Central Highlands, South Vietnam currentAdministrativeArea Kontum
this entity surface form: Kon Tum Province
University of Da Nang hasCampus Kontum
this entity surface form: Kon Tum province
Pleiku Province successorAdministrativeUnit Kontum
this entity surface form: Kon Tum Province