Pleiku Province
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Pleiku Province was a former province in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, historically significant as a major military area during the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pleiku Province canonical | 4 |
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative division
ⓘ
former province of Vietnam ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | defunct province ⓘ |
| borderedByCountry | Cambodia ⓘ |
| capital | Pleiku ⓘ |
| climate | tropical monsoon ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| country |
Viet Nam
ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| dissolution | reorganized after reunification of Vietnam in 1975 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroups |
Bahnar
ⓘ
Jarai ⓘ Kinh ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Government of the Republic of Vietnam
ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Vietnam government
|
| hasMilitaryFacility |
Camp Holloway
ⓘ
Pleiku Airport ⓘ
surface form:
Pleiku Air Base
various forward operating bases ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerCountry | South Vietnam ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Central Highlands
ⓘ
Tây Nguyên ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pleiku ⓘ |
| notableEvent | attacks on Pleiku in February 1965 ⓘ |
| notableEventConsequence | escalation of U.S. bombing of North Vietnam ⓘ |
| notableFor |
air operations from Pleiku Air Base
ⓘ
intense ground combat ⓘ |
| partOfMilitaryTheater |
Central Highlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Highlands campaign area
|
| postWarChange | integrated into Socialist Republic of Vietnam’s new provincial system ⓘ |
| significance | major military area during the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
logistics hub for Central Highlands operations
ⓘ
staging area for operations along the Ho Chi Minh Trail vicinity ⓘ |
| successorAdministrativeUnit |
Gia Lai
ⓘ
surface form:
Gia Lai Province
Kontum ⓘ
surface form:
Kon Tum Province
|
| terrain |
mountainous
ⓘ
plateau ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedByMilitaryForces |
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
ⓘ
People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form:
North Vietnamese forces
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
United States military
Viet Cong ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.