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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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
airportIATAcode PXU NERFINISHED
climateCharacteristic distinct dry and rainy seasons
coffeeTypeProduced Arabica coffee
Robusta coffee NERFINISHED
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
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 NERFINISHED
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasEducationalInstitution Gia Lai Teacher Training College NERFINISHED
hasEthnicGroups Bahnar NERFINISHED
Jarai NERFINISHED
Kinh NERFINISHED
hasPopulationCharacteristic urbanizing regional center
hasReligions Buddhism NERFINISHED
Roman Catholicism
local indigenous beliefs
hasSportsTeam Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC NERFINISHED
hasStadium Pleiku Stadium NERFINISHED
hasTransport interprovincial bus connections
historicalEvent Battle of Pleiku NERFINISHED
isCapitalOf Gia Lai province NERFINISHED
knownFor coffee production
role in the Vietnam War
languageUsed Vietnamese
locatedIn Central Highlands NERFINISHED
Gia Lai province NERFINISHED
locatedOn Pleiku Plateau NERFINISHED
militaryBaseFor Army of the Republic of Vietnam NERFINISHED
United States Army NERFINISHED
nearbyLake Bien Ho (T’Nung Lake) NERFINISHED
region Tây Nguyên NERFINISHED
roadJunctionOf National Route 14 NERFINISHED
National Route 19 NERFINISHED
National Route 25 NERFINISHED
strategicRole logistics hub during Vietnam War
timeZone Indochina Time NERFINISHED
tourismAttraction Bien Ho (Sea Lake) NERFINISHED
local ethnic minority villages
utcOffset +7
wasPartOf South Vietnam NERFINISHED
wasStrategicSiteIn Vietnam War NERFINISHED

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