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Pleiku

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Pleiku is a city in central Vietnam, located in that nation's central highland region. [1]

35 relations: An Khê District, Attack on Camp Holloway, Ayun Pa, Bahnar people, Battle of Mang Yang Pass, Bình Định Province, Buôn Ma Thuột, Cambodia, Camp Holloway, Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z bombing, Central Highlands, Vietnam, Convair 880, Degar, First Indochina War, French Army, Gia Lai Province, Hoàng Anh Gia Lai F.C., Jarai people, Köppen climate classification, Kon Tum, National Route 19 (Vietnam), Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, People's Army of Vietnam, Pleiku Airport, Provinces of Vietnam, Qui Nhơn, Ratanakiri Province, South Vietnam, Stung Treng, Tropical savanna climate, Tuy Hòa, United States, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Vietnamese people.

An Khê District

An Khê is a town (''thị xã'') of Gia Lai Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.

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Attack on Camp Holloway

The attack on Camp Holloway occurred during the early hours of February 7, 1965, in the early stages of the Vietnam War.

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Ayun Pa

Ayun Pa is a district-level town (thị xã) in Gia Lai Province, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Bahnar people

The Bahnar (also spelled Ba Na) are an ethnic group of Vietnam living primarily in the Central Highland provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Tum, as well as the coastal provinces of Bình Định and Phú Yên.

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Battle of Mang Yang Pass

The Battle of Mang Yang Pass (also known as Battle of An Khe or Battle of Dak Po) was the last official battle of the First Indochina War.

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Bình Định Province

Bình Định is a province of Vietnam.

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Buôn Ma Thuột

Buôn Ma Thuột (formerly Lac Giao) or sometimes Buôn Mê Thuột or Ban Mê Thuột, is the capital city of Đắk Lắk Province, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Cambodia

Cambodia (កម្ពុជា, or Kampuchea:, Cambodge), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, prĕəh riəciənaacak kampuciə,; Royaume du Cambodge), is a sovereign state located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Camp Holloway

Camp Holloway is a former U.S. Army base near Pleiku in central Vietnam.

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Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z bombing

Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight flown and operated by Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific that crashed on 15 June 1972.

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Central Highlands, Vietnam

Tây Nguyên, translated as Western Highlands and sometimes also called Central Highlands, is one of the regions of Vietnam.

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Convair 880

The Convair 880 is an American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics.

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Degar

The Degar, also known as Montagnard, are the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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First Indochina War

The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam) began in French Indochina on 19 December 1946, and lasted until 20 July 1954.

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French Army

The French Army, officially the Ground Army (Armée de terre) (to distinguish it from the French Air Force, Armée de L'air or Air Army) is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.

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Gia Lai Province

Gia Lai is a province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Hoàng Anh Gia Lai F.C.

Hoàng Anh Gia Lai Football Club (Câu lạc bộ Bóng đá Hoàng Anh Gia Lai) is a Vietnamese soccer club based in Pleiku.

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Jarai people

Jarai people or Jarais (in Vietnamese Người Gia Rai, Gia Rai, or Gia-rai; in Khmer ចារ៉ាយ - Chareay) are an ethnic group in Vietnam's Central Highlands (Gia Lai and Kon Tum Provinces with some others in Đắk Lắk Province), as well as in the Cambodian northeast Province of Ratanakiri.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kon Tum

Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam.

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National Route 19 (Vietnam)

National Route 19 (Quốc lộ 19 or Đường 19) runs across Vietnam roughly in line with the 14th parallel north.

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Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (5 April 1923 – 29 September 2001) was the president of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1975.

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People's Army of Vietnam

The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; Quân Đội Nhân Dân Việt Nam), also known as the Vietnamese People's Army (VPA), is the military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

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Pleiku Airport

For the Vietnam War military use of this facility, see Pleiku Air Base Pleiku Airport (Sân bay Pleiku) is a regional airport located near the city of Pleiku within Gia Lai Province in southern Vietnam.

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Provinces of Vietnam

On the First Tier, Vietnam is divided into 58 provinces (tỉnh) and 5 municipalities (thành phố trực thuộc trung ương).

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Qui Nhơn

Quy Nhơn is a coastal city in Bình Định Province in central Vietnam.

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Ratanakiri Province

Ratanakiri, officially Ratanak Kiri (រតនគិរីAlternative spellings include រតនៈគិរី, រតនគីរី, and រតនៈគីរី.), is a province of northeast Cambodia.

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, Việt Nam Cộng Hòa), was a country that existed from 1955 to 1975 and comprised the southern half of what is now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

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Stung Treng

Stung Treng (ស្ទឹងត្រែង), (ຊຽງແຕງ) is the capital of Stung Treng Province, Cambodia.

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Tropical savanna climate

Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories "Aw" and "As".

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Tuy Hòa

Tuy Hòa is the capital city of Phú Yên Province in south-central Vietnam.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Vietnamese people

The Vietnamese people or the Kinh people (người Việt or người Kinh), are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiku

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