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Pleiku
Pleiku is a city in central Vietnam, located in the Central Highlands region. It is the capital of the Gia Lai Province. Many years ago, it was inhabited primarily by the Bahnar and Jarai ethnic groups, sometimes known as the Montagnards or Degar, although now it is inhabited primarily by the Kinh ethnic group. The city is the centre of the urban district of Pleiku which covers an area of 261 km². As of 2003 the district had a population of 186,763. The city sits at the junction of several national roads—National Route 14 to Kon Tum in the north and Buôn Ma Thuột in the south and National Route 19 to Stœng Trêng in Cambodia in the west (via Ratanakiri Province) and to Bình Định Province in the east. The city is home to the Hoàng Anh Gia Lai football club. Pleiku is served by Pleiku Airport in the near outskirts of the city. History First Indochina War At the end of the First Indochina War, in June 1954, the French Army ''Groupe Mobile 100'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleiku Square
Pleiku is a city in central Vietnam, located in the Central Highlands region. It is the capital of the Gia Lai Province. Many years ago, it was inhabited primarily by the Bahnar and Jarai ethnic groups, sometimes known as the Montagnards or Degar, although now it is inhabited primarily by the Kinh ethnic group. The city is the centre of the urban district of Pleiku which covers an area of 261 km². As of 2003 the district had a population of 186,763. The city sits at the junction of several national roads—National Route 14 to Kon Tum in the north and Buôn Ma Thuột in the south and National Route 19 to Stœng Trêng in Cambodia in the west (via Ratanakiri Province) and to Bình Định Province in the east. The city is home to the Hoàng Anh Gia Lai football club. Pleiku is served by Pleiku Airport in the near outskirts of the city. History First Indochina War At the end of the First Indochina War, in June 1954, the French Army ''Groupe Mobile 100'' was order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pleiku Airport
Pleiku Airport ( vi, Sân bay Pleiku) is a regional airport located near the city of Pleiku within Gia Lai Province in southern Vietnam. Airlines and destinations Statistics History Pleiku Airport was little more than an undeveloped air strip in December 1962 when it was designated by the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (VNAF) as Air Base 62. It was expanded during the Vietnam War and became a major air base for the VNAF and United States Air Force activities, but never reached the saturation and population proportions of the major air bases of the coastal lowlands. After 1975, it was developed into a civil airport. See also * List of airports in Vietnam This is a list of airports in Vietnam, grouped by type and sorted by location. Airports in Vietnam are managed and operated by Airports Corporation of Vietnam. Civil airports , - , Hải Châu, Da Nang city , Da Nang and Hội An , VVDN , ... References External links Trip To Pleiku - 2006 Pleiku Buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Route 19 (Vietnam)
National Route 19 ( vi, Quốc lộ 19 L19or ) runs across Vietnam roughly in line with the 14th parallel north. The route includes two segments: National Route 19 begins at Qui Nhơn and ends just short of the Vietnam-Cambodia border, while National Route 19B begins on the Qui Nhơn peninsula and joins Route 1 east of Phu Cat Airport. Route description National Route 19 runs through the following towns and cities: *northwest of Qui Nhơn where it connects with Route 1 * An Khê District *Pleiku, where it connects to Route 17 *southwest of Pleiku, where it connects to Route 14C History Route Coloniale 19 or RC19 was constructed by the French in the early 20th century and was the main road connecting the Central Highlands with the coastal region of Vietnam. The Battle of Mang Yang Pass took place along RC19 between An Khê and Pleiku from 24–30 June 1954. In the early 1960s as the Vietnam War began to increase in intensity, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The north was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist states, while the south was United States in the Vietnam War, supported by the United States and other anti-communism, anti-communist Free World Military Forces, allies. The war is widely considered to be a Cold War-era proxy war. It lasted almost 20 years, with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973. The conflict also spilled over into neighboring states, exacerbating the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, which ended with all three countries becoming communist states by 1975. After the French 1954 Geneva Conference, military withdrawal from Indochina in 1954 – following their defeat in the First Indochina War – the Viet Minh to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
