Pleiku
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| Basic data | |||
| Country: |
 Vietnam
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| Province : | Gia Lai | ||
| ISO 3166-2: VN : | VN-30 | ||
| Coordinates : | 13 ° 59 ′ N , 108 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| population | |||
| City residents : | 114,000 (?) | ||
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| Area code : | +84 (0) | ||
| Time zone : | UTC +7: 00 | ||
Pleiku (more rarely Plei Cu , Plây Cu , Plây Ku , Plei Ku ) is the capital of the Gia Lai province in the central highlands of Vietnam . The city has about 114,000 inhabitants.
Pleiku was built on volcanic ground. The city is surrounded by spruce and pine forests . The volcanic soil is very fertile. For this reason, coffee plants and rubber trees are also planted in the area around Pleiku . There are also large vineyards and their own type of wine.
Because of the military airfields in Pleiku, the city was of strategic importance during the Vietnam War . It is mainly inhabited by Bahnar and Jarai .
Pleiku is at the crossroads of important traffic routes - the road north towards Kon Tum and the trunk road to Stung Treng in Cambodia .