Location of the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) region in Vietnam

Tây Nguyên, translated as Western Highlands and sometimes also called Central Highlands, is one of the regions of Vietnam. |||} Vietnam is divided into 58 Provinces (known in Vietnamese as tỉnh) Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially It contains the provinces of Đắk Lắk, Đắk Nông, Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Lâm Đồng. Dak Nong (in Vietnamese, Đăk/Ðắc Nông) is a Province of Vietnam. Gia Lai is a province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Administrative divisions The province is divided into one city ( Kon Tum Province lies in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam and shares borders with Laos and Cambodia.

It has a large population of ethnic minorities such as as the people of Malayo-Polynesian languages (Jarai and Ede) and the people of Mon-Khmer languages (Bahnar and K'hor). The Malayo-Polynesian languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian languages, with approximately 351 million speakers The Jarai (also Người Gia Rai, Gia Rai, or Gia-rai) is an ethnic group based primarily in Vietnam 's Central Highlands. The E De (also Ê Đê, Rhade, or Rade) are an ethnic group of the Hill Cham agglomeration of southern Vietnam (population 270348 The Mon-Khmer languages are the autochthonous Language family of Southeast Asia. The Bahnar (also spelled Ba Na) are an ethnic group of Vietnam living primarily in the Central Highland provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Therefore, the Degar organized the FULRO (1964-1992) and the Montagnard Foundation (1990-), and are continuing the Montagnard Independence Movement from Vietnam. The Degar (referred to by French colonists as Montagnard) are the Indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam. The United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races (FULRO was an organization within Vietnam whose objective was autonomy for the Degar tribes Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Montagnard Foundation Inc ( Vietnamese: Tổ chức Quỹ người Thượng) is an Anti-communist organization that is protecting the rights of the Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Tay nguyen is the home to most prominent and also most endangered species of VietNam and Southeast Asia: the Indochinese tiger, the huge gaur, the Wild Asian Water Buffalo, the banteng, and the Asian elephant. The Indochinese tiger or Corbett's tiger ( Panthera tigris corbetti) is a Subspecies of Tiger found in Cambodia, Laos, The gaur (ˈɡaʊɚ ( Bos gaurus, previously Bibos gauris) is a large dark-coated bovine animal of South Asia and Southeast Asia. True Wild Asian Water Buffalo or Wild Asiatic Water Buffalo is an Endangered species. The Banteng, Bos javanicus is an Ox that is found in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Borneo The Asian or Asiatic Elephant ( Elephas maximus) sometimes known by the name of one of its subspecies &ndash the Indian Elephant, is one of

This region is sometimes referred to as Cao nguyên Trung bộ (literally "Midland Highlands"), and was referred to during the Republic of Vietnam as Cao nguyên Trung phần (literally "Central Highlands"). "RVN" redirects here RVN is also the former callsign of a TV station in Wagga Wagga New South Wales Australia

Geography

Tây Nguyên is a plateau، bordering the lower part of Laos and northeastern Cambodia. Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma The Kingdom of Cambodia ( formerly known as Kampuchea (, transliterated: Preăh Réachéanachâkr Kâmpŭchea) is a country in South East Kon Tum Province shares a border with both Laos and Cambodia but Gia Lai Province and Dak Lak Province only share borders with Laos. Kontum or Kon Tum is the capital town Kon Tum Province in Vietnam. Gia Lai is a province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Administrative divisions The province is divided into one city ( Lam Dong Province is landlocked, and thus has no international border with any other nation.

Actually, Tay Nguyen is not situated on a unique plateau, instead it lays on series of contiguous plateaus, namely Kon Tum at the height of 500 m, Kon Plông Plateau, Kon Hà Nừng Plateau, Pleiku with the height of around 800m, Mdrak Plateau of approximately 500 m, Đắk Lắk of around 800m, Mơ Nông with the height of about 800-1000 m, Lâm Viên Plateau of approximately 1500 m and Di Linh Plateau of about 900-1000 m. All of these plateau are surrounded by the high mountain ranges and mounts (South Anamite Range).

Tây Nguyên can be divided into 3 subregions according to its deviation in topography and climate, namely: North Tay Nguyen (Bắc Tây Nguyên) (inclusive of Kon Tum and Gia Lai Provinces), Middle Tay Nguyen (Trung Tây Nguyên) (covering provinces of Đắk Lắk and Đắk Nông), South Tay Nguyen (Nam Tây Nguyên) (Lâm Đồng). Trung Tây Nguyên has lower altitude and therefore has a higher temperature from other two subregions.

Tay Nguyen has an average altitude of 500-600 m with basalt soil, suitable for planting coffee tree, cacao, pepper, and white mulberry. Basalt (bəˈsɔːlt ˈbeisɔːlt ˈbæsɔːlt is a common Extrusive Volcanic rock. CACAO is a research Java Virtual Machine developed at Vienna University of Technology. The White Mulberry ( Morus alba) is a short-lived fast-growing small to medium sized Mulberry tree which grows to 10–20 m tall Cashew and rubber plants are also planted here. The cashew ( Anacardium occidentale; Syn Anacardium curatellifolium A Coffee is the most important product of Tay Nguyen.

Tay Nguyen contains in it many primitive forests and is protected in its national parks, such as Cat Tien National Park, Yok Don National Park, Kon Ka Kinh National Park. A national park is a reserve of land usually declared and owned by a national Government, protected from most Human development and pollution Cat Tien National Park (Vườn quốc gia Cát Tiên is an important National park found in the south of Vietnam, approximately 150 km north of Ho Chi Minh Yok Don National Park (Vietnamese Vườn quốc gia Yok Don) is a National park located in Buôn Đôn District, Dak Lak Province, Tây Kon Ka Kinh National Park (Vườn quốc gia Kon Ka Kinh is a National park of Vietnam, established by the Decision 167/2002/QĐ-TTg on November 25