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Central Highlands

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mountainous region of Vietnam

Key facts

Country
Vietnam
Total
54,548.31 km (21,061.22 sq mi)
Density
111.689/km (289.272/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+7 (UTC +7)
Hdi 2022
0.685 , high · 4th

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Encyclopedic overview

The Central Highlands (Vietnamese: Cao nguyên Trung phần), South Central Highlands (Vietnamese: Cao nguyên Nam Trung Bộ), Western Highlands (Vietnamese: Tây Nguyên) or Midland Highlands (Vietnamese: Cao nguyên Trung bộ) was a former region located in the south central part of Vietnam. It contained parts of the provinces of Đắk Lắk, Gia Lai, Quảng Ngãi, and Lâm Đồng. On June 12 2025 the region merged with South Central Coast.

Geography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Central Highlands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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