Kon Tum
Kon Tum
Thành phố Kon Tum | |
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| Kon Tum City | |
 Rông House Kon Klor | |
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  Kon Tum Location in Vietnam | |
| Coordinates: 14°21′42″N 108°0′30″E / 14.36167°N 108.00833°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Province | Kon Tum |
| Area | |
| • Total | 432.9815 km2 (167.1751 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 525 m (1,722 ft) |
| Population (2019) | |
| • Total | 172,712 |
| • Density | 358/km2 (930/sq mi) |
| Climate | Aw |
Kon Tum is the capital city of Kon Tum Province in Vietnam. It is located inland in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam, near the borders of Laos and Cambodia.
History
After the People's Army of Vietnam invaded South Vietnam on March 30, 1972 during the Easter Offensive, two divisions attempted to capture Kon Tum, but failed. In March 1975, however, Kon Tum was overrun during the Ho Chi Minh Campaign and large numbers of refugees were forced to flee east to the south central coast.
Kon Tum has several vestiges of the French colonial period, as well as several tribal villages directly in the suburbs of the Vietnamese-reconstructed town. Among the town's landmarks, there is a Roman Catholic wooden church on discrete stilts and a large French-built seminary which hosts a small museum on local hill tribes. French missionary presence in Kon Tum traces back to 1851.
Climate
Kon Tum has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with a wet season from April to November, a dry season from November to April, and consistently very warm-to-hot temperatures with high-to-oppressive humidity year-round.
| Climate data for Kon Tum | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 35.5 (95.9) |
38.2 (100.8) |
39.8 (103.6) |
39.5 (103.1) |
39.5 (103.1) |
35.6 (96.1) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
33.7 (92.7) |
35.1 (95.2) |
39.8 (103.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28.0 (82.4) |
30.3 (86.5) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.2 (91.8) |
31.7 (89.1) |
29.8 (85.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.9 (84.0) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.1 (84.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.7 (85.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.1 (70.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
25.9 (78.6) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.5 (76.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.6 (74.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.8 (74.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15.6 (60.1) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.3 (66.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.1 (68.2) |
18.5 (65.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
19.8 (67.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 4.9 (40.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.5 (47.3) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.9 (60.6) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
17.8 (64.0) |
16.3 (61.3) |
11.9 (53.4) |
8.9 (48.0) |
5.9 (42.6) |
4.9 (40.8) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1.0 (0.04) |
7.0 (0.28) |
39.6 (1.56) |
97.3 (3.83) |
237.2 (9.34) |
257.0 (10.12) |
314.1 (12.37) |
336.1 (13.23) |
313.1 (12.33) |
180.3 (7.10) |
58.0 (2.28) |
8.0 (0.31) |
1,854.7 (73.02) |
| Average rainy days | 0.5 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 9.4 | 18.2 | 21.2 | 24.2 | 25.6 | 22.3 | 13.8 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 148.3 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 70.8 | 68.3 | 68.2 | 71.7 | 78.7 | 83.6 | 85.1 | 86.5 | 85.7 | 81.2 | 76.7 | 73.3 | 77.2 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 269.3 | 253.6 | 264.8 | 235.6 | 203.6 | 152.6 | 138.6 | 127.4 | 125.9 | 181.5 | 208.1 | 241.7 | 2,569.6 |
| Source 1: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933)[3] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Vietnam City Maps 1:12,500, Series L909, Edition 4-DMATC, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, 1972.
- ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF).
- ^ The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933)
External links
- Kontum government home page (Vietnamese)
- The Battle of Kontum
Kontum travel guide from Wikivoyage
| Đắk Lắk province |  | |
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| Đắk Nông province | ||
| Gia Lai province | ||
| Kon Tum province | ||
| Lâm Đồng province | ||
※ denotes provincial seat. | ||
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