Mang Yang district

Mang Yang district
Huyện Mang Yang
District
Location in Gia Lai province
Location in Gia Lai province
Country Vietnam
RegionCentral Highlands
ProvinceGia Lai province
CapitalKon Dơng
Area
 • Total
435 sq mi (1,126 km2)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total
53,160
Time zoneUTC+7 (Indochina Time)

Mang Yang (Vietnamese: Mang Yang) is a district (huyện) of Gia Lai province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 43,734.[1] The district covers an area of 1,126 km². The district capital lies at Kon Dơng.[1] In 1954, at the end of the First Indochina War, Mang Yang was the site of a bloody battle won by the Viet Minh.

References

  1. ^ a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 13, 2009.

14°00′00″N 108°15′00″E / 14.000°N 108.250°E / 14.000; 108.250


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