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Kontum, or Kontum City, is the capital of Kontum Province in Vietnam.

It is 45 km north of Pleiku and southeast of Ben Tre in the former II Corps tactical zone of the former South Vietnam. Further away, it is 246km from Ban Me Thuot and 215km from Qui Nhon.

Highway 14 runs through it,and Highway 24 connects it to Quang Ngai.

It is east of the Chu Pong Massif, one of the dominant terrain features during the Battle of the Ia Drang.