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ID: 7004238
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004238
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Diện Biên Phủ (inhabited place)  Diện Biên Phủ (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 21 23 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 21.3833  decimal degrees
Long: 103 02 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 103.0333  decimal degrees

Note: Noted as site of French military post in the French Indochina War; was scene of decisive battle where French were besieged for 56 days & succumbed to Viet Minh forces in 1954; war soon ended & Vietnam was divided, which later contributed to Vietnam War.

Names:
Diện Biên Phủ (preferred,C,V)
Điện Biên (C,V)
Dienbienphu (C,V)
Dien Bien Phu (C,V)
Dien-bien-phu (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Viet Nam (nation)  ........  Viet Nam (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tỉnh Điện Biên (province)  ............  Tỉnh Điện Biên (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Diện Biên Phủ (inhabited place)  ................  Diện Biên Phủ (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  ravaged in 1950s
village (C)
military center (H)
battlefield (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Điện Biên..........  [VP]
....................  Gazetteer of Vietnam (1986) I, 357
Diện Biên Phủ..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  Gazetteer of Vietnam (1986) I, 357
Dienbienphu..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 243
Dien Bien Phu..........  [VP]
..........................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 55
..........................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 341
Dien-bien-phu..........  [VP]
..........................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-47
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 243
..................  Gazetteer of Vietnam (1986) I, 357
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-47
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 55
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 341
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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