Pleiku

 city, local government

Pleiku is a town in central Vietnam, located in that nation's central highland region. It is the capital of the Gia Lai Province; it is inhabited primarily by the Bahnar and Jarai ethnic groups, sometimes known collectively as the Montagnards or Degar.
The town is the centre of the urban district of Pleiku which covers an area of 261 km². As of 2003 the district had a population of 186,763. The town sits at the junction of several national roads—National Road 14 to Kon Tum in the north and Buon Ma Thuot in the south and National Road 19 to Stœng Trêng in Cambodia in the west (via Ratanakiri Province) and to Binh Dinh Province in the east.
The city is home to the Hoàng Anh Gia Lai club.
Pleiku is served by Pleiku Cù Hanh Airport in the near outskirts of the city.