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Yang Prong Tower

Yang Prong Tower is a Cham temple tower located in Ea Rốk commune, Ea Súp district, Đắk Lắk province, Vietnam, about 100 km from Buôn Ma Thuột.

History

The tower was first described by French ethnographer in his book .

Yang Prong means "Great Gods" in the local Jarai language. The tower was built in the late 13th century under Jaya Simhavarman III. It is the only Cham tower in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam.

On August 3, 1991, the Yang Prong Tower was classified as a national monument

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