Lâm Đồng is a southernmost mountainous province in the Central Highlands region, the Central of Vietnam. It borders Khánh Hòa and Ninh Thuận to the east, Đồng Nai to the southwest, Bình Thuận to the southeast, Đắk Lắk to the north, and Đắk Nông to the northwest.
Lâm Đồng | |
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 Location of Lâm Đồng in Vietnam | |
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| Coordinates: 11°57′N 108°26′E / 11.950°N 108.433°E | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | Central Highlands |
| Capital | Đà Lạt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,781.20 km2 (3,776.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • Total | 1,845,000 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Ethnicities | Vietnamese, Cơ Ho, Mạ, Nùng |
| GDP[2] | |
| • Total | VND 78.433 trillion US$ 3.406 billion |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 66xxx |
| Calling code | 63 |
| ISO 3166 code | VN-35 |
| HDI (2020) |  0.715[3](28th) |
| Website | www |
Lâm Đồng is the only Central Highlands province which does not share its western border with neither Laos nor Cambodia.
Name
editIts name Lâm Đồng from Daàm-ròng in K'ho language, what means "the big river", now Đồng Nai River.
Administrative divisions
editLâm Đồng is subdivided into 12 district-level sub-divisions:
| Second-tier subdivisions |
Area (km2) |
Third-tier subdivisions | ||
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| Ward | Township | Commune | ||
| Bảo Lộc city | 232.20 | 6 | 5 | |
| Da Lat city | 394.64 | 12 | 4 | |
| Bảo Lâm District | 1465.00 | 1 | 13 | |
| Cát Tiên District | 427.20 | 2 | 9 | |
| Đạ Huoai District | 494.40 | 2 | 8 | |
| Đạ Tẻh District | 527.90 | 1 | 10 | |
| Đam Rông District | 892.20 | 2 | 8 | |
| Di Linh District | 1614.64 | 1 | 18 | |
| Đơn Dương District | 611.56 | 1 | 8 | |
| Đức Trọng District | 901.80 | 1 | 14 | |
| Lạc Dương District | 1312.33 | 1 | 5 | |
| Lâm Hà District | 979.52 | 2 | 14 | |
They are further subdivided into 12 commune-level towns (or townlets), 118 communes, and 18 wards.
Economy
editThe economy is based largely on agriculture, with tea, coffee and vegetables being the main agricultural products. Lâm Đồng province is also famous for its main city - Đà Lạt (Lâm Đồng attracted 3 million tourists in 2011).
The GDP of Lâm Đồng was nearly US$3 billion in 2020.
In the Provincial Competitiveness Index 2020, Lâm Đồng is ranked 15 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam.
Attractions
edit- Cát Tiên National Park
- Bidoup Núi Bà National Park
- Many waterfalls such as Cam Ly, Prenn and Datanla
- Langbiang mountain
- Tuyền Lâm Lake
- Thung Lũng Tình Yêu (Love Valley)
- Pren
- Cát Tiên archaeological site
- Linh Phước Pagoda
References
edit- ^ Biểu số 4.4: Hiện trạng sử dụng đất vùng Tây Nguyên năm 2022 [Table 4.4: Current land use status in the Central Highlands in 2022] (PDF) (Decision 3048/QĐ-BTNMT) (in Vietnamese). Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam). 18 October 2023. – the data in the report are in hectares, rounded to integers
- ^ "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Lâm Đồng năm 2018". Cục Thống kê tỉnh Lâm Đồng. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Human Development Index by province(*) by Cities, provincies and Year". General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Retrieved September 28, 2024.