Măng Đen (formerly Đắk Long commune) is a township and administrative seat of Kon Plông District in Kon Tum Province in Vietnam.[1]

Măng Đen
Thị trấn Măng Đen
Măng Đen Township
Pa Sỹ Falls
Pa Sỹ Falls
CountryVietnam
ProvinceKon Tum
DistrictKon Plông
Area
 • Total
148.07 km2 (57.17 sq mi)
Elevation
1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total
6,913
 • Density47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+07:00

Măng Đen is a newly-formed town on the sparsely populated Mang Den Plateau in the northern part of the Central Highlands region (Vietnamese: Tây Nguyên). The town was built in 2003 around the Sedang villages of Dak Ke and Kon Bring and an abandoned American airfield called Plateau G.I. The settlement received township status in 2019.[2]

At 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) above sea level, the township has cool climate with average temperatures of 17.0–22.7 °C (62.6–72.9 °F). Mang Den's specific sights are pine forests and wild Himalayan cherry blossom in the winter. It is dubbed as "the second Da Lat" due to its temperate climate.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Phân công chuẩn bị phiên họp thứ 35 của UBTVQH". Online Newspaper of the Government - Viet Nam Government Portal. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  2. ^ "Ủy ban Thường vụ Quốc hội xem xét, phê chuẩn bổ nhiệm nhân sự; thành lập đơn vị hành chính mới". tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  3. ^ TITC. "Măng Đen - Đà Lạt thứ 2 của Tây Nguyên". Tổng cục Du lịch Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2020-09-13.

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