Lâm Đồng province

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
Province
Đà Lạt
Seal
Location of Lâm Đồng in Vietnam
Coordinates: 11°57′N 108°26′E
Country	Vietnam
Region	Central Highlands
Capital	Đà Lạt
Area [1]
• Total	9,781.20 km2 (3,776.54 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	1,732,500
• Density	180/km2 (460/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
Website	www.lamdong.gov.vn

Lâm Đồng is the only Central Highlands province which does not share its western border with neither Laos nor Cambodia.

Administrative divisions

Lâm Đồng is subdivided into 12 district-level sub-divisions:

Second-tier subdivisions	Area (km2)	Third-tier subdivisions
		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

The 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

• 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

1. 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
2. "Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Lâm Đồng năm 2018". Cục Thống kê tỉnh Lâm Đồng. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

External links

• Official government website