Lâm Đồng province
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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 | |
| 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.
Its name Lâm Đồng from Daàm-ròng in K'ho language, what means "the big river", now Đồng Nai River.
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.
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 8,65 million tourists in 2023).[4]
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.
- 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
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