Lâm Đồng Province

Lâm Đồng Province
Tỉnh Lâm Đồng
Province

Location of Lâm Đồng within Vietnam
Coordinates: 11°57′N 108°26′E / 11.950°N 108.433°E / 11.950; 108.433Coordinates: 11°57′N 108°26′E / 11.950°N 108.433°E / 11.950; 108.433
Country  Vietnam
Region Central Highlands
Capital Đà Lạt
Area
 • Total 9,764.8 km2 (3,770.2 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Total 1,198,800
 • Density 120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Ethnicities Vietnamese, Cơ Ho, Mạ, Nùng
Time zone UTC+7 (ICT)
Calling code 63
ISO 3166 code VN-35
Website www.lamdong.gov.vn

Lâm Đồng (Vietnamese: [ləm ɗôŋ] ( listen)) is a province located in the Central Highlands (Tây Nguyên) region of Vietnam. Its capital is Da Lat. Lâm Đồng borders Khánh Hòa Province and Ninh Thuận Province to the east, Đồng Nai Province to the southwest, Bình Thuận Province to the southeast, Đắk Lắk Province to the north, and Đắk Nông Province to the northwest. It is the only Central Highlands province which does not share its western border with 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 city232.2065
Da Lat city394.64124
Bảo Lâm District1465.00113
Cát Tiên District427.2029
Đạ Huoai District494.4028
Đạ Tẻh District527.90110
Đam Rông District892.2028
Di Linh District1614.64118
Đơn Dương District611.5618
Đức Trọng District901.80114
Lạc Dương District1312.3315
Lâm Hà District979.52214

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 is nearly 1 billion US dollars in 2011.

In the Provincial Competitiveness Index 2011, Lâm Đồng is ranked 54 out of 63 provinces in Vietnam.

Attractions

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