Lâm Đồng province
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| Country | File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam |
| Region | Central Highlands |
| Capital | Đà Lạt |
| Area | |
• Total | 24,233.07 km2 (9,356.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2025) | |
• Total | 3,872,999 |
| • Density | 159.8229/km2 (413.9394/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) | Increase 0.715[3] (28th) |
| Website | www |
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Lâm Đồng is a province of Vietnam located in the south of the Central Highlands. It borders Khánh Hòa to the east, Đồng Nai and Hồ Chí Minh City to the southwest, the South China Sea to the southeast, Đắk Lắk to the north, and Cambodia to the northwest.
The three highest plateaus of the Central Highlands: Lâm Viên, Di Linh, and Bảo Lộc (formerly known as B'Lao), are located in Lâm Đồng province at an elevation of 1,500 meters above sea level.[4] The provincial capital, Đà Lạt City, is situated 300 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City, 658 km south of Đà Nẵng, and 1,414 km from the capital, Hanoi, via National Route 1.[4] In 2010, Lâm Đồng became the first province in the Central Highlands to have two provincial-level cities: Đà Lạt and Bảo Lộc.[5]
On 1 July 2025, the provinces of Lâm Đồng, Đắk Nông, and Bình Thuận were officially merged to form the new Lâm Đồng Province, with a population of 3,872,999 and an area of 24,233 km2 (9,356 sq mi), making it the largest province of Vietnam.
Name
[edit | edit source]Its name derives from Daàm-ròng in the K'ho language, which means "the big river", now Đồng Nai River.
Administrative divisions
[edit | edit source]Lâm Đồng is subdivided into 103 communes, 20 wards, and 1 special zone (Phú Quý).
Before 2025, Lâm Đồng was 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
[edit | edit source]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).[6]
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 | edit source]- 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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External links
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