Lâm Đồng province explained

Lâm Đồng province
Native Name:Tỉnh Lâm Đồng
Native Name Lang:vi
Type:Province
Image Map1:
Zoom:7
Frame-Width:300
Coordinates:11.95°N 134°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Central Highlands
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Đà Lạt
Leader Title:People's Council Chair
Leader Title1:People's Committee Chair
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:9781.20
Population Total:1,732,500
Population As Of:2022
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Demographics
Demographics1 Title1:Ethnicities
Demographics1 Info1:Vietnamese, Cơ Ho, Mạ, Nùng
Demographics Type2:GDP[2]
Demographics2 Title1:Total
Demographics2 Info1:VND 78.433 trillion
US$ 3.406 billion
Timezone1:ICT
Utc Offset1:+7
Area Code Type:Calling code
Area Code:63
Iso Code:VN-35
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:66xxx

Lâm Đồng (in Vietnamese ləm˧˧ ʔɗəwŋ͡m˨˩/) 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 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
WardTownshipCommune
Bảo Lộc city 232.20 6 5
Da Lat city 394.64 12 4
1465.00 1 13
427.20 2 9
494.40 2 8
527.90 1 10
892.20 2 8
1614.64 1 18
611.56 1 8
901.80 1 14
1312.33 1 5
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.

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Notes and References

  1. 18 October 2023. Decision. 3048/QĐ-BTNMT. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Vietnam). 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. vi. – the data in the report are in hectares, rounded to integers
  2. Web site: Tình hình kinh tế, xã hội Lâm Đồng năm 2018. Cục Thống kê tỉnh Lâm Đồng. 10 May 2020.