Đức Trọng District

Đức Trọng is a rural district (huyện) of Lâm Đồng Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. Đức Trọng is located at the center of Lâm Đồng Province. Liên Nghĩa Town (thị trấn), the district capital, is 30 km to the south of Đà Lạt. National Highway No. 20 (Đà Lạt - Hồ Chí Minh City) and National Highway No. 27 (Đà Lạt - Ban Mê Thuột) run through the district. It also has two highways connecting Đà Lạt and the central coastal provinces.[1]

Đức Trọng District

Huyện Đức Trọng
District
Liên Khương Airport
Country Vietnam
RegionCentral Highlands
ProvinceLâm Đồng
CapitalLiên Nghĩa
Area
 • Total348 sq mi (902 km2)
Population
 (2003)
 • Total161,232
Time zoneUTC+7 (Indochina Time)

The district is subdivided into one town (Liên Nghĩa) and 13 communes (xã): Hiệp Thạnh, Hiệp An, Liên Hiệp, Bình Thạch, N'Thôn Hạ, Tân Hội, Tân Thành, Phú Hội, Ninh Gia, Tà Hine, Ninh Loan, Đà Loan, and Tà Năng.

Pongour Waterfall, well known as "Seven-Floor Fall" (Thác Bảy Tầng) or "the First Waterfall of the South" (Nam thiên đệ nhất thác) is an attractive tourist site of Đức Trọng.

As of 2003 the district had a population of 161,232.[2] The district covers an area of 902 km². The district capital lies at Liên Nghĩa.[2]

References
  1. http://www.dalat.gov.vn/thongtinxa/Default.aspx?alias=www.dalat.gov.vn/thongtinxa/ductrong
  2. "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 13, 2009.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.