- Duc Trong District
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Đức Trọng — District — Location in Lâm Đồng Province
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VietnamRegion Central Highlands Province Lâm Đồng Province Capital Lien Nghia Area – Total 348.3 sq mi (902 km2) Population (2003) – Total 161,232 Time zone UTC + 7 (UTC+7) Duc Trong (Vietnamese: Đức Trọng) is a district (huyện) of Lam Dong 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 away to the south of Đà Lạt. National Way no. 20 (Đà Lạt - Hồ Chí Minh City) and National Way 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].
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 Lien Nghia.[2]
References
- ^ http://www.dalat.gov.vn/thongtinxa/Default.aspx?alias=www.dalat.gov.vn/thongtinxa/ductrong
- ^ a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. http://www.statoids.com/yvn.html. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
Districts of Central Highlands (Tay Nguyen)Dak Lak province Buon Ma Thuot · Buon Don · Buon Ho · Cu Kuin · Cu M'gar · Ea Sup · Krong Ana · Krong Bong · Krong Buk · Krong Nang · Krong Pak · Lak · M'Drak
Dak Nong province Gia Lai province Kon Tum province Lam Dong province Categories:- Districts of Lam Dong Province
- Central Highlands geography stubs
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