Vietnam Political Geography

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Da Lat

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Da Lat , city (1989 pop. 87,136), S Vietnam, in the central highlands, alt. c.5,000 ft (1,520 m). Developed by the French as a health resort and hunting center, it is a modern city surrounded by mountains that rise to 7,380 ft (2,249 m). Coffee, tea, tobacco, and temperate-zone vegetables are commercially grown. Da Lat is linked by highway with Ho Chi Minh City and is on a branch rail line from the coastal city of Phan Rang. It has an airport. In the city are a college (founded 1976) and the Ethnic Minority Museum.

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Đà Lat

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Đà Lat, Vietnam Founded in 1912 by the French as a hill station, it was named after the River Da, now called the Cam Ly, and the Lat hill tribe. Đà itself can mean ‘river’, ‘water’, or ‘land’ and thus the name means the ‘Land of the Lat’.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Da Lat gears up for bloom boom. News Wire article from: Vietnamese News Agency; 12/28/2011
	Da Lat 'Crazy House' joins bizarre global list. News Wire article from: Vietnamese News Agency; 9/22/2009
	DA LAT BECOMES BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER IN VIETNAM. News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 8/26/2002