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City in Lâm Đồng, Vietnam

Da Lat Thành phố Đà Lạt
City (Class-1)
Da Lat City
From left to right, top to bottom: Xuân Hương Lake, Trúc Lâm Zen Monastery of Da Lat, Da Lat Cathedral, Da Lat Pedagogical College, Dinh III, Da Lat Station in the city centre
Nicknames: City of Thousand Flowers, City of Thousand Pines, City of Eternal Spring, City in the Fog, Little Paris
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Coordinates: 11°56′30″N 108°26′18″E / 11.94167°N 108.43833°E / 11.94167; 108.43833
Country	Vietnam
Province	Lâm Đồng
Region	Central Highlands
Founded	1893: Alexandre Yersin found Lâm Viên Plateau1916: Huế Court announced the establishment of Da Lat town
Demonym	Dalatese
Government
• Chairman of the People's Committee	Tôn Thiện San
• Secretary	Đặng Trí Dũng
Area
• City (Class-1)	391.15 km2 (151.02 sq mi)
Elevation	1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Population (31/12/2022)
• City (Class-1)	258.014
• Density	659/km2 (1,710/sq mi)
• Urban	203,710
Time zone	UTC+7
Climate	Cwb
Website	https://dalat.lamdong.gov.vn/

Da Lat, or Dalat[1] (Vietnamese: Đà Lạt; Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɗâːlàːt̚] ⓘ), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province and the largest city of the Central Highlands region in Vietnam. The city is located 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level on the Langbian Plateau. Da Lat is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Vietnam.[2][3]

Da Lat's specific sights are pine woods and twisting roads full of marigold (Vietnamese: hoa dã quỳ) and mimosa blossom in the winter. The city's temperate weather stands in contrast to Vietnam's otherwise tropical climate. Mist covering the valleys almost year-round leads to its name "City of Eternal Spring". Residents and tourists have often said that Da Lat has all four seasons in one day: spring in the morning, summer at noon, autumn in the afternoon and winter at night, from the sunset to the sunrise.

With its year-round cool weather, Da Lat supplies huge amounts of temperate agriculture products for all over Vietnam, for example: cabbage, cauliflower, artichoke, tea, wine, persimmon, and coffee. Its flower industry produces three characteristic flowers: hydrangea (Vietnamese: cẩm tú cầu), Da Lat rose, and golden everlasting (Vietnamese: hoa bất tử).[4] The confectionery industry offers a wide range of mứt, a kind of fruit preserve that closely resembles varenie, made from strawberry, mulberry, sweet potato, and roselle.

Da Lat is also known as an area for scientific research in the fields of biotechnology[5] and nuclear physics.[6] Da Lat is known regionally for avocado ice-cream, bánh tráng nướng, and its large garment market, with a broad selection of cool-weather clothing.

Name

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According to some sources, the name is derived from the acronym of the Latin phrase 'Dat Aliis Laetitiam Aliis Temperiem' ("It Gives Pleasure to Some, Freshness to Others"), which the French colonial government used in their official emblem of Da Lat. In reality, however, the name Đà Lạt is derived from the language of the local ethnic group Lạt and its original meaning is "Stream of the Lạt", and the above acronym is in fact a backcronym. Đà Lạt or Đạ Lạch got its name from Koho daa (“water”) + Laac (the indigenous people of Da Lat).

History

[edit] Main articles: History of Da Lat and Timeline of Da Lat

French era

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During the 1890s, explorers in the area (including the noted bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin, protégé of the renowned French chemist Louis Pasteur), which was then part of the French colony of Cochinchina, asked the French governor-general, Paul Doumer, to create a resort center in the highlands, and the governor agreed. The original intended site for the hill station was Dankia, but Étienne Tardif, a member of the road-building expedition of 1898–99, proposed the current site instead. In 1907, the first hotel was built. Urban planning was carried out by Ernest Hébrard.[7]

Many Europeans used to travel up to Da Lat to escape the heat of the lower coastal areas and Mekong delta.

The French endowed the city with villas and boulevards, and its Swiss charms remain today. Hébrard included the requisite health complex, golf course, parks, schools, and homes but no industry. The legacy of boarding schools where children from the whole of Indochina were taught by French priests, nuns, and expatriates still existed as late as 1969. In 1929, the Christian and Missionary Alliance established a school which later shortly relocated to Bangkok, Thailand, due to the Vietnam War and has been located in Penang, Malaysia, since the 1970s. There were seminaries of Jesuits (such as Pius X Pontifical College) as well as other orders.

In the 1920s and 1930s, there were ideas of making Da Lat the 'summer capital', 'administrative capital', and 'federal capital' of French Indochina. During the World War II, Governor-general Jean Decoux (r. 1940–1945) supported this project.[8]

South Vietnamese era

[edit] Further information: Battle of Da Lat

The South Vietnamese National Military Academy graduated its first class of future leaders in 1950. There was also an aviation school at Cam Ly Airport.

In the mid-1950s, the Vietnamese Scout Association established their national training grounds at Da Lat.

The only major involvement Da Lat had during the Vietnam War was during the 1968 Tet Offensive. Fierce battles raged from January 31 to February 9, 1968. Most of the fighting took place between the South Vietnamese/American MP units stationed in Da Lat and the Việt Cộng (VC) forces. Defeats and victories alternated between the two during the sporadic-yet-intense battles.

Communist Vietnam

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South Vietnam eventually fell under communist rule and was merged with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, where the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was constructed and also experienced the Đổi Mới reforms along with the rest of the country.

During the communist era of Vietnam (the Socialist Republic of Vietnam), places like Da Lat as well as Hoi An and Da Nang were regularly regarded as amongst the most romantic tourist places in Vietnam.[9] Da Lat has also become a hub for nuclear research and biotechnology.

Geography

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Da Lat is located 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level on the Langbian Plateau in the southern parts of the Central Highlands (in Vietnamese: Tây Nguyên).

Xuan Huong Lake in the morning

Geology

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Da Lat is a source area for pyroxene from meteorites from the Australasian strewnfield.[10]

Administrative

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Da Lat is divided into 11 wards numbered from 1 to 11, and 4 communes: Tà Nung, Xuân Trường, Xuân Thọ and Trạm Hành.[11]

Climate

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Da Lat
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     9     22 11     20     23 11     64     25 13     170     25 14     212     24 16     203     23 16     232     23 16     238     22 16     283     22 16     244     22 15     93     21 14     36     21 13 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: Vietnam Meteorological Administration
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     0.4     72 52     0.8     73 52     2.5     77 55     6.7     77 57     8.3     75 61     8     73 61     9.1     73 61     9.4     72 61     11     72 61     9.6     72 59     3.7     70 57     1.4     70 55 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Da Lat features a subtropical highland climate under the Köppen climate classification (Cwb) and is mostly mild year round.

Da Lat's year-round temperate weather, standing in contrast to central & southern Vietnam's otherwise-tropical climate, has led it to be nicknamed the “City of Eternal Spring”.[12] The average temperature is 14 to 23 °C (57 to 73 °F). The highest temperature ever in Da Lat was 31.5 °C (88.7 °F), and the lowest was −0.6 °C (30.9 °F).[13] Mist covers the adjoining valleys almost year-round. Its temperate climate also makes it ideal for agriculture. Indeed, Da Lat is renowned for its orchids, roses, vegetables, and fruits. There are nascent wine-making and flower-growing industries in the region.

There are two separate seasons in Da Lat. The rainy season lasts from May to October, and the dry season lasts from November through April of the next year. The average annual precipitation is 1,750 mm.[14][15]

Climate data for Da Lat
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	30.0(86.0)	31.0(87.8)	31.5(88.7)	31.2(88.2)	30.6(87.1)	30.0(86.0)	29.2(84.6)	29.3(84.7)	29.7(85.5)	30.0(86.0)	29.2(84.6)	29.4(84.9)	31.5(88.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	22.3(72.1)	23.9(75.0)	25.1(77.2)	25.3(77.5)	24.7(76.5)	23.6(74.5)	23.0(73.4)	22.7(72.9)	22.9(73.2)	22.8(73.0)	21.7(71.1)	21.4(70.5)	23.3(73.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	15.9(60.6)	16.9(62.4)	18.1(64.6)	19.0(66.2)	19.5(67.1)	19.2(66.6)	18.8(65.8)	18.6(65.5)	18.5(65.3)	18.2(64.8)	17.5(63.5)	16.4(61.5)	18.0(64.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	11.7(53.1)	11.9(53.4)	13.0(55.4)	14.7(58.5)	16.2(61.2)	16.4(61.5)	16.2(61.2)	16.2(61.2)	16.0(60.8)	15.3(59.5)	14.6(58.3)	13.2(55.8)	14.6(58.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−0.1(31.8)	−0.6(30.9)	4.2(39.6)	4.0(39.2)	10.0(50.0)	10.9(51.6)	10.0(50.0)	10.6(51.1)	10.0(50.0)	8.1(46.6)	4.4(39.9)	2.6(36.7)	−0.6(30.9)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	9.1(0.36)	20.5(0.81)	64.1(2.52)	170.3(6.70)	212.3(8.36)	203.5(8.01)	232.7(9.16)	238.3(9.38)	283.4(11.16)	244.7(9.63)	93.5(3.68)	36.2(1.43)	1,808.6(71.2)
Average rainy days	2.2	2.5	5.8	12.8	20.5	21.2	23.8	23.1	24.0	20.0	11.5	5.9	176.8
Average relative humidity (%)	81.2	77.7	78.1	83.3	87.2	88.8	89.7	90.4	90.2	88.6	85.4	84.2	85.5
Mean monthly sunshine hours	237.4	231.1	240.2	199.2	195.5	150.3	146.9	134.4	126.5	139.8	168.5	198.7	2,147.8
Source 1: Địa chí Đà Lạt (extremes 1918–1940, and 1964–1998)[13]
Source 2: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology,[16] The Yearbook of Indochina (1932-1933)[17]

Education

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• Dalat University (Trường Đại học Đà Lạt)
• Yersin University (Trường Đại học Yersin Đà Lạt)
• The Pedagogical College of Da Lat (Trường Cao đẳng Sư phạm Đà Lạt)
• Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture – Đà Lạt Campus (Trường Đại học Kiến trúc TP.HCM – Phân hiệu Đà Lạt)

Architecture

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It has been suggested that this section be split out into another article titled Architecture of Da Lat. (Discuss) (April 2019)

The architecture of Da Lat was mostly influenced by the style of the French during colonial period. Da Lat Railway Station, built in 1938, was designed in the Art Deco architectural style by French architects Moncet and Reveron, although it incorporates the high, pointed roofs characteristic of the Cao Nguyen communal buildings of Vietnam's Central Highlands. The three gables represent an art deco version of Normandy's Trouville-Deauville Station.[18] The station's unique design — with its roofs, arching ceiling, and colored glass windows — earned it recognition as a national historical monument in 2001.[19][20] They designed the Lycée Yersin, which opened in 1927.[21] The Dominion of Mary Church and Convent, home to Roman Catholic nuns of the Mission of Charity, were built in 1938 with a similar pointed-roof style.

Of particular note is the unconventional architecture of the Hằng Nga guesthouse, popularly known as the “Crazy House”. Described as a “fairy tale house”, its overall design resembles a giant banyan tree, incorporating sculptured design elements representing natural forms such as animals, mushrooms, spider webs and caves. Its architecture, consisting of complex, organic, non-rectilinear shapes, has been described as expressionist. Its creator, Vietnamese architect Dang Viet Nga (also known as Hằng Nga), who holds a PhD in architecture from Moscow State University, has acknowledged the inspiration of Catalan Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí in the building's design. Visitors have variously drawn parallels between the guesthouse and the works of artists such as Salvador Dalí and Walt Disney.[22][23] Since its opening in 1990, the building has gained recognition for its unique architecture, having been highlighted in numerous guidebooks and listed as one of the world's ten most “bizarre” buildings in the Chinese People's Daily.[24][25] While superficially amusing, the compound is let down by the construction debris and household refuse behind the facades, and the lack of attention to safety issues.

Da Lat is also well known for a series of three Mansions of the Vietnamese Last Emperor. The First Mansion was built in 1940 by the French millionaire Robert Clément Bourgery and was bought by Emperor Bao Dai in 1949. It was used as a summer mansion for President Ngo Dinh Diem and following presidents of the Republic of Vietnam until 1975. The Second Mansion was built in 1933 as the summer mansion for the Governor of French Indochina Jean Decoux. Built in 1933–1938, the Third Mansion was the residence of Emperor Bao Dai and his family. The mansion has attributes typical European style since both its front and backyard have flower gardens.[26] The Third Mansion is currently open for tourists who wish to have a look back in time when Queen Nam Phuong resided during her lifetime.

Festivals

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• Dalat Flower Festival (Festival Hoa Đà Lạt)
• Dalat Tea Culture Week (Tuần lễ văn hóa Trà Đà Lạt)
• Cherry Blossom Festival (Lễ hội Hoa Anh Đào)
• "Đồi cỏ hồng" Festival
• Rain Festival (Lễ hội Mưa)
• Gong Festival (Lễ hội Cồng chiêng)

Tourism

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Da Lat is one of the famous tourist cities of Vietnam which was included in the list of Asia's most overlooked places by CNN in 2017. [27] Da Lat attracts both domestic tourists and foreign tourists, with more than 1,500,000 tourists and about 300,000 foreign tourists visiting the city every year. It is also the most favorite honeymoon location in Vietnam.[28]

Hoa Binh Area is in the center downtown of Da Lat and attracts numerous visitors. Some popular sites located in the Hoa Binh Area are Coi Xay Gio bakery, Lien Hoa bakery, Windmills coffeehouse and Tung coffeehouse. Coi Xay Gio was known as a perfect selfie spot thanks to its remarkable yellow wall, though in 2021 the wall was repainted to discourage selfies due to danger from road vehicles.[29]

Popular tourist places

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• Xuan Huong Lake
• Lam Vien Square
• Hoa Binh Walking Town (Hoa Binh Area)
• The Pedagogical College of Da Lat
• Dalat Center Market
• Da Lat Railway Station
• The Palace of Bao Dai King
• Clay Tunnel of Da Lat
• Tuyen Lam Lake
• Smurf Village (Làng Xì Trum)
• Truc Lam Monastery
• Hang Nga guesthouse
• Linh Sơn Pagoda
• Dalat Flowers Garden
• Dalat Cathedral (Chicken Church)
• Domaine de Marie
• Valley of Love
• Dreamlike Hill (Mộng Mơ Hill)
• Langbiang Peak
• Prenn Waterfall
• Golden Stream Lake (Suối Vàng)
• The Maze Bar
• Vuon Yen Coffee
• Vinh Tien Tea & Wine Company
• Vu Thi Village
• Dalat Heaven Gate
• Linh Quy Phap An Pagoda
• Infinite Lake (Vô Cực Lake)
• Zoodoo Garden
• Flowers Garden and Coffee (F. Garden)
• Minions Themed Village

Gallery

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• A golf course in Da Lat
• Golden Valley in the morning mist
• Hang Nga guesthouse
• A villa in Dalat's pine forest
• A hydrangea flower in Da Lat
• Coffee terrace near Da Lat
• Artichoke tea, a product of Dalat
• Da Lat Center Market during nighttime
• View of Da Lat
• Lam Dong Library
• Dalat Teacher's College

See also

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• Da Lat–Thap Cham Railway
• Dalat Palace Hotel

References

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2. ^ "Da Lat - The city you should not miss in Vietnam". vietnameasyrider.com.
3. ^ "See, Do & Eat Guide to Dalat – Vietnam's City of Eternal Spring". highlandsporttravel.com.
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8. ^ Jennings (2011), p. 228–230.
9. ^ VnExpress. "Da Lat, Hoi An among Vietnam's most romantic places for Valentine's Day". VnExpress International. Retrieved 2022-02-19.
10. ^ Ma, P.; Aggrey, K.; Tonzola, C.; Schnabel, C.; De Nicola, P.; Herzog, G.F.; Wasson, J.T.; Glass, B.P.; Brown, L.; Tera, F.; Middleton, R.; Klein, J. (2004). "Beryllium-10 in Australasian tektites: Constraints on the location of the source crater". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 68 (19): 3883–3896. Bibcode:2004GeCoA..68.3883M. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2004.03.026.
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12. ^ Lonely Planet Vietnam, (Lonely Planet, 2007), ISBN 1-74059-677-3, pp. 290–305.
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19. ^ Minh Thu (2009-02-22). "Little Paris charms visitors". Asia News Network. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2010-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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22. ^ Fida Wild (2009–2012). "The Crazy House". Unusual Travel Destinations. Unusual-Travel-Destinations.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
23. ^ Madame Hang Nga's Crazy House. Maggie Huff-Rousselle. The Globe and Mail. Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
24. ^ "Da Lat 'Crazy House' joins bizarre global list". Vietnam Plus. Vietnam News Agency (VNA). 22 September 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
25. ^ "Da Lat's "Crazy House"". Archived from the original on June 12, 2008.
26. ^ "Các Dinh I, II, III". www.lamdong.gov.vn. Archived from the original on 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
27. ^ "Asia's overlooked places: 9 for your travel list". CNN. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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29. ^ "This yellow wall is the hottest check-in location of Da Lat right now (Vietnamese)". Kenh14. 28 July 2017.

• Jennings, Eric T. (2011). Imperial Heights: Dalat and the Making and Undoing of French Indochina. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520948440.

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