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30-447: Its exact location is at 21°21’ to 21°42’ North latitude, 105°23’ to 105°44’ East longitude. It spans a large area along the Tam Đảo range and administratively belongs to 6 districts and 1 city: Lập Thạch , Tam Dương , Bình Xuyên and the city of Vĩnh Yên of Vĩnh Phúc Province ; Sơn Dương of Tuyên Quang Province ; Đại Từ and Phổ Yên of Thái Nguyên Province . Tam Dao National Park

60-454: A backcronym . Đà Lạt or Đạ Lạch got its name from Koho daa (“water”) + Laac (the indigenous people of Da Lat). 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

90-505: 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”. The average temperature is 14 to 23 °C (57 to 73 °F). The highest temperature ever in Da Lat

120-453: 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 . 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

150-448: 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 . Many Europeans used to travel up to Da Lat to escape the heat of the lower coastal areas and Mekong delta. The French endowed

180-641: A valley covering only 3 km. There now remain a stone church, some villas and palaces built by French colonists. It has Thac Bac (The Silver Fall), Rung Rinh peak and Tam Đảo 2, a remnant of another resort built many years ago. The second tourist location is Tay Thien site. It includes Tay Thien Quoc Mau Temple (literally The "Temple of West Heaven National Mother") and many pagodas. Along with Thien Vien Truc Lam (literally: "Dhyana Palace in Bamboo Forest") in Da Lat and Yen Tu , Thien Vien Truc Lam Tay Thien

210-442: 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 and nuclear physics . 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. According to some sources,

240-586: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Da Lat Da Lat or Dalat ( Vietnamese : Đà Lạt ; Vietnamese pronunciation: [ɗâː làːt̚] ), 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

270-531: Is a center of Vietnamese Buddhism. Tam D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng District Tam Dương is a rural district ( huyện ) of Vĩnh Phúc province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam . As of 2003 the district had a population of 94,124. The district covers an area of 107 km . The district capital lies at Hợp Hòa. This article about a location in Vĩnh Phúc Province , Vietnam

300-546: Is based in the Tam Đảo range, which is one of the terminal spurs of a larger mountainous area in the Northwest region of Vietnam. It runs 80 km from north west to south east, and has more than 20 peaks with altitudes of over 1000m. The highest summit is Tam Đảo North with an altitude of 1592 m. Three other peaks in the area include Thien Thi at 1375 m, Thach Ban at 1388 m and Phu Nghia at 1300 m. Sharp peaks with sloping sides and numerous, deep partitions are characteristic of

330-421: Is currently open for tourists who wish to have a look back in time when Queen Nam Phuong resided during her lifetime. 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. 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

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360-572: The Cao Nguyen communal buildings of Vietnam's Central Highlands. The three gables represent an art deco version of Normandy's Trouville-Deauville Station . The station's unique design — with its roofs, arching ceiling, and colored glass windows — earned it recognition as a national historical monument in 2001. They designed the Lycée Yersin , which opened in 1927. The Dominion of Mary Church and Convent , home to Roman Catholic nuns of

390-522: The Orthopteran genera Tamdaora and Tamdaotettix and various species named after the Park, including: the planthopper Maculergithus tamdao , the grasshopper Caryanda tamdaoensis , the cricket Metriogryllacris tamdao and the moth Fansipaniana tamdaoensis . There are two sites for tourists in the park. The first is Tam Đảo town which was established in 1907. Tam Đảo is nestled in

420-717: The Việt Cộng (VC) forces. Defeats and victories alternated between the two during the sporadic-yet-intense battles. 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

450-709: 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

480-711: 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. The South Vietnamese National Military Academy graduated its first class of future leaders in 1950. There

510-521: 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

540-480: The dry season lasts from November through April of the next year. The average annual precipitation is 1,750 mm. 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

570-815: The effect of human activity divide the park into some smaller climatic zones which increase the bio-diversity in the park. According to research, Tam Dao park has eight kinds of forest types distributed in different topographic and climatic areas : Out of over 2000 plant species, 904 species are considered useful to humans. They have been classified into eight groups: There are 42 species endemic to Tam Dao National Park and also 64 other species considered rare including Dendrobium daoensis , Camellia polyodonta var. longicaudata , Camellia petelotii , Asarum petelotii , Mosla tamdaoensis , and Paris delavayi . The national park has diverse animal species, with estimates of vertebrates listed below: Eleven of these species are endemic to Tam Dao National Park including

600-522: 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 ). The confectionery industry offers

630-528: The most popular tourist destinations in Vietnam. 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

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660-657: The most romantic tourist places in Vietnam. Da Lat has also become a hub for nuclear research and biotechnology. 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 ). Da Lat is a source area for pyroxene from meteorites from the Australasian strewnfield . Da Lat is divided into 11 wards numbered from 1 to 11, and 4 communes: Tà Nung, Xuân Trường, Xuân Thọ and Trạm Hành. Da Lat features

690-507: 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

720-439: The national park which has an altitude below 100 m. Seventy per cent of the area of the park is covered by natural and artificial forest. The natural forest is about 220 km and the human altered forest is about 30 km. Due to the tall mountainous range that splits the area into two parts, the national park's climatic condition is divided into two areas with different rainfalls. This difference and some other factors such as

750-442: The snake species Amphiesma angeli and Boiga multitempolaris , three amphibians including Paramesotriton deloustali ; five bird species, four reptiles and one species of amphibian are endemic to Vietnam. Guide books report that some of this bio-diversity can be seen in the restaurants which have been known to serve endangered species. Among the many species of insects; at least 22 species are endemic to northern Vietnam, with

780-458: The topology. At an elevation of 930 metres, Tam Đảo town was established by French colonists in 1907 as a tranquil hill resort in northern Vietnam. Several villas designed for the French still remain. It is now an enclave administratively belonging to Vinh Yen city. The boundary of the national park is located at an altitude of 100 m around the Tam Đảo range. There is a larger buffer zone (which has area of approximately 535 km) which surrounds

810-565: The world's ten most “bizarre” buildings in the Chinese People's Daily . 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

840-439: Was 31.5 °C (88.7 °F), and the lowest was −0.6 °C (30.9 °F). 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

870-647: 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

900-665: 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. The Third Mansion

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