Đức Trọng district
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Đức Trọng district
Huyện Đức Trọng | |
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 Location in Lâm Đồng province | |
| Country |  Vietnam |
| Region | Central Highlands |
| Province | Lâm Đồng |
| Capital | Liên Nghĩa |
| Area | |
• Total | 348 sq mi (902 km2) |
| Population (2003) | |
• Total | 161,232 |
| Time zone | UTC 7 (Indochina Time) |
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 Route 20 (Đà Lạt - Hồ Chí Minh City) and National Route 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 Thạnh, N'Thôl 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]
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Liên Khương, Đức Trọng District, elevation 961 m (3,153 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
33.2 (91.8) |
34.6 (94.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.9 (93.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
34.6 (94.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.7 (83.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
26.9 (80.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
25.8 (78.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 19.5 (67.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.2 (70.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.4 (70.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
18.5 (65.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
19.1 (66.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.0 (64.4) |
17.0 (62.6) |
15.8 (60.4) |
17.7 (63.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
10.2 (50.4) |
12.9 (55.2) |
10.9 (51.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
9.1 (48.4) |
7.9 (46.2) |
6.4 (43.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 4.8 (0.19) |
14.1 (0.56) |
50.8 (2.00) |
131.4 (5.17) |
223.6 (8.80) |
176.2 (6.94) |
195.6 (7.70) |
176.4 (6.94) |
270.0 (10.63) |
228.9 (9.01) |
87.7 (3.45) |
33.5 (1.32) |
1,592.9 (62.71) |
| Average rainy days | 1.0 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 17.7 | 19.6 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 22.8 | 18.5 | 9.0 | 3.9 | 153.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 73.7 | 71.1 | 70.7 | 75.4 | 81.3 | 84.6 | 85.3 | 86.0 | 87.2 | 85.7 | 81.5 | 77.4 | 80.0 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 245.2 | 243.6 | 255.4 | 221.2 | 188.7 | 153.1 | 151.7 | 141.6 | 138.7 | 153.3 | 170.8 | 205.2 | 2,279.7 |
| Source: Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology[3] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Huyện Đức Trọng". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ a b "Districts of Vietnam". Statoids. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Vietnam Institute for Building Science and Technology" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2023.
| Đắk Lắk province |  | |
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| Đắk Nông province | ||
| Gia Lai province | ||
| Kon Tum province | ||
| Lâm Đồng province | ||
※ denotes provincial seat. | ||
11°41′50″N 108°18′58″E / 11.6972°N 108.3161°E
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