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Da Lat (dä lät), 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| When Yukiko stands in the entryway of Tomioka's house back in Tokyo, the flute-and-drum music associated with the exotic happy memories of Dalat ceases. The structure of the book is organized around visits to several of the "major hill stations"; to name just a few, Simla and Ootacumund in India, Muree in Pakistan, Nuwara Eliya in Sri Lanka, Maymo in Burma (I still have not made it there), the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia, Bukittinggi in Indonesia, Dalat in Vietnam and Baguio in the Philippines. An international team is scheduled to inspect the Dalat facility in February. |
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