Da Lat, also spelled Dalat, is a settlement in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and the former capital of Lam Dong Province, historically the largest city of the region. It sits 1,500 meters above sea level on the Langbiang Plateau and is one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations. On 1 July 2025 it ceased to exist as a municipal city under Vietnam's elimination of district-level administrative units, though it remains the same geographic settlement.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Da Lat (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikipedia infobox 'Founded' = '1893: Alexandre Yersin found Lâm Viên Plateau; 1916: Nguyễn Dynas...' on 'Da Lat'
Infobox: population_total
258.014
View the Source 2. Da Lat (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 11.94, longitude 108.4375
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1500 m
P2046 (area)
area 393.54 sq km
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Ðà Lạt - GeoNames
GeoNamesPlace record, elevationQuote, Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1483 m
4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.75, 108.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.75, 108.25
11.75 108.25 Aw
5. GeoNames: Ðà Lạt - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1584071Quote, cities500 record 1584071
11.94646 108.44193 P PPLA VN 68 672 258014 1483 Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
Wikidata: Da Lat
Wikidata Q25281, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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