Bảo Lộc (old name in
Ma language
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: B’Lao) is a
city
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of
Lâm Đồng Province Lâm is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Lin in Mandarin and Im in Korean.
Lam is the anglicized variation of the surname Lâm.
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in the
Central Highlands region of
Vietnam
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. Bảo Lộc is famous for its registered trademark:
B'lao tea. As of 2018 the city had a population of 170,920.
The city covers an area of 229 km
2. The central wards of the city are I, II and B'lao, which was the Bảo Lộc district capital town.
Name
Its name is ''Bảo Lộc'' from ''B'lao'' in
K'ho language
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, what means
he land of mu oil trees.
Subdivisions
Bảo Lộc has six urban wards and five communes.
The wards are:
*Ward I - 4.3144 km
2
*Ward II - 6.6215 km
2
*B’Lao Ward - 5.4029 km
2
*Lộc Phát Ward- 25.7302 km
2
*Lộc Tiến Ward - 13.0119 km
2
*Lộc Sơn Ward - 12.3669 km
2
The communes are:
*Lộc Thanh - 20.8098 km
2
*Đam B’ri - 32.201 km
2
*Lộc Nga - 16.0319 km
2
*Đại Lào - 59.2579 km
2
*Lộc Châu - 36.1955 km
2
Transport
Air travel is provided by
Lien Khuong International Airport in
Da Lat
Da Lat, or Dalat (; ), is the capital of Lâm Đồng Province and the largest city of the Central Highlands (Vietnam), Central Highlands region in Vietnam. The city is located above sea level on the Langbiang Plateau. Da Lat is one of the mos ...
which is approximately east of the city.
Climate
Local sights
Older buildings in Bảo Lộc include the
Bát Nhã Temple
Bát Nhã Temple is a monastery in Bảo Lộc, Lâm Đồng Province, Vietnam.
Background
Following 39 years in exile, the widely known Zen Buddhism, Zen Buddhist monk Nhat Hanh, Thich Nhat Hanh returned to Vietnam in 2005. The visit made the f ...
.
[Phillip Taylor, Modernity and Re-Enchantment: Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam Institute of south-east Asian Studies - 2007 -- Page 317.... including Pháp Vân Temple in HCMC, Prajna át NhãTemple in Bảo Lộc, in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng, and Từ Hiếu Temple in ..."] Hồ Đồng Nai lake is a small lake situated in the central part of the town.
References
Populated places in Lâm Đồng province
Districts of Lâm Đồng province
Cities in Vietnam
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