Đức Trọng District


Đức Trọng is a rural district 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, the district capital, is 30 km to the south of Đà Lạt. National Highway No. 20 and National Highway No. 27 run through the district. It also has two highways connecting Đà Lạt and the central coastal provinces.
The district is subdivided into one town and 13 communes : Hiệp Thạnh, Hiệp An, Liên Hiệp, Bình Thạch, N'Thôn 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" or "the First Waterfall of the South" is an attractive tourist site of Đức Trọng.
As of 2003 the district had a population of 161,232. The district covers an area of 902 km². The district capital lies at Liên Nghĩa.