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Dak Lak is a province located in the center of the South Central Highlands, a land famous for coffee, rubber and festivals. Coming to Dak Lak is coming to the mountains, rivers, lakes and majestic waterfalls in harmony with the space of gong culture in the Central Highlands, a "Masterpiece of oral tradition and intangible culture" of mankind.



NATURAL CONDITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES:

Location: Dak Lak is one of five provinces in the Central Highlands, located in the central region of the region; It borders Gia Lai province to the north, Lam Dong province to the south, Cambodia to the west, Dak Nong province to the southwest, Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa provinces to the east.

Area: 13,125.37 km²

Climate: The climate of Dak Lak province is both humid tropical highland climate and influenced by the hot dry southwest monsoon and divided into two distinct seasons: the dry season from November last year to April next year. after (cool and cold climate, low humidity), rainy season from May to October (wet and cool climate, concentrating 90% of annual rainfall, very favorable for crops to grow). The average annual rainfall is from 1,600 - 2,000mm, mainly in the rainy season. The annual average temperature is 22 - 23°C, the highest temperature is 37°C (the hottest month is April); the lowest temperature is 14°C (the coldest month is December).

Terrain: The terrain of Dak Lak province is alternating between valleys, plateaus between high mountains and medium high mountains, with a lower direction from Southeast to Northwest, the average altitude is from 500 to 800m. relative to sea level. In the middle is the vast Buon Ma Thuot plateau stretching from North to South over 90km and from East to West about 70km, the surface has the form of wavy hills, the slope is from 3 to 80, the average altitude is 450 - 500 m. The area is about 371 km², accounting for 28.4% of the province's area, most of this plateau is fertile basalt red soil.

Administrative organization: Currently, Dak Lak has 15 administrative units, including: TP. Buon Ma Thuot (class I city is the center of the province), Buon Ho town and 13 districts: Buon Don, Cu Kuin, Cu M'Gar, Ea H'leo, Ea Kar, Ea Sup, Krong Bong, Krong Buk , Krong Pak, Lak, M'Drak, Krong Ana, Krong Nang

Population: 1,733,113 people (as of 2009), including 41 ethnic groups.

Population density: 132.04 people/km²

Labor force: 1,052,150 people (accounting for 60.7% of the population)



NATURAL RESOURCES:

Land resources:

Dak Lak is endowed with large land resources by nature, the land here is quite convenient for agricultural production (easy to exploit, low investment in renovation, high ecological safety). The red soil group has an area of ​​324,679 ha, accounting for 24.81% of the natural area, most of which is located on relatively flat terrain, which is very suitable for the development of long-term industrial crops such as coffee, rubber, etc. There are also many other types of soil such as gray soil, brown soil, dark brown soil, alluvial soil, adapted to many different crops such as food crops, short-term industry, fruit trees and some other types of soil. other perennial crops... These are quite favorable conditions for the development of diversified agricultural production.



Water Resources:

Dak Lak has two main river systems: the Serepok River and the Ba river basin.

- The Serepok river system flows from the northwest to the Mekong River, with a length of 341km flowing through the province, a total basin area of ​​30,100km², including 2 main tributaries: Krong Ana and Krong No rivers. Currently, the Serepok River offers great potential for hydropower, with a total capacity of over 1,000MW.

- Ba river basin system has a basin area of ​​13,900km², located in the northeast of the province and has two main tributaries flowing within the province, namely Krong Hin river and Krong Nang river. These two rivers originate in the high mountains and flow through regions with abundant and heavy rainfall.

In addition, water resources in Dak Lak are supplemented by nearly 500 natural and man-made lakes, a few to 25m deep, and nearly 1,000 streams. These are water storage areas on the plateau to serve people's economic needs such as irrigation, sightseeing tourism, aquaculture and ecological regulation and environmental protection.



Forest resources:

Dak Lak is one of the provinces with great potential for forests with nearly 1 million hectares of agricultural and forestry land, of which nearly 620,000 hectares have forests, the forest coverage is 50%. Here is Yok Don National Park with an area of ​​over 115,500 hectares, which is the largest national park in Vietnam. In addition, Dak Lak also has 4 special-use forests: Chu Yang Sin National Park (Krong Bong District - Lak), Nam Kar Nature Reserve (Lak District) and Ho Lak Historical Cultural Forest (District). Lak), Ea So nature reserve (Ea Kar district), each area has an area of ​​20-60 thousand hectares.

Dak Lak not only has mountains and forests with multi-ecological forests (enclosed broadleaf forest, year-round evergreen forest, subtropical coniferous forest, tropical rainforest semi-deciduous forest, open forest, mixed forest, etc. with more than 3,000 species of trees, 93 species of mammals, 197 species of birds, but also a red soil plateau suitable for the development of long-term industrial crops.



Natural resources:

Dak Lak is a province with potential for mineral resources, especially minerals for the development of the material industry.