Bảo Lộc (old name in Ma language: B’Lao) is a city of Lâm Đồng Province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. 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 km2. 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, what means [the land of] mu oil trees.
Subdivisions Bảo Lộc has six urban wards and five communes.
The wards are:
Ward I - 4.3144 km2 Ward II - 6.6215 km2 B’Lao Ward - 5.4029 km2 Lộc Phát Ward- 25.7302 km2 Lộc Tiến Ward - 13.0119 km2 Lộc Sơn Ward - 12.3669 km2
The communes are:
Lộc Thanh - 20.8098 km2 Đam B’ri - 32.201 km2 Lộc Nga - 16.0319 km2 Đại Lào - 59.2579 km2 Lộc Châu - 36.1955 km2
Transport Air travel is provided by Lien Khuong International Airport in Da Lat which is approximately east of the city.
Climate
Local sights Older buildings in Bảo Lộc include the Bát Nhã Temple.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 [Bát Nhã] Temple 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.
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