Hill station

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Ifrane

Genting Highlands, a hill station founded after the independence of Malaysia.

A hill station is a town located at a higher elevation than the nearby plain or valley. The term was used mostly in colonial Asia (particularly India), but also in Africa (albeit rarely), for towns founded by European colonial rulers as refuges from the summer heat, up where temperatures are cooler. In the Indian context most hill stations are at an altitude of approximately between 1,000 and 2,500 metres (3,500 to 7,500 feet); very few are outside this range.

[edit] List of hill stations

This is a list of hill stations in various countries, which are mainly in Asia.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] Africa

[edit] Madagascar

Antsirabe

[edit] Morocco

Ifrane

[edit] Asia

[edit] Burma

[edit] Cambodia

Bokor Hill Station

[edit] India

For a complete list, see List of Indian hill stations and Category:Hill stations in India

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Malaysia

Bukit Tinggi
Cameron Highlands
Fraser's Hill
Genting Highlands - founded following Malaysian independence.
Maxwell Hill
Penang Hill

[edit] Pakistan (by province)

Azad Kashmir
- Muzaffarabad

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Most of the hill stations of the KP are in the Galiyat region, which also extends into the Murree Tehsil of the Punjab province.
- Abbottabad, Ayubia, Behrain, Chitral, Galyat, Kalam Valley, Malam Jabba, Nathia Gali, Patriata, Swat

Punjab: All the hill stations listed here are in the Galiyat region. Although the Galiyat area is primarily in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it also extends into the Murree Tehsil of the Punjab province. The largest hill station of the Galiyat is the town of Murree.
- Bhurban, Charra Pani, Murree, Patriata