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Hill station is a term used for a town usually at somewhat higher elevations. The term was used in colonial Asia (particularly India, but rarely in Africa), where towns have been founded by European colonial rulers up where temperatures are cooler, as refuges from the summer heat. Some of the hill stations were founded after independence from the colonial era, such as Genting Highlands. 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.
List of hill stations
This is a list of hill stations in various countries, which are mainly in Asia.
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Africa
Madagascar
Asia
Burma
Cambodia
India
Indonesia
Malaysia
Pakistan (by province)
- North-West Frontier Province: Most of the hill stations of the NWFP are in the Galiyat region, which also extends into the Murree Tehsil of the Punjab province.
- Punjab: All the hill stations listed here are in the Galiyat region. Although the Galiyat area is primarily in the NWFP, it also extends into the Murree Tehsil of the Punjab province. The largest hill station of the Galiyat is the town of Murree.
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Oceania
Australia
References
Look up hill station in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- Barbara Crossette - The Great Hill Stations of Asia. ISBN 0-465-01488-7
- Kennedy, Dane.The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj (Full text, searchable) Berkeley: University of California Press, c1996. ISBN 0520201884 ISBN 978-0520201880 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches, Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds