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[[Image:Antsirabe - rue principale02.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Antsirabe]]]] |
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[[Image:Ifrane.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ifrane]] |
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[[Image:Valley view.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Saputara]]]] |
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[[Image:Kalimpongtown.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Kalimpong]]]] |
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[[Image:Garut-westjava-indonesia-daytime.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Garut]]]] |
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[[Image:Tea fields (Will Ellis).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Cameron Highlands]]]] |
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[[Image:Baguio panorama.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Baguio City]]]] |
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[[Image:Sri Lanka Teeplantage.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Nuwara Eliya]]]] |
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[[Image:Da Lat night 2.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Da Lat]]]] |
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[[Image:Genting4.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Genting Highlands]], a hill station founded after the independence of [[Malaysia]].]] |
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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 [[Europe]]an 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. |
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== List of hill stations == |
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This is a list of hill stations in various countries, which are mainly in [[Asia]]. |
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{{Expand list|date=February 2011}} |
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===Africa=== |
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===={{flag|Madagascar}}==== |
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*[[Antsirabe]] |
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===={{flag|Morocco}}==== |
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*[[Ifrane]] |
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===Asia=== |
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===={{flag|Burma}} ==== |
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{{dablink|See also: [[:Category:Hill stations in Burma]]}} |
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* [[Pyin U Lwin]] |
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* [[Kalaw]] |
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===={{flag|Cambodia}}==== |
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* [[Bokor Hill Station]] |
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===={{flag|India}}==== |
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{{dablink|For a complete list, see [[List of Indian hill stations]] and [[:Category:Hill stations in India]]}} |
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===={{flag|Indonesia}}==== |
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* [[Bandung]] in [[West Java]] |
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* [[Garut]] in [[West Java]] |
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* [[Kaliurang]] in [[Central Java]] |
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* [[Sukabumi]] in [[West Java]] |
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===={{flag|Malaysia}}==== |
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{{dablink|See also: [[:Category:Hill stations in Malaysia]]}} |
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*[[Bukit Tinggi, Pahang|Bukit Tinggi]] |
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*[[Cameron Highlands]] |
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*[[Fraser's Hill]] |
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*[[Genting Highlands]] - founded following Malaysian independence. |
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*[[Maxwell Hill]] |
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*[[Penang Hill]] |
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===={{flag|Pakistan}} (by province)==== |
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{{dablink|See also: [[:Category:Hill stations in Pakistan]]}} |
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*[[Azad Kashmir]] |
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**[[Muzaffarabad]] |
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*[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]: Most of the hill stations of the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|KP]] are in the [[Galiyat]] region, which also extends into the [[Murree Tehsil|Murree]] [[Tehsil]] of the Punjab province. |
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**[[Abbottabad]], [[Ayubia]], [[Behrain]], [[Chitral]], [[Galyat]], [[Kalam Valley]], [[Malam Jabba]], [[Nathia Gali]], [[Patriata]], [[Swat (Pakistan)|Swat]] |
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*[[Punjab (Pakistan)|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. |
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**[[Bhurban]], [[Charra Pani]], [[Murree]], [[Patriata]] |
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*[[Gilgit-Baltistan|Northern Areas]] |
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**[[Gilgit]], [[Hunza (princely state)|Hunza]], [[Skardu]] |
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*[[Sindh]] |
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**[[Gorakh Hills]] |
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===={{flag|Philippines}}==== |
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*[[Baguio City]] |
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===={{flag|Sri Lanka}}==== |
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{{dablink|See also: [[:Category:Hill stations in Sri Lanka]]}} |
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*[[Nuwara Eliya]] |
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*[[Ambewela]] |
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* [[Da Lat]] |
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* [[Sa Pa]] |
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* [[Tam Dao National Park|Tam Dao]] |
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* [[Ba Na]] |
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===Oceania=== |
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*[[Mount Macedon]] |
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== References == |
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* Barbara Crossette - ''The Great Hill Stations of Asia''. ISBN 0-465-01488-7 |
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* Kennedy, Dane.[http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft396nb1sf/ ''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj'' (Full text, searchable)] Berkeley: University of California Press, c1996. ISBN 0520201884 ISBN 978-0520201880 [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0520201884 Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches, Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds] |
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[[Category:Asia]] |
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[[Category:Hill stations| ]] |
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[[Category:Hill and mountain resorts| ]] |
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[[cy:Brynfa]] |
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[[nl:Hill station]] |
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[[ru:Горная станция]] |
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[[ur:پہاڑی مستقر]] |
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