Hill station

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Kalimpong town as viewed from a distant hill. In the background are the Himalayan mountains.

A Hill Station is a term commonly used for to refer to a town usually at somewhat higher elevations in the Indian Subcontinent. The term has been used elsewhere in colonial Asia (rarely in Africa), where towns have been founded by European colonial rulers as refuges from the summer heat. In the Indian context most hill stations are at an altitude of approximately between 1000 and 2500 metres (3,500 - 7,500 feet); very few are outside this range.

The British Raj, and in particular the British Indian Army, founded perhaps 50 of the 80-odd hill stations in the Indian Subcontinent; the remainder were built by various Indian rulers over the centuries as places of leisure or even as permanent capitals. Some respected historians such as Dane Kennedy say there are only 65 "true" hill stations in the Subcontinent, if one combines adjoining stations and excludes small hamlets without civic facilities.

[edit] Purpose

Several hill stations served as summer capitals of Indian provinces, princely states, or, in the case of Simla, of British India itself. Since Indian Independence, the role of these hill stations as summer capitals has largely ended, but many hill stations remain popular summer resorts.

[edit] Hill stations in India

[edit] Andhra Pradesh

[edit] Gujarat

Saputara

[edit] Himachal Pradesh

[edit] Jammu and Kashmir

[edit] Jharkhand

Hazaribagh

[edit] Karnataka

[edit] Kerala

Devikulam
Munnar
Nelliampathi
Peermade
Ponmudi
Wayanad
trivendram
kanyakumari
KovalamBith

[edit] Madhya Pradesh

Pachmarhi

[edit] Maharashtra

[edit] Rajasthan

Mount Abu

[edit] Tamil Nadu

[edit] Uttaranchal

[edit] West Bengal

[edit] Hill stations in Pakistan

Main article: List of hill stations of Pakistan

[edit] Sindh

In the Dadu District, the Gorakh Hills area of the Kirthar Range is being developed as a hill station.

The Gorakh hill is located 450 kilometres in the north of Karachi and 100 kilometres in the west of Dadu.

According to meteorological studies, the Gorakh peak lies at the altitude of 5,688 feet above the sea level.

In winter, people of the area come down of mountains due to severe cold and stay in the Kachho area.

The temperature during June is 17-30 degree centigrade (average) and during January -5 to 20 degree centigrade (average).

Average rainfall for one year is recorded 12.5 inches.

The topography of the Gorakh is 1,340 acres of land with average 5,000 feet altitude in Sindh and 1,000 acres (approximately) in Balochistan.

[edit] Azad Kashmir

Muzaffarabad

[edit] NWFP

Note: most of the hill stations of the NWFP 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.

[edit] Northern Areas

[edit] 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.

[edit] Hill stations in South East Asia

[edit] Hill stations in Malaysia

[edit] Vietnam

Dalat
Sapa
Tam Dao

[edit] References

The Great Hill Stations of Asia, Barbara Crossette, ISBN 0-465-01488-7

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