Hồng Lĩnh mountain

Hồng Lĩnh (Chữ Hán: 鴻嶺) is a mountain range in Hà Tĩnh Province, Vietnam. Hồng Lĩnh is the tên chữ Sino-Vietnamese name (literally "red mountain range"); the demotic tên nôm folk name is Rú Hống.

Hồng Lĩnh
Ngàn Hống
Rú Hống
Núi Hồng Lĩnh
Highest point
Elevation200–1,000 m (660–3,280 ft)
ListingList of mountains in Vietnam
Coordinates18°33′29″N 105°47′20″E
Geography
Hồng Lĩnh
Vietnam

The mountains famously have 99 peaks. Nguyễn Huệ built the Trung Đô Citadel on Hồng Lĩnh mountain. The mountains were the place of retirement of Nguyễn Du. In earlier days villagers went into the Hồng Lĩnh mountains at times of poor crops for hunting and harvesting rattan and leaves to make raincoats and hats. Hồng Lĩnh Mountain is now suffering ecological damage from people harvesting mật nhân (Eurycoma longifolia).

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