Buôn Đôn district

Buôn Đôn is a rural district of Đắk Lắk province in the Central Highlands region of Vietnam. As of 2003, the district had a population of 56,238. The district covers an area of 1,414 km². The district capital lies at Ea Wer.

Name

Its original name is Băn Dón from Laotian language, what means "the village of the isle". It is related with a small stone bund on Srepok River, where Laotian people have lived since XIX century.

Administrative divisions

It contains one township, Buôn Đôn, and seven communes: