Hill station is a term commonly used for 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 1,000 and 2,500 metres (3,500 to 7,500 feet); very few are outside this range.
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