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A '''hill station ''' is a high-altitude town used as a place of refuge from the summer heat. Prevalent in South Asia, they are to be found throughout Southeast Asia. Hill stations are largely identified with European colonialists but the origins of many go back much further in time. Hill stations were often the summer capitals of their state, province or region; by and large the coming of air-conditioning has made this role redundant but many towns remain popular tourist destinations.

Hill stations were to be found throughout [[British India]]. Queen of them all was [[Simla]], the summer capital of the [[Presidencies|British Raj]], but its ascendancy only dated from 1911 when [[Delhi]] became the Imperial capital. Each Presidency capital had its own hill station retreat: Bengal ([[Calcutta]]) went to [[Darjeeling]], Bombay to [[Matheran]] and Madras to [[Ootacamund]].

Hill stations established by the British in [[Burma ]] included [[Maymyo]], the "summer capital"," and [[Kalaw]].

See the Wikipedia link below for more information about hill stations in [[Ceylon]] (Sri LanksLanka).

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_station "Hill station"]Kennedy, ''Wikipedia''Dane. [http://enark.wikipediacdlib.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_hill_stations "List of Indian hill stations"], ''Wikipedia''. [httpark:/13030/en.wikipedia.org/wikift396nb1sf/Category:Indian_hill_stations "Category: Indian hill stations"], ''Wikipedia''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hill_stations_in_Pakistan "CategoryThe Magic Mountains: Hill stations in Pakistan"], 'Stations and the British Raj'Wikipedia''. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hill_stations_in_Burma "Category: Hill stations in Burma"](full text, ''Wikipedia''searchable). [httpBerkeley://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hill_stations_in_Sri_Lanka "Category: Hill stations in Sri Lanka"]University of California Press, ''Wikipedia''1996. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Hill_stations_in_Malaysia "Category: Hill stations in Malaysia"], ''Wikipedia''ISBN 0520201884.ISBN 978-0520201880

Kennedy, Dane. [http[Category://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft396nb1sf/ ''The Magic Mountains: Hill Stations and the British Raj''Terms]] (full text, searchable). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. ISBN 0520201884. ISBN 978-0520201880