[1] Situated on Route 20 between Bảo Lộc and Da Lat, the original name was Djiring: as used by minority people going back to the French period.

[2] An early visitor to Di Linh was doctor Alexandre John Emile Yersin in 1890 on his travels to Da Lat.

[3] The name Di Linh was officially changed from Djiring in 1958 by the Ngô Đình Diệm regime (also B'lao, D'ran and Lien Khanh).

Minority people were forced to work as transporters of materials to build the first administrative facilities and roads; they later established a village and collected wild honey, hence jrềng, which was transcribed incorrectly to Djiring.

Di Linh district is located in a tropical monsoon climate zone, with a dry season in December-March.