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Laos
Laos (pronounced /ˈlɑː.oʊs/, /ˈlaʊ/, or /ˈleɪ.ɒs/), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west. Laos traces...
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Champasak Province
Champasak (or Champassak, Champasack - Lao: ຈຳປາສັກ càmpàːsák) is a province in southwestern Laos, near the borders with Thailand and Cambodia. It is one of the three principalities that succeeded the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang. Population: 500,994 ...
Bokeo Province
Bokèo (Lao: ບໍ່ແກ້ວ) is a northern province of Laos. The literal translation of Bokeo is "gem mine". The province is rich in deposits of precious and semiprecious stones. Bokeo's provincial capital is Houayxay on the Mekong river.
The province was...
Attapu Province
Attapeu (also Attopu, Lao ອັດຕະປື) is a province of Laos, located in the south-east of the country. To the north it is bounded by Sekong, to the west by Champassak province. To the east, the Annamite Mountain Range separates Attapeu from Vietnam. It...
Bolikhamxai
Bolikhamsai (also Borikhamxay, Lao ບໍລິຄໍາໄຊ) is a province of Laos, located in the middle of the country.
The province was formed in 1983 from parts of the Vientiane Province and Khammuan. In Khamkheuth district there is picturesque karst limestone...
Xekong Province
Xekong (also sometimes Sekong, Lao ເຊກອງ) is a province of Laos, located in the south-east of the country. Xekong was created in 1984, when it was split off from Salavan Province. It is bordered by Vietnam to the east, Attapeu Province to the south,...
Salavan Province
Salavan (also Saravane, Lao: ສາລະວັນ) is a province of Laos, located in the south of the country.
The province is located on the Bolaven Plateau.
The province is made up of the following districts:
Khammouan
Khammouane or Khammouan (Lao: ຄໍາມ່ວນ) is a province of Laos, located in the center of the country. To the north it is bounded by Bolikhamxai; to the south, by Savannakhet. To the west is the Mekong and Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand; to the east,...
Oudomxai Province
Oudomxay or Oudômxai (Lao: ອຸດົມໄຊ) is a province of Laos, located in the northwest of the country.
The province was created in 1976, when it was split off from Louangphabang. Around 1987 the capital of the province was moved from Ban Nahin to Muang...
Louang Namtha Province
Louang Namtha (Lao ຫລວງນໍ້າທາ) is both a province of Laos and the name of the provincial capital, located in the north of the country. From 1966 to 1976 it formed, together with Bokeo, the province of Houakhong.
The province is made up of the...
Phongsali Province
Phôngsali (Lao ຜົ້ງສາລີ) is a province of Laos, located in the north of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Phôngsali. Phôngsali is located between Yunnan (China), and Điện Biên in Vietnam , a new province which was created by a...
Houaphan
Houaphan (Lao ) is a province of Laos, located in the east of the country. The province is home to the Viengxay caves, an extensive network of caves used by the Pathet Lao, and the Hintang Archeological Park, one of the most important pre-historic...
Xaisomboun
Xaisomboun (also Saysomboun, Lao ໄຊສົມບູນ) was a special zone (khetphiset) of Laos, located in the north of the country, near the capital Vientiane. The special zone was created 1994 with area split off from the provinces Vientiane, and Xiangkhoang....
Xaignabouli Province
Sainyabuli (Lao ໄຊຍະບູລີ) is a province of Laos, located in the northwest of the country.
The province is located in the northwest of the country, and covers all the area west of the Mekong river. It is bordered by Oudomxai Province to the north,...
Area:
- 16,389 km² (6327.8 mi² )
Population:
- 382,200 ()
Xiangkhoang Province
Xiangkhouang (Lao: ຊຽງຂວາງ) is a province of Laos, located in the north-east of the country. It was heavily bombed during the Vietnam War era.
Originally known as Muang Phouan, the famous Plain of Jars is located here. Many people talk with a...
Savannakhet Province
Savannakhét (Lao:ສະຫວັນນະເຂດ) is a province of Laos. The name Savannakhet derives from Savanh Nakhone, which means "city of paradise", the province's original name. This province is located in the south of the country. It is bordered by Khammouan to...
Vientiane Province
Vientiane (Lao ວຽງຈັນ) is a province of Laos, located in the northwest of the country.
in 1989 the province was split into two halves - the Vientiane prefecture containing the city Vientiane itself, and the remaining province.
The province is made...
Vientiane
Vientiane (Lao ວຽງຈັນ) is a prefecture (kampheng nakhon) of Laos, located in the north-west of the country. The capital of the country, Vientiane, is located in the prefecture. The prefecture was created in 1989, when it was split off from the...
Louangphabang Province
Louangphabang (also Luang Prabang, Lao ຫລວງພະບາງ) is a province of Laos, located in the north of the country.
Luang Prabang is strikingly situated on a narrow peninsula that bisects the conjunction of the Mekong River, flowing south along the west...
