Champasak Province

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ຈໍາ ປາ ສັກ Champasak
Basic data
Country	Laos
Capital	Pakxé
surface	15,415 km²
Residents	694,023 (2016)
density	45 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	LA-CH

Coordinates: 14 ° 54 '  N , 105 ° 54'  E

Champasak (also Champassak , Lao ຈໍາ ປາ ສັກ ) is a province ( Khwaeng ) in the southwest of Laos . Their capital is Pakse . It borders on Thailand and Cambodia and is traversed by the Mekong .

The for World Heritage Site belonging group of temples Wat Phu , the area Si Phan Don ( "Four Thousand Islands") and the Mekong cases are located in the province of Champasak, which also includes the Bolaven Plateau for the most part is.

In 1995 there were reports that the People's Republic of China was maintaining a military radar facility in Sop Hau in the south of the province .

The provincial capital is the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate Paksé of the Catholic Church.

Administrative units

The province consists of the following districts:

code	District	Lao
	16-01	Pakse	ປາກ ເຊ
	16-02	Sanasomboon	ຊະ ນະ ສົມ ບູນ
	16-03	Bachiangchaleunsook	ບາ ຈຽງ ຈະ ເລີນ ສຸກ
	16-04	Paksong	ປາກ ຊ່ອງ
	16-05	Pathoomphone	ປະ ທຸມ ພອນ
	16-06	Phonthong	ໂພນ ທອງ
	16-07	Champasak	ຈຳ ປາ ສັກ
	16-08	Sukhuma	ສຸ ຂຸ ມາ
	16-09	Moonlapamok	ມູນ ລະ ປະ ໂມກ
	16-10	Khong	ໂຂງ

Web links

Commons : Champasak Province  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sop Hau, Laos. GlobalSecurity.org