Bokeo Province

ແຂວງ ບໍ່ ແກ້ວ Bokeo
Basic data
Country	Laos
Capital	Ban Houayxay
surface	6196 km²
Residents	179,243 (2015 census)
density	29 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	LA-BK
Donesao, a Mekong island not far from the Golden Triangle

Coordinates: 20 ° 18 '  N , 100 ° 24'  E

Bokeo ( Lao ແຂວງ ບໍ່ ແກ້ວ ) is a province in northwest Laos in the Golden Triangle . It borders Thailand and Myanmar .

The capital and largest city in the province is called Houayxay , it is located directly on the Mekong on the border with Thailand. As a border town, Houayxay has a long history of drug smuggling and was also a stopover for US troops during the Lao Civil War in the early 1960s. The province was created in 1983 by spinning off from Luang Namtha Province . In 1992, Paktha and Pha Oudom Districts were separated from Oudomxay Province and transferred to Bokeo. There are 36 municipalities in the province with over 400 locations. With 43 ethnic groups, the Bokeo Province is one of the most diverse in Laos.

The name bokeo means "gemstone mine " and indicates the rich deposits of gemstones and gemstones in the area.

Administrative units

The province consists of the following districts:

code	District	Lao
	0501	Ban Houayxay	ຫ້ວຍ ຊາຍ
	0502	Tonpheung	ຕົ້ນ ເຜິ້ງ
	0503	Meung	ເມິງ
	0504	Pha Oudom	ຜາ ອຸ ດົມ
	0506	Nam nhu develop area	ເຂດ ພິ ເສດ ນ ້ ຳ ຍູ້

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Linda Dailey Paulson: Bokeo . In: David Levinson, Karen Christensen (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Modern Asia . tape 1 . Charles Scribners & Sons, New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-684-80617-4 , pp. 304 .