Vientiane Province

ແຂວງ ວຽງ ຈັນ Vientiane
Basic data
Country	Laos
Capital	Muang Phôn-Hông
surface	15,927 km²
Residents	419,090 (2015)
density	26 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	LA-VI

18.8 102.2Coordinates: 18 ° 48 ' N , 102 ° 12' E

Vientiane ( Laotian ແຂວງ ວຽງ ຈັນ , ALA-LC : Khwǣng Vīang Chan ) is a province ( Khwaeng ) in central Laos . The capital of the province is Muang Phôn-Hông .

geography

The province of Vientiane is located in the northwest of the country. The neighboring provinces are (clockwise from southwest): Sainyabuli , Luang Prabang , Xieng Khouang , Saysomboun, and Vientiane Prefecture .

To the southeast, the Mekong forms the border with Thailand . On the opposite bank lies the Thai province of Nong Khai .

In the east of the province is Mount Phu Bia , at 2850 meters the highest point in Laos and the highest peak of the Truong Son Mountains . In the center of the province lies the 370 km² Nam Ngum reservoir, which is dammed by a dam on the Nam Ngum River. Parts of the province are designated as National Biodiversity Protected Areas: Phou Khao Khouay and Phou Phanang , both in the south of the province.

history

In 1989 the province was split into two parts, the prefecture of Vientiane, which included the capital Vientiane , and the rest of the area, the province of Vientiane.

When the Xaysomboun Special Zone was dissolved, Hom district was added to the province in 2004 and Xaysomboun district in 2006. Saysomboun was rebuilt as a province in 2013.

Administrative division

The province consists of the following eleven districts ( ເມືອງ - [ mʉ̄aṅ ]):

District	Lao

10-01	Phonhong	ໂພນ ໂຮງ
10-02	Thoulakhom	ທຸ ລະ ຄົມ
10-03	Keo Oudom	ແກ້ວ ອຸ ດົມ
10-04	Kasy	ກາ ສີ
10-05	Vangvieng	ວັງ ວຽງ
10-06	Feuang	ເຟືອງ
10-07	Xanakharm	ຊະ ນະ ຄາມ
10-08	Mad	ແມດ
10-09	Viengkham	ວຽງ ຄຳ
10-10	Forward	ຫີນ ເຫີບ
10-11	Mun	ໝື່ນ

Web links

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