Thakho

Thakho
Coordinates	13 ° 58 ′  N , 105 ° 59 ′  E Coordinates: 13 ° 58 ′  N , 105 ° 59 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Laos
province	Champasak
District	Khong

Ban Thakho is a village in the extreme south of Laos in the Khong district of Champasak province . The place is located on the east bank of the Mekong in the south of the Si Phan Don area ( four thousand islands ) near the island of Don Phapheng and thus directly north of the Khong Phapheng waterfall , the north-eastern main cascade of the Mekong falls, which is the largest waterfall in Southeast Asia .

Due to its location by the waterfall, Thakho became a tourist destination; the tourism is one of the main sources of income of the village. A road leads from the village to a southern lookout point on Khong Phapheng.

The national road 13 connects Ban Thakho with the main cities of the country; the provincial capital Pakse is about 160 km away. Neighboring places are Set Tai , Nakasong and Khinak in the northwest and Veun Kham, only a few kilometers away, on the Cambodian border in the south.

Thakho is also important as a planned site for a hydropower plant : On September 28, 2008, the Laotian state energy supply company Electricite Du Laos (EDL) concluded a cooperation agreement with the French Compagnie nationale du Rhône (CNR) for the construction of a hydropower plant near Ban Thakho. The project plans to divert water from the Mekong at the site and to use the height difference of the waterfalls to generate electricity.

Individual evidence

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