Welcome to Khammouane Province
Khammouane province is situated in the central part of the Laos with an area of moderately high mountains sloping down to the Mekong valley. Fertile land here is well suited to plantation of rice, cabbage, sugar cane, bananas etc.
A total population of 258000 is made up of lowland Lao groups: Phuan, Tahoy, Kri, Maling and also Hmong.
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At about eight kilometers to the south of the town is the That Sikhotabong or Sikhotabong Stupa, constructed around the ninth to tenth century by King Nanthasen.
Striking limestone formations in the vicinity, especially those along the Sebangfai River near Mahasay town are worth seeing.
Thakhaek is accessible by Lao Aviation flights every Friday from Vientiane. By road, it is about 354 km, and from Savannakhet to Thakhek is about 137km.
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Khammouan
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| Statistics | |
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| Capital: | Thakhek |
| Area: | 16,315 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 358,800 (2004 est) |
| Pop. density: | 22 inh./km² |
| ISO 3166-2: | LA-KH |
| Geocode: | 1200 |
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Khammouan (Lao ຄໍາມ່ວນ) is a province of Laos, located in the south of the country. To the north it is bounded by Bolikhamxai; to the south, by Savannakhet. To the west is Thailand; to the east, Vietnam.
[edit] Administrative divisions
The province is made up of the following districts:
- Bualapha (12-06)
- Hinboon (12-04)
- Mahaxay (12-02)
- Nakai (12-07)
- Nhommalath (12-05)
- Nongbok (12-03)
- Thakhek (12-01)
- Xaybuathong (12-09)
- Xebangfay (12-08)
[edit] Discoveries
In 1996 western scientists collected an undescribed rodent representing a mammal family that had been previously known only from fossils. The Laotian Rock Rat was formally described as a new species in 2005.
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