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PHONGSALY
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LUANG
NAMTHA
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CHAMPASACK
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SAYABOULY
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OUDOMXAY
I BOLIKHAMXAY
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HOUAPHANH
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XIENG
KHOUANG
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SALAVANH |
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VIENTIANE
I VIENTIANE
CAPITAL
I SEKONG I KHAMMOUANE
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BOKEO |
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Located:
in
the
central
of
Laos.
Total
area:
14,863
square
kilometers.
Population:
190,000.
Districts: Pakxanh,
Thaphabath,
Pakkading,
Borikhanh,
Viengthong
and
Khamkeuth.
Capital:
Paksan. |
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 Bolikhamxay
(or
Bolikhamsay)
Province
is
located
in
central
Laos
in
the
narrow
"neck",
with
moderately
high
mountains
sloping
Southwest
into
the
Mekong
River
valley.
Bolikhamxay
can
be
reached
by
bus,
150
km
or
about
3
hours
leaving
from
the
Morning
Market
bus
station. |
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Vientiane
and
Xieng
Khouang
Province
lie
to
the
North,
Khammouane
Province
to
the
South.
Pakxan
is
the
capital
town
and
is a
commercial
center.
In
Bolikhamxay
Province,
between
Vientiane
and
the
provincial
capital
Pakxan,
a
"footprint
of
Buddha"
shrine
at
Wat
Phra
Baat
is
an
important
pilgrimage
site.
The
most
famous
attraction
of
the
region
is
its
striking
landscape.
At
Ban
Nahin,
Phou
Pha
Mane,
a
stone
forest
featuring
thousands
of
rock
pinnacles,
can
be
found.
Due
to
its
proximity
to
Lak
Xao,
the
latter
is
within
easy
reach
for
tourists
crossing
to
Viet
Nam.
South
of Lak
Xao,
the
still
pristine
forests
of
Nam
Theun
National
Biodiversity
Conservation
teem
with
varieties
of
wildlife.
Nam
Theun
is
the
largest
conservation
area
in
the
country
at
3,700
sq.km,
and
is
home
to
over
a
dozen
endangered
species
including
the
Asiatic
black
bear,
clouded
leopard,
elephant,
giant
muntjac,
guar,
Malaysian
sun
bear
and
tiger.
The
Sao
La
(spindle
horn)
or
Vu
Quang
Ox-Pseudoryx
nghetinhensis
was
discovered
in
neighboring
Viet
Nam
in
1992,
and
sighted
since
then
in
Laos
in
the
Nam
Theun
conservation
area.
Only
two
other
land
mammals
have
been
classified
with
their
own
genus
this
century.
The
first
live
Sao
La
was
captured
in
neighboring
Khammouane
Province
in
1996. |
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