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Attapeu ( Lao: ອັດຕະປື [ʔát.tā.pɯ̀ː]) is a province of Laos in the southeast of the country. It has five districts: Samakkixay, Xaysetha, Sanamxay, Sanxay, and Phouvong, covering an area of 10,320 square kilometres (3,980 sq mi) with a population of 127,285. [3] Its capital city lies at Attapeu (Muang Samakkixay).
The 2018 Laos dam collapse was the collapse of Saddle Dam D, part of a larger hydroelectric dam system under construction in southeast Laos 's Champasak Province, on 23 July 2018. The dam collapse lead to widespread destruction and homelessness among the local population in neighbouring Attapeu Province. As of 25 September, 40 people were ...
Attapeu ( Lao: ອັດຕະປື, French pronunciation: [atapø] ), also written as Attopu or Attapu, is the capital of Attapeu province, Laos. Its official name is Muang Samakhi Xay. It is the southernmost of provincial capitals in Laos. Most of the inhabitants are Lao Loum. The temple of Wat Luang Muang Mai in the town centre was built in ...
Attapeu province: Samakkhixay District 153,000 10,320 14 LA-AT Bokeo province: Houayxay District (Ban Houayxay) 198,000 6,196 29 LA-BK Bolikhamxai province: Pakxan District 287,000 14,863 18 LA-BL Champasak province: Pakse District 706,000 15,415 45 LA-CH Houaphanh province: Xam Neua District 302,000 16,500 18 LA-HO
Sekong (also sometimes Xekong, Lao ເຊກອງ) is a province of Laos in the southeast of the country. Sekong province is the second smallest province in Laos and also one of its poorest, covering an area of 7,665 square kilometres (2,959 sq mi). It is bordered by Vietnam to the east, Attapeu province to the south, Salavan province to the ...
District. Third-level. Village. v. t. e. Laos is divided into 17 provinces ( Lao: ແຂວງ, khoueng) and 1 prefecture ( kampheng nakhon ), or capital city municipality (ນະຄອນຫຼວງ, nakhon luang ). Furthermore, 1 so-called special administrative zone (ເຂດພິເສດ, khet phiset) existed between 1994 and 2006, when ...
Champasak (or Champassak, Champasack – Lao: ຈຳປາສັກ [t͡ɕàm pàː sák]) is a province in southwestern Laos, near the borders with Thailand and Cambodia. It is one of the three principalities that succeeded the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang. As of the 2015 census, it had a population of 694,023.
Dong Ampham National Biodiversity Conservation Area is an extensive protected area which covers a significant part of Attapeu Province and Sekong Province in the southeast corner of Laos on the border with Vietnam. It covers the northeastern part of Attapeu Province and southeastern part of Sekong Province. The heavily forested area, covering ...