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Encyclopedia > Champassack
Statistics
Capital: Pakxe
Area: 15,415 km²
Inhabitants: 575,600 (2004 est)
Pop. density: 24 inh./km²
ISO 3166-2: LA-CH
Geocode: 1600
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Lao ຈໍາປາສັກ) is a province in the south-west Thailand and Lao kingdom of Lan Xang.


The river Mekong flows through the province.


The Khmer ruins of Wat Phu are located here.


Administrative divisions

  1. Pakse
  2. Sanasomboon
  3. BaChiengchaleumsook
  4. Paksong
  5. Pathoomphone
  1. Phonthong
  2. Champassak
  3. Sukhuma
  4. Moonlapamok
  5. Khong




Laos
Provinces: Attapu - Bokeo - Bolikhamxai - Champasak - Houaphan - Khammouan - Louang Namtha - Louangphabang _ Oudomxai - Phongsali - Salavan - Savannakhet _ Vientiane - Xaignabouli - Xekong - Xiangkhoang
Special Zone: Xaisomboun
Municipality: Vientiane edit  (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Laos_provinces&action=edit)

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Travel to Champasak tours tour operator Champassack Laos - Information about Champasak and Laos (924 words)
Champassack, lies to the southwestern Laos, the capital of Champassack is Pakse, which located at the confluence of the Mekong and the Sedon rivers.
This is one of the main political and economic centers of Lao PDR and situated in the southwestern part of Laos, which the capital of Champassack is Pakse located at the confluence of the Mekong and the Sedon rivers.
Parts of Bolaven Plateau, which rests on the border of Saravane and Champassack are used for cultivation of coffee, cardamon, bananas, and other crops.
Vacation in Laos with Asian Vacations, Inc. (4795 words)
The Bolaven Plateau is situated on the north east of Champassack province, the plateau covers parts of Salavan, Attapeu and Sekong provinces although there are more options for tourists visiting the plateau in Pakse.
Champassack was once, 1,400 years ago, the center of power in the lower Mekong basin, later a revered outpost of the Khmer Angkor empire and, later still, one of the three kingdoms to rule over the remains of Lane Xang.
A fine heritage that, according to the last prince of Champassack, was brought to hard times by a former queen's indiscretion.
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