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4 unusual facts about Champasak Province


Bang Kapi District

The area of Bang Kapi was once a jungle and has a history dating back to King Nangklao period when Chao Phraya Bodindecha (เจ้าพระยาบดินทรเดชา) led a troop to fight rebels in Champassack and Louangphabang and brought back people to settle here.

Henri Marchal

1957 - Le Temple de Vat Phou, province de Champassak, Saigon, edited by département des Cultes du Gouvernement royal du Laos, 37 p.

Leptobrachium buchardi

It is endemic to Laos and only known from the Bolaven Plateau in the Champasak Province, near its type locality within the Dong Houa Sao National Biodiversity Conservation Area.

Vat Phou

It is located at the base of mount Phu Kao, some 6 km from the Mekong river in Champasak province.


Khong Island

Khong Island or Don Khong is the largest island and the seat of administration in the Si Phan Don riverine archipelago located in the Mekong River, Khong District, Champasak Province, southern Laos.


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