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2 unusual facts about Muang Phuan


Muang Phuan

The Tai Phuan or Phuan people are a Buddhist Tai-Lao ethnic group that migrated to Laos from southern China, and had by the 13th century formed the independent principality of Muang Phuan at the Plain of Jars, with Xieng Khouang (contemporary Muang Khoun) as the capital.

Muang Phuan was an historical principality on the territory of modern Xiangkhouang Province in Laos.


Lan Xang

The principality of Muang Phuan, brought under Lan Xang in the mid-14th century, enjoyed semi-independent status.


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