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Xe Pian National Park is about 50 kilometres (30 mi) south of Pakse in Pathoumphone and Khong districts of Champasak and Sanamxay District of Attapeu. A large part of the park's boundary follows the border with Cambodia. The park's decreed area is 2,400 square kilometres (930 sq mi) but there have been recent higher estimates of size. [2]
The French established an administrative outpost in Pakse in 1905. The city was the capital of the Lao Kingdom of Champasak until 1946 when the Kingdom of Laos was formed. . After the Franco-Thai war the French ceded Preah Vihear Province, formerly belonging to the French protectorate of Cambodia, and the part of Champasak Province located on the other side of the Mekong river from Pakse ...
The Champasak Provincial Museum is a local museum in Pakse, Laos. It holds the unique history of the province, which gathers all kind of artifacts and documents to chronicle the history of Champasak. It holds the unique history of the province, which gathers all kind of artifacts and documents to chronicle the history of Champasak.
Dong Hua Sao National Park is located about 30 kilometres (20 mi) east of Pakse and about 10 kilometres (10 mi) south of the town of Paksong in Paksong, Pathoumphone and Bachiangchaleunsouk districts. The park's area is 1,100 square kilometres (420 sq mi) including 300 square kilometres (120 sq mi) of wetlands.
It is “one of the most important coffee producing areas of Laos” along with Salavan and Sekong provinces. [11] Pakse is the main trade and travel link with Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. [2] Following the building of the Lao Nippon bridge across the Mekong at Pakse in 2002, trade with Thailand has multiplied several fold.
Champasak or Muang Champassak (Lao: ຈຳປາສັກ [tɕàm pàː sák]) is a small town in southern Laos, on the west bank of the Mekong River about 40 km south of Pakse, the capital of Champasak Province. It is the seat of the Champasak district . [1]
It is located several kilometres upstream from the Southern Lao city of Pakse. The villagers here depend very largely on fishing as a source of livelihood. Much of the fish is sold for cash income and used to buy other products and produce. The island is also covered in idyllic rice paddies which provide another source of food for the locals ...
Champasak Palace, in Pakse, Laos, was intended to be a residence of the last Prince of Champasak, Chao Boun Oum. [1] However, he had to abandon it in 1974 before it was finished, as the Royal Lao government was overthrown by the communist Pathet Lao. After the revolution, the building was completed and served as a venue for the communist party ...