A report on Phou Bia, Xiangkhoang Plateau and Laos

Pha That Luang in Vientiane is the national symbol of Laos.
Fa Ngum, founder of the Lan Xang Kingdom
Local Lao soldiers in the French Colonial guard, c. 1900
French General Salan and Prince Sisavang Vatthana in Luang Prabang, 4 May 1953
Ruins of Muang Khoun, former capital of Xiangkhouang province, destroyed by the American bombing of Laos in the late 1960s
Pathet Lao soldiers in Vientiane, 1972
Mekong River flowing through Luang Prabang
Paddy fields in Laos
Laos map of Köppen climate classification.
Flag of the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ASEAN heads of state in New Delhi on 25 January 2018
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2016
Hmong girls in Laos, 1973
A proportional representation of Laos exports, 2019
GDP per capita development in Laos
Near the sanctuary on the main upper level of Vat Phou, looking back towards the Mekong River
Rivers are an important means of transport in Laos.
Pha That Luang in Vientiane. The Buddhist stupa that is a national symbol of Laos.
Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane.
National University of Laos in Vientiane.
An example of Lao cuisine
Lao women wearing sinhs
Lao dancers during the New Year celebration
New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane.
Wat Nong Sikhounmuang - buddhist pagoda in Luang Prabang.

Phou Bia (Lao: ພູເບັ້ຍ) is the highest mountain in Laos.

- Phou Bia

The Xiangkhouang Plateau or Xiangkhoang Plateau, also known in French as Plateau du Tran-Ninh is a plateau in the north of Laos.

- Xiangkhoang Plateau

It is in the Annamese Cordillera, at the southern limit of the Xiangkhoang Plateau in Xiangkhouang Province.

- Phou Bia

The highest mountain of Laos, Phou Bia, is located to the south of the Xiangkhoang.

- Xiangkhoang Plateau

Its thickly forested landscape consists mostly of rugged mountains, the highest of which is Phou Bia at 2818 m, with some plains and plateaus.

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There are two plateaux, the Xiangkhoang in the north and the Bolaven Plateau at the southern end.

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Plain of Jars, girls of Houang
Map shows ethnicities distribution of Indochina peninsula in 1926, includes Laotian and Vietnamese communities settled in Xiangkhouang before 1945.
Phonsavan
A spoon seller, Ban Napia
Plain of Jars archaeological site 1
The ruins of Wat Piawat Temple and its large Buddha statue (which survived and remains to this day), which was almost completely destroyed during the First and Second Indochina Wars
Hmong girls
Bullfight, Hmong New Year
Phuan girls in traditional clothing

Xiangkhouang (Lao: ຊຽງຂວາງ, meaning 'Horizontal City') is a province of Laos on the Xiangkhoang Plateau, in the nation's northeast.

The plateau is characterized by rolling hills and grassland whose elevation averages 1300 m. The country's highest peak, Phou Bia (2820 m), rises at the south side of the plateau.