A report on Xiangkhouang, Phou Bia and Laos

Plain of Jars, girls of Houang
Pha That Luang in Vientiane is the national symbol of Laos.
Map shows ethnicities distribution of Indochina peninsula in 1926, includes Laotian and Vietnamese communities settled in Xiangkhouang before 1945.
Fa Ngum, founder of the Lan Xang Kingdom
Phonsavan
Local Lao soldiers in the French Colonial guard, c. 1900
A spoon seller, Ban Napia
French General Salan and Prince Sisavang Vatthana in Luang Prabang, 4 May 1953
Plain of Jars archaeological site 1
Ruins of Muang Khoun, former capital of Xiangkhouang province, destroyed by the American bombing of Laos in the late 1960s
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
Pathet Lao soldiers in Vientiane, 1972
Hmong girls
Mekong River flowing through Luang Prabang
Bullfight, Hmong New Year
Paddy fields in Laos
Phuan girls in traditional clothing
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.

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

- Xiangkhouang

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

- Phou Bia

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

- Phou Bia

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.

- Xiangkhouang

The conflict between Hmong rebels and Laos continued in key areas of Laos, including in Saysaboune Closed Military Zone, Xaisamboune Closed Military Zone near Vientiane Province and Xiangkhouang Province.

- Laos

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

- Laos

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Xiangkhoang Plateau

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

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

The plateau gives its name to present-day Xiangkhouang Province in which Phonsavan is located.

Xaisomboun province

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Phou Bia mountain from Xaysomboun town

Xaisomboun (/saɪʒəʊmbuːn/ Lao ໄຊສົມບູນ) is a mountainous province in central Laos, between Vientiane province and Xiangkhouang province.

To the northeast of the town of Xaisomboun in neighbouring Xiangkhouang province is Phou Bia Mountain—at 2,819 m (9,249 ft) the highest point in Laos.