Place:Xiangkhoang, Laos

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NameXiangkhoang
Alt namesXiangkhoang provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Xieng Khouangsource: Embassy of Laos, Laos (1995) p 4
TypeProvince
Coordinates19.0°N 103.0°E
Located inLaos
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ban Ban
Ban Muangngat
Ban Namcha
Ban San Xieng La
Khangkhai
Muang Khao
Muang Souy
Muang Thathôm
Muang Xamtong
Nong Hèt
Phonsavan
Xiangkhoang
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Xiangkhouang (Lao: , meaning 'Horizontal City') is a province of Laos on the Xiangkhoang Plateau, in the nation's northeast. The province has the distinction of being the most heavily bombed place on Earth.

The province was originally known as the Principality of Muang Phuan (Muang Phouan / Xieng Khouang). Its present capital is Phonsavan. The population of the province as of the 2015 census was 244,684.

Xiangkhouang province covers an area of and is mountainous. Apart from floodplains, the largest area of level land in the country is on the province's Xiangkhoang Plateau. The plateau is characterized by rolling hills and grassland whose elevation averages . The country's highest peak, Phou Bia, rises at the south side of the plateau. Nam Et-Phou Louey is a National Biodiversity Conservation Area (NBCA) in the province, covering an area of 5,959 km2, and overlaps into Houaphanh and Luang Prabang provinces.

The province's Plain of Jars was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019.

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