Provincial capitals in Laos

Pakse (or Pakxe; French: Paksé; Laotian: ປາກເຊ 'mouth of the river') is the capital and most populous city of the southern Laotian province of Champasak. Located at the confluence of the Xe Don and Mekong Rivers, the district had a population of approximately 77,900 at the 2015 Laotian census.

Thakhek (, ), the capital of Khammouane Province, is a town in south-central Laos on the Mekong River and the administrative centre of the district with the same name. The Third Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge, linking Thakhek and Nakhon Phanom, Thailand, across the river, started in 2009 and was opened on 11 November 2011.

Attapeu (, ), also written as Attopu or Attapu, officially, Muang Samakhi Xay, is a town in southern Laos, serving as the capital of Attapeu province. It is the southernmost of the capitals of provinces in Laos, about by Route 11 south of Sekong.

Sainyabuli, (; alternatively spelled Sayaboury, Xaignabouli, Xayaburi, or Xayaboury) is the capital of Sainyabuli Province, Laos. It lies on Route 4 which along with Route 13 connects it to Luang Prabang, roughly 80 kilometres northeast by road and to the Thai border across the Luang Prabang Range in the southwest. Sainyabuli Airport lies southwest of the town.

Pakxan (; (, ) is a district and town in Bolikhamsai Province, Laos.