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Key facts
- Country
- Laos
- Capital
- Attapeu
- Total
- 10,320 km (3,980 sq mi)
- Density
- 15.49/km (40.13/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( ICT )
- Iso 3166 code
- LA-AT
- Hdi 2022
- 0.597 , medium · 10th
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Laos
- Country
- Laos
- Located in
- Laos
- Contains
- Phouvong District
- Capital
- Attapư̄
- Population
- 139628
- Area
- 10320
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
- Shares border with
- Ratanakiri Province
- Image
- Attapeu montage.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Attapeu (Lao: ອັດຕະປື, pronounced [ʔát.tā.pɯ̀ː]) is a province of Laos in the southeast of the country. It has five districts: Phouvong, Sanamxay, Sanxay, Saysetha and Samakkixay, covering an area of 10,320 square kilometres (3,980 sq mi) with a population of 127,285. The provincial capital is Attapeu.
Following national liberation, the province became known as the "land of heroism". The province has a national park, Xe Pian National Park, and a national biodiversity conservation area, Dong Ampham National Biodiversity Conservation Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Attapeu Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.