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Key facts
- Country
- Laos
- Capital
- Ban Houayxay
- Total
- 6,196 km (2,392 sq mi)
- Density
- 32.84/km (85.05/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( ICT )
- Iso 3166 code
- LA-BK
- Hdi 2022
- 0.592 , medium · 12th
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Encyclopedic overview
Bokeo (Lao: ບໍ່ແກ້ວ, pronounced [bɔ̄ː kɛ̂ːw]; literally 'gem mine'; previously, Hua Khong, meaning 'head of the Mekong') is a northern province of Laos. It is the smallest and second least populous province in the country. Bokeo has five districts: (Houay Xay, Tonpheung, Meung, Phaodom, and Paktha) and the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Ton Pheung district. Bokeo's provincial capital is Houayxay on the Mekong River. The province is in the Golden Triangle, at the border of Myanmar and Thailand.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bokeo Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.