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Pāksē
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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.
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Pāksē is a human settlement and district in Laos, serving as the capital of Champasak Province. The city has a population of 119,848 and is situated at an elevation of 95 meters. It functions as a border city and is located in the Asia/Vientiane time zone, which corresponds to UTC+07:00. The official name for the locality is ປາກເຊ.
Historically, the area has been part of the Kingdom of Laos and the French Protectorate of Laos. Pāksē is twinned with the administrative body of Guiyang. The settlement is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Place details
- Locality
- ເມືອງປາກເຊ
- Region
- ຈຳປາສັກ
- Country
- ປະເທດລາວ
- Population
- 77,900
- Timezone
- Asia/Vientiane
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pakse
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- lo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District & municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Pakse District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Champasak Palace.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Champasak Palace Hotel, Pakse, formerly the palace of Prince Boun Oum Na Champassak
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Laos
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Laos
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Champasak province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pakse district
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Religion
- Infrastructure
- Health
- Transportation
- Climate
- Tourism
- References
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