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Phongsaly Province
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province of Laos
Key facts
- Country
- Laos
- Capital
- Phôngsali
- Total
- 16,270 km (6,280 sq mi)
- Density
- 11.87/km (30.75/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( ICT )
- Iso 3166 code
- LA-PH
- Hdi 2022
- 0.555 , medium · 15th
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Laos
- Country
- Laos
- Located in
- Laos
- Contains
- Boun Tay District
- Capital
- Phongsālī
- Population
- 177989
- Area
- 16925.0
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
- Shares border with
- Điện Biên
- Image
- Phongsali1.jpg
- Dialing code
- 088
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- language used
- Kaduo
- Commons category
- Phongsali
- topic's main category
- Category:Phongsaly province
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Encyclopedic overview
Phongsaly province (Lao ຜົ້ງສາລີ), also spelled Phôngsali, is a province of Laos in the extreme north of the country. The capital of the province is the city of Phôngsali. Phongsaly is between Yunnan (China), and Điện Biên province in Vietnam. Its culture has been historically influenced by China.
Phongsaly province covers an area of 16,270 square kilometres (6,280 sq mi), of which 77% has forest cover. It borders China to the north and west, Vietnam to the east, Luang Prabang province to the south, and Oudomxai province to the southwest. The highest mountain in the province is Phou Doychy with an elevation of 1,842 metres (6,043 ft). Protected areas in the province include the Phou Dene Din National Biodiversity Conservation Area and Nam Lan Conservation Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phongsaly Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.