Savannakhet
Sign in to saveSavannakhet (, ; , officially named Kaysone Phomvihane (); since 2005 and previously known as Khanthaboury (), is a city in western Laos. It is the capital of Savannakhet Province. With a population of 125,760 (2018), it is the second-largest city in Laos, after Vientiane. The annual per capita income of Kaysone Phomvihane City is US$2,041 (2018).
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Savannakhet
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- lo
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District and municipality
- Settlement.official_name
- Kaysone Phomvihane District
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- Savannakhet1.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- The commercial centre of Kaysone Phomvihane, Savannakhet Province
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- Laos
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Savannakhet Province
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 125,760
- Settlement.timezone
- ICT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +7
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Savannakhet (, ; , officially named Kaysone Phomvihane (); since 2005 and previously known as Khanthaboury (), is a city in western Laos. It is the capital of Savannakhet Province. With a population of 125,760 (2018), it is the second-largest city in Laos, after Vientiane. The annual per capita income of Kaysone Phomvihane City is US$2,041 (2018).
Savannakhet has a large 15th-century Buddhist temple, Wat Sainyaphum, a Chinese temple, the Catholic Co-Cathedral of St. Therese and a mosque. The Second Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong connects to Mukdahan Province in Thailand.