Phongsālī

Also known as Phôngsali

Phongsali or Phongsaly () is the capital of Phongsaly Province, Laos. It is the northernmost provincial capital in Laos.

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Place details

Locality: ຜົ້ງສາລີ
Region: ຜົ້ງສາລີ
Country: ປະເທດລາວ
Population: 13,500
Timezone: Asia/Vientiane

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Phongsali
Settlement.native_name_lang: lo
Settlement.settlement_type: District & municipality
Settlement.official_name: Phongsali District
Settlement.image_skyline: Phongsali1.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Laos
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Laos
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Admin. division
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Phongsaly Province
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015
Settlement.population_total: 23,300
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title: Religions
Settlement.population_blank2: Buddhism

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Languages
Climate
References
Further reading

==References==

==Further reading== Kingsadā, Thō̜ngphet, and Tadahiko Shintani. 1999 Basic Vocabularies of the Languages Spoken in Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA). Shintani, Tadahiko, Ryuichi Kosaka, and Takashi Kato. 2001. Linguistic Survey of Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA). Kato, Takashi. 2008. Linguistic Survey of Tibeto-Burman languages in Lao P.D.R. Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).

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