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Within Vinony's link graph, Vientiane Province is referenced by 144 other articles, and connects out to Sainyabūlī, Bolikhamsai Province and Lao.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including Harv and Sfn no-target errors, Provinces of Laos and Vientiane province.
Its subject is documented across 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Laos
- Capital
- Muang Phôn-Hông
- Total
- 15,610 km (6,030 sq mi)
- Density
- 29.61/km (76.68/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( ICT )
- Iso 3166 code
- LA-VI
- Hdi 2022
- 0.633 , medium · 5th
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Laos
- Country
- Laos
- Located in
- Laos
- Capital
- Phōnhōng
- Population
- 388833
- Area
- 15927
- Time zone
- UTC+07:00
- Shares border with
- Vientiane
- Dialing code
- 021
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- different from
- Vientiane
- topic's main category
- Category:Vientiane province
- Commons category
- Vientiane Province
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Encyclopedic overview
Vientiane province (Lao: ແຂວງວຽງຈັນ, pronounced [kʰwɛ̌ːŋ wíaŋ tɕàn]) is a province of Laos in the country's northwest. As of 2015 the province had a population of 419,090.
In the 16th century, Vientiane, under King Setthathirat's rule, became a centre of Buddhist teachings and temples were built.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vientiane Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.