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Xiangkhouang

Xiangkhouang, also spelled Siang Khuang, is a province of on the Xiangkhoang Plateau, in the nation's northeast. The province has the distinction of being the most heavily bombed place on Earth.
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  • Type: State with 267,000 residents
  • Description: province of Laos
  • Also known as: “Khouèng Xiangkhoang”, “Khouèng Xiangkhouang”, “Khoueng Xieng Khouang”, “Tran Ninh”, “Xiangkhouang Province”, and “Xiengkhouang”

Xiangkhouang

Latitude
19.413° or 19° 24′ 47″ north
Longitude
103.468° or 103° 28′ 5″ east
Population
267,000
Elevation
947 metres (3,107 feet)
Open location code
7PF5CF79+66
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4343708789
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1652077
Wiki­data ID
Q465947
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Xiangkhouang” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Propinsi Xiangkhouang”
  • Arabic: “محافظة إكسيانج خوانج”
  • Arabic: “محافظة زيانغهوانغ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sianqkxuanq”
  • Balinese: “Propinsi Xiangkhouang”
  • Bengali: “সিয়াংখুয়াং প্রদেশ”
  • Catalan: “Sīang Khwāng”
  • Cebuano: “Sīang Khwāng”
  • Cebuano: “Xiangkhouang”
  • Chinese: “Xiangkhouang Séng”
  • Chinese: “Xiangkhouang”
  • Chinese: “川圹省”
  • Chinese: “川壙省”
  • Croatian: “Sīang Khwāng”
  • Croatian: “Xiang Khouang”
  • Danish: “Xiangkhouang Province”
  • Dutch: “Khwaeng Xieng Khuang”
  • Dutch: “Xieng Khuang”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Siangĥuang”
  • Finnish: “Xiangkhouangin lääni”
  • Finnish: “Xieng Khouang”
  • French: “Province de Xieng Khouang”
  • French: “Sīang Khwāng”
  • French: “Sîang-Chouâng”
  • French: “Xîang-Chouâng”
  • French: “Xiang-Khouang”
  • French: “Xiangkhouang”
  • German: “LA-XI”
  • German: “Provinz Xieng Khouang”
  • German: “Xieng Khouang”
  • Greek: “Ξιανγκχοάνγκ”
  • Gujarati: “ઝીયાંગખૌઆંગ પ્રાંત”
  • Hebrew: “סיינקהואנג”
  • Hindi: “ज़ियांगखुएंग प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “सिएंगखुअंग प्रान्त”
  • Hungarian: “Sziangkhuang tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Xiangkhoang”
  • Indonesian: “Sīang Khwāng”
  • Italian: “provincia di Xiangkhoang”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Xiangkhoang”
  • Italian: “Provincia di Xieng Khouang”
  • Italian: “Xiangkhoang”
  • Japanese: “シエンクアーン県”
  • Japanese: “シェンクアン”
  • Japanese: “シェンクアン県”
  • Japanese: “シエンクワーン”
  • Japanese: “シエンクワーン県”
  • Japanese: “シェンクワン県”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಸಿಯಾಂಗ್ಖೌಂಗ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តស៊ៀង ខ្វាង”
  • Khmer: “ខេត្តសៀងខ្វាង”
  • Korean: “시앙코앙 주”
  • Korean: “시앙쿠앙 주”
  • Korean: “시앙쿠앙주”
  • Korean: “씨앙쿠앙 주”
  • Korean: “씨엥쿠앙 주”
  • Lao: “ແຂວງ ຊຽງ ຂວາງ”
  • Lao: “ແຂວງຊຽງຂວາງ”
  • Lao: “ຊຽງ ຂວາງ”
  • Latvian: “Sjenkhoānas province”
  • Lithuanian: “Sianghuango provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Siankuano provincija”
  • Malay: “Sīang Khwāng”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Xiangkhoang”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Xiangkhouang”
  • Marathi: “झिएंगखॉउंग प्रांत”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Xiangkhouang Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xieng Khouang”
  • Norwegian: “Xieng Khouang”
  • Persian: “استان شیانگخوانگ”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Xieng Khouang”
  • Polish: “Xieng Khouang”
  • Portuguese: “Xieng Khouang”
  • Russian: “Сиангкхуанг”
  • Russian: “Сиенгкхуанг”
  • Sinhala: “කිස්යැන්ග්කුඇන්ග් පලාත”
  • Slovenian: “LA-XI”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Xiangkhoang”
  • Somali: “Sīang Khwāng”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Xiangkhoang”
  • Spanish: “Xiangkhouang”
  • Swedish: “Sīang Khwāng”
  • Swedish: “Xieng Khouang”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Siangxoang”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Сиангxоанг”
  • Tamil: “க்ஸிங்க்ஹவுங் மாகாணம்”
  • Telugu: “జియాంగ్ హోవాంగ్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “జియాంగ్ హోవాంగ్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “แขวงเชียงขวาง”
  • Thai: “แขวงเซียงขวาง”
  • Thai: “เชียงขวาง”
  • Turkish: “Sīang Khwāng”
  • Ukrainian: “Сіангкхуанг”
  • Urdu: “سیانگہوانگ صوبہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Xiangkhoang”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Xieng Khouang”
  • Vietnamese: “Xiangkhoang”
  • Vietnamese: “Xiêng Khoảng”
  • Vietnamese: “Xieng Khouang”
  • Vietnamese: “Xiengkhuang”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sīang Khwāng”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Xieng Khuang”
  • Welsh: “Talaith Xiangkhouang”
  • Wu Chinese: “川圹省”
  • Yue Chinese: “川壙省”

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