Vientiane Province

Vientiane province is a province of 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.
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  • Type: province of Laos with 462,000 residents
  • Description: province of Laos
  • Also known as: Khouèng Viangchan”, “Khouèng Vientiane”, “Vientiane”, and “Vientiane province

Vientiane Province

Latitude
18.75° or 18° 45′ north
Longitude
102.4167° or 102° 25′ east
Population
462,000
Elevation
532 metres (1,745 feet)
Open location code
7PC4QC28+2M
Geo­Names ID
1652238
Wiki­data ID
Q720066
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Vientiane Province” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Propinsi Vientiane
  • Arabic: محافظة فيينتيان
  • Balinese: Propinsi Vientiane
  • Bengali: ভিয়েনচান প্রদেশ
  • Catalan: Vientiane
  • Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Biyentiyan
  • Cebuano: Lalawigan sa Wiyantsan
  • Cebuano: Vientiane Province
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای ڤیێنتیان
  • Chinese: Vientiane Séng
  • Chinese: 万象省
  • Chinese: 永珍省
  • Chinese: 萬象省
  • Croatian: Vientiane
  • Dutch: Khwaeng Vientiane
  • Dutch: Khwaeng Vientianne
  • Dutch: Vientiane
  • Esperanto: Provinco Vianĉano
  • Esperanto: Provinco Vjentiano
  • Finnish: Vientiane
  • French: Province de Vientiane
  • French: Vientiane
  • German: Provinz Vientiane
  • German: Vientiane
  • Hindi: व्यिंचन प्रान्त
  • Hungarian: Vientián tartomány
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Vientiane
  • Italian: provincia di Vianciana
  • Italian: provincia di Vientiane
  • Italian: Provincia di Vientiane
  • Japanese: ヴィエンチャン県
  • Japanese: ビエンチャン県
  • Khmer: ខេត្តវៀងច័ន្ទន៍
  • Kinaray-A: Kapuudan kang Biyentiyan
  • Korean: 비엔티안 주
  • Korean: 비엔티안주
  • Lao: ແຂວງວຽງຈັນ
  • Malay: Wilayah Vientiane
  • Min Nan Chinese: Vientiane Séng
  • Mongolian: Вьентьян аймаг
  • Mongolian: Вьентьян муж
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Viangchan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vientiane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Viangchan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Viengchan-fylket
  • Norwegian: Vientiane
  • Persian: استان وینتیان
  • Polish: Prowincja Wientian
  • Portuguese: Vientiane
  • Russian: Вьентьян
  • Somali: Vientiane Province
  • Spanish: Provincia de Vientian
  • Spanish: Provincia de Vientián
  • Swedish: Vientiane
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Biyentiyan
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Wiyantsan
  • Tajik: Vilojati Vientian
  • Tajik: Вилояти Виентиан
  • Thai: แขวงเวียงจันทน์
  • Thai: จังหวัดเวียงจันทน์
  • Turkish: Vientiane Bölgesi
  • Turkish: Vientiane
  • Ukrainian: В’єнтьян
  • Urdu: وینتیان صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Viêng Chăn
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Vientiane
  • Vietnamese: Viêng Chăn
  • Waray (Philippines): Vientiane
  • Wu Chinese: 万象省
  • Yue Chinese: 永珍省

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