Vat Phou

Vat Phou is a ruined Khmer-Hindu temple complex in southern . There was a sanctuary on the site, centred on a spring and an offering place for a tutelary spirit dating back to pre-historic times.
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  • Hindu temple
  • …lies at an elevation of 125 metres (410 feet)
  • …is partly wheelchair accessible
  • Description: Hindu temples complex and ruins in Laos (UNESCO site)
  • Also known as
    “Ban Vat Phu”
    “Kurukshetra tirtha (Laos, SE Asia)”
    “Vat Phū”
    “Wat Phou”
    “Wat Phou Temple”
    “ວັດພູ”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Champasak.
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City is the capital of in .

Vat Phou

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Latitude
14.84804° or 14° 50′ 53″ north
Longitude
105.82109° or 105° 49′ 16″ east
Open location code
7P67RRXC+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 476480088
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
1652272
Wiki­data ID
Q579860

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Vat Phou” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد فات فو”
  • Arabic: “معبدفات فو”
  • Armenian: “Վաթ Փհու”
  • Basque: “Vat Phou”
  • Bengali: “ভট ফু”
  • Catalan: “Vat Phou”
  • Cebuano: “Vat Phū”
  • Central Bikol: “Vat Phū”
  • Chavacano: “Vat Phū”
  • Chinese: “瓦普寺”
  • Croatian: “Vat Fou”
  • Czech: “Vat Phou”
  • Dutch: “Wat Phou”
  • Esperanto: “Vat Phu”
  • Finnish: “Vat Phou”
  • French: “Vat Phou”
  • French: “Vat Phū”
  • Galician: “Vat Phou”
  • Georgian: “ვატ-ფხუ”
  • German: “Vat Phou”
  • German: “Vat Phū”
  • German: “Wat Phu”
  • Hebrew: “ואט פהו”
  • Hiligaynon: “Vat Phū”
  • Hindi: “वाट फू”
  • Iloko: “Vat Phū”
  • Indonesian: “Vat Phou”
  • Italian: “Vat Phou”
  • Italian: “Wat Phu”
  • Japanese: “プラーサート・ワット・プー”
  • Khmer: “ប្រាសាទវត្តភូ”
  • Kinaray-A: “Vat Phū”
  • Kirghiz: “Ват-Пху”
  • Korean: “왓푸”
  • Lao: “ຜາສາດຫີນ ວັດພູຈໍາປາສັກ”
  • Lao: “ຜາສາດຫີນວັດພູ”
  • Latvian: “Vatpū”
  • Lithuanian: “Vat Pu”
  • Malayalam: “വാഥ് ഫൂ”
  • Maltese: “Vat Phou”
  • Maltese: “Vat Phu”
  • Maltese: “Wat Phou”
  • Maltese: “Wat Phu”
  • Mongolian: “Ват Пхоу”
  • Pampanga: “Vat Phū”
  • Pangasinan: “Vat Phū”
  • Persian: “وات فو”
  • Polish: “Wat Phou”
  • Portuguese: “Vat Phou”
  • Russian: “Ват-Пху”
  • Serbian: “Ват Пу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vat Fou”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wat Phou”
  • Spanish: “Vat Phou”
  • Spanish: “Vat Phū”
  • Swedish: “Vat Phou”
  • Tagalog: “Vat Phū”
  • Tamil: “வாட் பூ, லாவோஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Ват Пхоу”
  • Telugu: “వాట్ ఫౌ”
  • Thai: “ปราสาทหินวัดพู”
  • Turkish: “Vat Phou”
  • Ukrainian: “Ват-Пху”
  • Vietnamese: “Wat Phou”

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