Ban Thamnam
Ban Thamnam is a village in Houaphanh province, Laos and has an elevation of 832 metres. Ban Thamnam is situated nearby to the village Komouang-Sopka, as well as near Ban Sôpka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Phou Pha Thi and Lima Site 85.
Phou Pha Thi
Peak
Phou Pha Thi is a "sacred mountain" in Laos "believed…inhabited by great "phi", or spirits and used for the clandestine Lima Site 85 military installation during the Vietnam War. Phou Pha Thi is situated 3 km northeast of Ban Thamnam.
Lima Site 85
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lima Site 85 was a clandestine military installation in the Royal Kingdom of Laos guarded by the Hmong "Secret Army", the Central Intelligence Agency, and the United States Air Force used for Vietnam War covert operations against communist targets in ostensibly neutral Laos under attack by the Vietnam People's Army. Lima Site 85 is situated 3 km east of Ban Thamnam.
Ban Thamnam
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Ban Tam Nam”
- Category: locality
- Location: Houaphanh province, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
20.4515° or 20° 27′ 5″ northLongitude
103.68813° or 103° 41′ 17″ eastElevation
832 metres (2,730 feet)Open location code
7PG5FM2Q+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 3969746288OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
1658673
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In Other Languages
“Ban Thamnam” goes by many names.
- Thai: “บ้านพูทอง”
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