Ban Phanom
Ban Phanom is a village in Luang Prabang Province, Laos. It is located 6 kilometres east of Luang Prabang. The Lue peoples of this village are noted in particular for their cotton and silk weaving.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: village in Laos
- Also known as: “Ban Phanôm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Luang Prabang International Airport and Wat Xieng Thong.
Luang Prabang International Airport
Aerodrome
Luang Prabang International Airport is an international airport in Laos. The airport is located about 4 kilometres from the centre of Luang Prabang. The second busiest airport in the country, it is a regional hub for international flights to Bangkok, Chiang Mai in Thailand and Siem Reap in Cambodia as well as domestically to Vientiane.
Wat Xieng Thong
Buddhist temple
Photo: Nikopol, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wat Xieng Thong is a Buddhist temple on the northern tip of the peninsula of Luang Prabang, Laos. Built between 1559 and 1560 by King Setthathirath, Wat Xieng Thong is one of the most important of Lao monasteries and remains a significant monument to the spirit of religion, royalty and traditional art.
Luangprabang National Museum
The Royal Palace in Luang Prabang, Laos, was built in 1904 during the French colonial era for King Sisavang Vong and his family. The site for the palace was chosen so that official visitors to Luang Prabang could disembark from their river voyages directly below the palace and be received there.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luang Prabang.
Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang, historically known as Xieng Thong and alternatively spelled Luang Phabang or Louangphabang, is the capital of Luang Prabang Province in north-central Laos.
Ban Phanom
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Luang Prabang Province, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
“Ban Phanom” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ban Phanom”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ban Phanom”. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.