Vientiane Prefecture
Vientiane Prefecture is a prefecture of Laos, in northwest Laos. The national capital, Vientiane, is in the prefecture. The prefecture was created in 1989, when it was split off from Vientiane province.- Type: province of Laos with 698,000 residents
- Description: nine-municipality conurbation serving as the capital of Laos
- Also known as: “Kamphèng Nakhon Viangchan”, “Prefecture de Vientiane”, “Viangchan”, and “Vientiane”
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Laos National Stadium and Vientiane.
New Laos National Stadium
Stadium
The New Laos National Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Vientiane, Laos that was built in 2009. It is used mostly for football matches. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2009 SEA Games.
Vientiane
Railway station
Vientiane railway station is a railway station in Vientiane, Laos. It is the second station on the Boten–Vientiane railway. The largest and most important station on the line, the station was opened along with the rest of the line on 3 December 2021.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tha Ngon.
Tha Ngon
Town
Tha Ngon is a village in Vientiane Prefecture, Laos, It lies just north of the city of Vientiane and just to the south of the Nam Ngum River. Tha Ngon is situated 7 km northwest of Vientiane Prefecture.
Vientiane Prefecture
- Category: conurbation
- Location: Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Waray—“Vientiane Prefecture” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ቬየንጣን ፕሪፌክቸር”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة فيينتيان”
- Azerbaijani: “Vientiane Prefecture”
- Balinese: “Préféktur Vientiane”
- Belarusian: “В’енцьян”
- Bengali: “ভিয়েনচান প্রিফেকচার”
- Catalan: “Prefectura de Vientiane”
- Cebuano: “Biyentiyan”
- Cebuano: “Prefektura sa Biyentiyan”
- Cebuano: “Vientiane Prefecture”
- Cebuano: “Wiyangtsan”
- Chinese: “Vientiane To͘”
- Chinese: “万象地区”
- Chinese: “万象首都市”
- Chinese: “永珍地区”
- Chinese: “永珍地區”
- Chinese: “永珍市”
- Chinese: “永珍首都市”
- Croatian: “Vientiane (prefektura)”
- Croatian: “Vientiane”
- Dutch: “Vientiane”
- Esperanto: “Prefektejo Vianĉano”
- Esperanto: “Prefektejo Vjentiano”
- Esperanto: “Prefektlando Vjentiano”
- Finnish: “Vientiane (prefektuuri)”
- Finnish: “Vientiane”
- French: “Préfecture de Vientiane”
- French: “Vientiane”
- German: “Präfektur Vientiane”
- Hausa: “Vientiane Prefecture”
- Hindi: “व्यिंचन प्रशासितक्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Vientián prefektúra”
- Iloko: “Bientian”
- Iloko: “Prefektura ti Bientian”
- Iloko: “Wiantsan”
- Indonesian: “Prefektur Vientiane”
- Italian: “prefettura di Vianciana”
- Italian: “prefettura di Vientiane”
- Italian: “Prefettura di Vientiane”
- Japanese: “ヴィエンチャン都”
- Javanese: “Vientiane Prefecture”
- Kazakh: “Вьентьян префектурасы”
- Khmer: “នគរហ្លួងវៀងច័ន្ទន៍”
- Khmer: “រដ្ឋធានីវៀងចន្ទន៍”
- Kinaray-A: “Biyentiyan”
- Kinaray-A: “Prefektura ka Biyentiyan”
- Kinaray-A: “Wiyangtsan”
- Kirghiz: “Вьентьян Prefecture”
- Korean: “비엔티안 도”
- Korean: “비엔티안부”
- Lao: “ນະຄອນຫຼວງວຽງຈັນ”
- Lithuanian: “Vientiano prefektūra”
- Malay: “Prefektur Vientiane”
- Maltese: “Prefettura ta‘ Vientiane”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Vientiane To͘”
- Mongolian: “Вьентьян тойрог”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Viengchan-prefekturet”
- Oromo: “Vientiane Prefecture”
- Pampanga: “Bientian”
- Pampanga: “Prefektúra ning Bientian”
- Pampanga: “Wiantsan”
- Panjabi: “ਵਿਏਨਤਿਆਨ ਪ੍ਰੀਫੈਕਚਰ”
- Persian: “منطقه وینتیان”
- Polish: “Prefektura Wientian”
- Portuguese: “Vientiane”
- Pushto: “ویانتیان پریفیکچر”
- Russian: “Вьентьян”
- Slovak: “Vientianská prefektúra”
- Somali: “Vientiane Prefecture”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Vientián”
- Spanish: “Vientián”
- Swahili: “Vientiane Prefecture”
- Tagalog: “Biyentiyan”
- Tagalog: “Prefektura ng Biyentiyan”
- Tagalog: “Wiyangtsan”
- Tajik: “Префектураи Вентян”
- Tatar: “Вентян префектурасы”
- Thai: “นครหลวงเวียงจันทน์”
- Turkish: “Vientiane Özel Yönetim Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Vientiane Vilayeti”
- Urdu: “وِیَڃچَن”
- Urdu: “وینتیان پریفیکچر”
- Uzbek: “Vientiane Prefecture”
- Waray (Philippines): “Biyentiyan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Prefektura han Biyentiyan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vientiane”
- Waray (Philippines): “Wiyangtsan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ban Danxang and Ban Dontiou.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lao National University and Kaysone Museum.
Laos: Must-Visit Destinations
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