Vientiane Prefecture

Vientiane Prefecture is a prefecture of , in northwest Laos. The national capital, , is in the prefecture. The prefecture was created in 1989, when it was split off from .
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  • Province of Laos with 698,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 167 metres (548 feet)
  • Description: nine-municipality conurbation serving as the capital of Laos
  • Also known as
    “Kamphèng Nakhon Viangchan”
    “Prefecture de Vientiane”
    “Viangchan”
    “Vientiane”

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Laos National Stadium and Vientiane.
The is a multi-use in , that was built in 2009.
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railway station is a railway station in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tha Ngon.
is a village in Vientiane Prefecture, … is situated 7 km northwest of Vientiane Prefecture.

Vientiane Prefecture

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Latitude
18.0833° or 18° 5′ north
Longitude
102.6667° or 102° 40′ east
Open location code
7PC43MM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
1904618
Wiki­data ID
Q390377

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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: “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”
  • Czech: “Prefektura 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”
  • Northern Frisian: “hoodsteedregiuun”
  • Northern Frisian: “Vientiane”
  • 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

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lao National University and Kaysone Museum.

Laos: Highlights

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