Phra That Doi Phu Khao (Pu Khao)
Phra That Doi Phu Khao (Pu Khao) is a Buddhist temple in Wiang, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province. Phra That Doi Phu Khao (Pu Khao) is situated nearby to the museum House of Opium, as well as near the town Golden Triangle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Wat Phra That Doi Phu Khao”, “Wat Phra That Doi Phu Khaw”, and “Wat Phra That Doi Pu Khao”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Golden Triangle and House of Opium.
Golden Triangle
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Golden Triangle is in Chiang Rai Province, in the far north of Thailand. The name was coined in the 1960s to refer to the opium-cultivating regions of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand but nowadays the northern Thai tourism industry uses it to refer to the tripoint where the three countries meet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golden Triangle.
Golden Triangle
Town
The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone is located along the Mekong River in the Ton Pheung District of Bokeo Province in Laos. The zone has an area of about 3,000 hectares; it was created in 2007 by the Lao government together with the Hong Kong-registered company Kings Romans Group, with the stated goal of generating regional economic development. Golden Triangle is situated 3 km southeast of Phra That Doi Phu Khao (Pu Khao).
Phra That Doi Phu Khao (Pu Khao)
- Categories: wat, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Wiang, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
20.3524° or 20° 21′ 9″ northLongitude
100.08148° or 100° 4′ 53″ eastElevation
390 metres (1,280 feet)Open location code
7PG2932J+XHOpenStreetMap ID
node 361391190OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Thai—“Phra That Doi Phu Khao (Pu Khao)” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wat Phra That Phu Khao”
- German: “Wat Phra That Phu Khao”
- Thai: “วัดพระธาตุดอยปูเข้า”
- Thai: “วัดพระธาตุดอยปู่เข้า”
- Thai: “วัดพระธาตุดอยภูข้าว”
- Thai: “วัดพระธาตุดอยภูเข้า”
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