Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone

The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone is located along the Mekong River in the Ton Pheung District of Bokeo Province in . The zone has an area of about 3,000 hectares; it was created in 2007 by the Lao government together with the -registered company Kings Romans Group, with the stated goal of generating regional economic development.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 65,300 residents
  • Description: special economic zone in Bokeo province, Laos
  • Also known as: “Golden Triangle”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Golden Triangle and House of Opium.

Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is in , in the far north of . The name was coined in the 1960s to refer to the opium-cultivating regions of , and but nowadays the northern Thai tourism industry uses it to refer to the tripoint where the three countries meet.

Museum
Photo: Christian v.R., CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Buddhist temple.

Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone

Latitude
20.3403° or 20° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
100.1052° or 100° 6′ 19″ east
Population
65,300
Elevation
373 metres (1,224 feet)
Open location code
7PG284R4+43
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9504022866
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
11244752
Wiki­data ID
Q24896442
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “ရွှေတြိဂံ”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေတြိဂံအထူးစီးပွားရေးဇုံ”
  • Burmese: “ရွှေတြိဂံအထူးစီးပွားရေးဇုန်”
  • Chinese: “金三角”
  • Chinese: “金三角经济特区”
  • Chinese: “金三角經濟特區”
  • Esperanto: “Ortriangula Speciala Ekonomia Zono”
  • French: “Zone économique spéciale du Triangle d’or”
  • German: “Sonderwirtschaftszone Goldenes Dreieck”
  • Japanese: “ゴールデン・トライアングル経済特別区”
  • Japanese: “ゴールデントライアングル”
  • Japanese: “ゴールデントライアングル経済特別区”
  • Lao: “Ban Khoan”
  • Lao: “Ban Kwan”
  • Lao: “ກວານ”
  • Lao: “ເຂດເສດຖະກິດພິເສດສາມຫຼ່ຽມຄຳ”
  • Lao: “ສາມຫຼ່ຽມຄຳ”
  • Lao: “​ບ້ານ​ກວານ”
  • Polish: “Złoty Trójkąt”
  • Thai: “เขตเศรษฐกิจพิเศษสามเหลี่ยมทองคำ”
  • Thai: “สามเหลี่ยมทองคํา”
  • Thai: “สามเหลี่ยมทองคำ”
  • Ukrainian: “Золотий Трикутник”

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