Champasak

Champasak is a province of . It's best known for a series of Khmer ruins, collectively named a UNESCO World Heritage Site as the Champasak Cultural Landscape.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Pakse and Bolaven Plateau.

is the relatively modern and friendly capital city of Champasak province. The transport hub of , is not a tourist destination in itself, but a necessary and useful stop on the tourist trail to and the , and the nearest big town to Wat Phou.

Photo: Sebomann, Public domain.
The is an elevated region in southern . Most of the plateau is located within Champasak Province of Laos, though the edges of the plateau are also located in Salavan, Sekong and Attapeu Provinces.

City is the capital of province in . The main attractions are the ruins of Wat Phu, located 8 km southwest of the city.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Paksong and Ban Nakasang.

is a sleepy town at an elevation of 1300 m in the Champasak province of on the .

or Nakasong, is a small riverside town in . It is one of the main stations for boat and bus services into and out of and , the two most popular of the "4,000 Islands".

Champasak

Latitude of center
14.75° or 14° 45′ north
Longitude of center
106° east
Population
753,000
Elevation
178 metres (584 feet)
Geo­Names ID
1657818
Wiki­data ID
Q334888
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Champasak” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: Propinsi Champasak
  • Arabic: محافظة تشامباساك
  • Balinese: Propinsi Champasak
  • Bengali: চামপাসাক প্রদেশ
  • Catalan: Champasak
  • Cebuano: Champasak
  • Chinese: Champasak Séng
  • Chinese: 占巴塞
  • Chinese: 占巴塞省
  • Chuvash: Чампасак
  • Croatian: Čampasak
  • Danish: Champasak Province
  • Dimli (individual language): Çampasak (wılayet)
  • Dimli (individual language): Çampasak
  • Dutch: Champassak
  • Dutch: Khwaeng Champassak
  • Esperanto: Provinco Ĉampasako
  • Finnish: Champasak
  • French: Champasak
  • French: province de Bassac
  • French: province de Bassaque
  • French: province de Champasak
  • French: Province de Champassak
  • French: province de Tchamepâssac
  • French: province de Tchamepâssak
  • French: province de Tchamepâssaque
  • Georgian: ტიამპასაკის პროვინცია
  • German: Champasak (Provinz)
  • German: Champasak
  • German: Champassak
  • German: Provinz Champasak
  • Greek: Τσαμπασάκ
  • Gujarati: ચંપાસક પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: מחוז צ’אמפסאק
  • Hindi: चम्पासक प्रान्त
  • Hungarian: Tjampatszak tartomány
  • Indonesian: Champassack
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Champasak
  • Italian: Champasak
  • Italian: provincia di Champasak
  • Italian: Provincia di Champasak
  • Japanese: チャムパーサック県
  • Japanese: チャンパーサック県
  • Kannada: ಚಂಪಾಸಕ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Khmer: ខេត្ត ចំប៉ាសក្តិ
  • Khmer: ខេត្តចំប៉ាសក្តិ
  • Kinaray-A: Kapuudan ka Campāsak
  • Korean: 참빠삭 주
  • Korean: 참파사크주
  • Korean: 참파삭 주
  • Lao: ແຂວງຈຳປາສັກ
  • Lao: ຈຳປາສັກ
  • Latvian: Čampāsakas province
  • Lithuanian: Tiampasako provincija
  • Malay: Champassack
  • Malay: Wilayah Champasak
  • Marathi: चंपाकक प्रांत
  • Min Nan Chinese: Champasak Séng
  • Mongolian: Чампасак аймаг
  • Mongolian: Чампасак муж
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Champasack
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Champasak-fylket
  • Norwegian: Champasack
  • Persian: استان چامپاساک
  • Polish: Prowincja Champasak
  • Portuguese: Champassak
  • Russian: Тямпасак
  • Russian: Чампасак
  • Sinhala: චම්පසක් පළාත
  • Slovenian: Provinca Čampasak
  • Somali: Champasak Province
  • Spanish: Provincia de Campāsak
  • Spanish: Provincia de Champasak
  • Swedish: Champasack
  • Swedish: Champasak
  • Swedish: Champassak
  • Tajik: Vilojati Campasak
  • Tajik: Вилояти Чампасак
  • Tamil: சாம்பசக் மாகாணம்
  • Telugu: చంపాసక్ ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: చంపాసక్ రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: แขวงจำปาศักดิ์
  • Thai: แขวงจำปาสัก
  • Turkish: Çampasak Bölgesi
  • Turkish: Çampasak
  • Ukrainian: Тямпасак
  • Urdu: چامپاساک صوبہ
  • Vietnamese: Chăm Pa Sắc
  • Vietnamese: Champasack
  • Vietnamese: Champasak
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Champasak
  • Waray (Philippines): Champasak
  • Welsh: Talaith Champasak
  • Western Panjabi: چامپاساک صوبہ
  • Wu Chinese: 占巴塞省
  • Yue Chinese: 占巴塞省

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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 Wikivoyage page “Champasak”. Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.