Thailand
Northern Thailand
Chiang Rai Province

Golden Triangle

The Golden Triangle 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include House of Opium and Wat Phra That Doi Pu Khao.

Museum
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is a museum.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Golden Triangle.

Town
The 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 and was created in 2007 by the Lao government together with the Chinese-owned -registered company Kings Romans Group with the formulated hope of generating economic development.

Golden Triangle

Latitude
20.3536° or 20° 21′ 13″ north
Longitude
100.0813° or 100° 4′ 53″ east
Open location code
7PG2933J+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 361391252
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Wiki­data ID
Q815470
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Golden Triangle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المثلث الذهبي التايلندي”
  • Arabic: “المثلث الذهبي”
  • Bengali: “সোনালী ত্রিভুজ (দক্ষিণপূর্ব এশিয়া)”
  • Bengali: “সোনালী ত্রিভুজ”
  • Bulgarian: “Златен триъгълник”
  • Bulgarian: “Златния триъгълник”
  • Chinese: “金三角”
  • Croatian: “Zlatni trokut”
  • Czech: “Zlatý trojúhelník”
  • Danish: “Den gyldne trekant”
  • Dutch: “Gouden Driehoek”
  • Esperanto: “Ora Triangulo”
  • Finnish: “Kultainen kolmio”
  • French: “Triangle d’or”
  • Galician: “Triángulo Dourado”
  • German: “Goldenes Dreieck”
  • Greek: “Χρυσό Τρίγωνο”
  • Hebrew: “משולש הזהב”
  • Ido: “Orea triangulo”
  • Indonesian: “Segitiga Emas (Asia Tenggara)”
  • Indonesian: “Segitiga Emas”
  • Italian: “Triangolo d’oro”
  • Italian: “Triangolo d’Oro”
  • Japanese: “ゴールデン・トライアングル”
  • Japanese: “黄金の三角地帯”
  • Khmer: “តំបន់ត្រីកោណមាស”
  • Korean: “황금의 삼각지대”
  • Lao: “ສາມຫຼ່ຽມຄຳ”
  • Lithuanian: “Auksinis trikampis”
  • Malay: “Segi Tiga Emas (Asia Tenggara)”
  • Malay: “Segi Tiga Emas”
  • Mongolian: “Алтан гурвалжин (хар тамхи)”
  • Mongolian: “Алтан гурвалжин”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det gylne triangel”
  • Panjabi: “ਸੁਨਹਿਰੀ ਤਿਕੋਣ”
  • Polish: “Złoty Trójkąt”
  • Portuguese: “Triângulo Dourado”
  • Romanian: “Triunghiul de Aur”
  • Russian: “Золотой треугольник (наркоторговля)”
  • Russian: “Золотой треугольник”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zlatni trokut”
  • Shan: “သၢမ်လႅမ်ထွင်းၶမ်း (မိူင်းထႆး)”
  • Shan: “သၢမ်လႅမ်ထွင်းၶမ်း”
  • Slovenian: “Zlati trikotnik”
  • Spanish: “Triángulo Dorado”
  • Swedish: “Gyllene triangeln, Asien”
  • Swedish: “Gyllene triangeln”
  • Tamil: “தங்க முக்கோணம் (தென்கிழக்காசியா)”
  • Tamil: “தங்க முக்கோணம்”
  • Thai: “สบรวก”
  • Thai: “สามหลี่ยมทองดำ”
  • Thai: “สามเหลี่ยมทองคำ”
  • Turkish: “Altın Üçgen”
  • Ukrainian: “Золотий трикутник”
  • Venetian: “Triàngoło d’oro”
  • Vietnamese: “Tam giác Vàng”
  • Vietnamese: “Tam Giác Vàng”
  • Yue Chinese: “金三角”

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