Laos
Northern Laos
Luang Prabang Province

Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang, historically known as Xieng Thong and alternatively spelled Luang Phabang or Louangphabang, is the capital of in north-central .
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  • Type: City with 53,800 residents
  • Description: city located in north central Laos
  • Also known as: “Louangphabang”, “Luan Praban”, “Luang Phabang”, and “Լուանգպրաբանգ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Luangprabang National Museum and Wat Xieng Thong.

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The Royal Palace in Luang Prabang, Laos, was built in 1904 during the French colonial era for King Sisavang Vong and his family. The site for the palace was chosen so that official visitors to Luang Prabang could disembark from their river voyages directly below the palace and be received there.

Buddhist temple
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is a Buddhist on the northern tip of the peninsula of Luang Prabang, . Built between 1559 and 1560 by King Setthathirath, is one of the most important of Lao monasteries and remains a significant monument to the spirit of religion, royalty and traditional art.

Scenic viewpoint
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Mount Phou Si, also written Mount Phu Si, is a 100 m high hill in the centre of the old town of Luang Prabang in . It lies in the heart of the old town peninsula and is bordered on one side by the Mekong River and on the other side by the Nam Khan River.

Luang Prabang

Latitude
19.8887° or 19° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
102.1359° or 102° 8′ 9″ east
Population
53,800
Elevation
296 metres (971 feet)
IATA airport code
LPQ
United Nations Location Code
LA LPQ
Open location code
7PF4V4QP+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 116056557
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1655559
Wiki­data ID
Q190165
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Luang Prabang” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Luang Prabang”
  • Arabic: “لوانجفرابانج”
  • Arabic: “لوانغ برابانغ”
  • Armenian: “Լուանգպխաբանգ”
  • Armenian: “Լուանգփհաբանգ”
  • Asturian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Azerbaijani: “Luanqpxabanq”
  • Basque: “Luang Prabang”
  • Belarusian: “Луангпхабанг”
  • Bengali: “লুয়াং প্রাবাং”
  • Breton: “Luang Prabang”
  • Bulgarian: “Луанпрабан”
  • Burmese: “လွမ်ပရာဘမ်မြို့”
  • Burmese: “လွမ်ပရာဘွမ်မြို့”
  • Catalan: “Luang Prabang”
  • Cebuano: “Louangphabang”
  • Cebuano: “Lūang Phabāng”
  • Chechen: “Луангпхабанг”
  • Chinese: “Luang Prabang”
  • Chinese: “琅勃拉邦”
  • Chinese: “琅勃拉邦县”
  • Chinese: “琅勃拉邦縣”
  • Chinese: “龍坡邦”
  • Chinese: “龍帕邦”
  • Chuvash: “Луанг-Прабанг”
  • Croatian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Czech: “Luang Prabang”
  • Danish: “Luang Prabang”
  • Dutch: “Luang Prabang”
  • Dutch: “Stad Luang Prabang”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لوانج برابانج”
  • Esperanto: “Luampabano”
  • Esperanto: “Luangprabango”
  • Estonian: “Louangphabang”
  • Estonian: “Louangphrabang”
  • Estonian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Finnish: “Louangphabang”
  • Finnish: “Luang Prabang”
  • French: “Loûampabân”
  • French: “Louang-Phabang”
  • French: “Lūang Phabāng”
  • French: “Luang Prabang”
  • French: “Mueng Sua”
  • Georgian: “ლუანგპრაბანგი”
  • German: “Luang Phrabang”
  • German: “Luang Prabang”
  • German: “Mueang Sua”
  • Greek: “Λουάνγκ Πραμπάνγκ”
  • Gujarati: “લુઆંગ પ્રબાંગ”
  • Hausa: “Luang Prabang”
  • Hebrew: “לואנג פראבאנג”
  • Hebrew: “לואנג פראבנג”
  • Hebrew: “לואנג פרבאנג”
  • Hebrew: “לואנגפראבאנג”
  • Hindi: “लुआंग प्राबांग”
  • Hungarian: “Luangprabang”
  • Icelandic: “Luang Prabang”
  • Indonesian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Italian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Italian: “Mueang Sua”
  • Japanese: “ルアンパバーン”
  • Japanese: “ルアンパバーン郡”
  • Japanese: “ルアンパバン”
  • Japanese: “ルアンプラバーン”
  • Japanese: “ルアンプラバン”
  • Kannada: “ಲುವಾಂಗ್ ಪ್ರಬಾಂಗ್”
  • Khmer: “ហ្លួងព្រះបាំង”
  • Kinaray-A: “Distrito ka Lūang Phabāng”
  • Kinaray-A: “Hangbanwa ka Lūang Phabāng”
  • Kinaray-A: “Lūang Phabāng”
  • Korean: “루앙파방”
  • Korean: “루앙프라방”
  • Lao: “Louangphabang”
  • Lao: “Muang Louangphabang”
  • Lao: “ເມືອງຫຼວງພະບາງ”
  • Lao: “ຫລວງພະບາງ”
  • Latvian: “Louangphrabang”
  • Latvian: “Luanpabana”
  • Latvian: “Lūenphabāna”
  • Lithuanian: “Luang Prabangas”
  • Lithuanian: “Luangprabangas”
  • Maithili: “लुआङ प्रबाङ शहर”
  • Malay: “Luang Prabang”
  • Malayalam: “ലുവാങ് പ്രബാങ്”
  • Maltese: “Luang Prabang”
  • Marathi: “लुआंग प्रबांग”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Luang Prabang”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Luang Prabang”
  • Mingrelian: “ლუანგპრაბანგი”
  • Mongolian: “Луанг Прабанг”
  • Nepali: “लुआङ प्रबाङको सहर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Louang Prabang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Luang Phrabang”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Luang Prabang”
  • Norwegian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Luang Prabang”
  • Ossetian: “Луангпхабанг”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੁਆਂਗ ਪਰਾਬਾਂਗ”
  • Persian: “لوآنگ پرابانگ”
  • Polish: “Louangphabang”
  • Polish: “Louangphrabang”
  • Polish: “Luang Prabang”
  • Portuguese: “Luang Prabang”
  • Romanian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Russian: “Лаунгпхабанг”
  • Russian: “Луанг Прабанг”
  • Russian: “Луанг Пхабанг”
  • Russian: “Луанг-Прабанг”
  • Russian: “Луангпрабанг”
  • Russian: “Луангпхабанг”
  • Scots: “Luang Prabang”
  • Serbian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Serbian: “Луанг Прабанг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Sinhala: “ළුවන් ප්‍රබන්”
  • Slovenian: “Loûampabân”
  • Slovenian: “Luang Phrabang”
  • Slovenian: “Luang Prabang”
  • Slovenian: “Mueang Sua”
  • Spanish: “Louang Phabang”
  • Spanish: “Lūang Phabāng”
  • Spanish: “Luang Prabang”
  • Swedish: “Louang Prabang”
  • Swedish: “Louangphabang”
  • Swedish: “Louangphrabang”
  • Swedish: “Luang P’rabang”
  • Swedish: “Luang Phrabang”
  • Swedish: “Luang Prabang”
  • Tagalog: “Lūang Phabāng”
  • Tagalog: “Luang Prabang”
  • Tamil: “இலுவாங் பிரபாங் நகரம்”
  • Tamil: “லுஆங் பிறபாங்”
  • Tatar: “Луангпхабанг каласы”
  • Telugu: “లుఆంగ్ ప్రభాంగ్”
  • Thai: “เชียงทอง”
  • Thai: “เมืองเชียงทอง”
  • Thai: “เมืองหลวงพระบาง”
  • Thai: “หลวงพระบาง”
  • Thai: “หลวงพะบาง”
  • Turkish: “Luang Prabang”
  • Ukrainian: “Луанг-Прабанг”
  • Ukrainian: “Луангпхабанг”
  • Ukrainian: “Луанґпхабанґ”
  • Urdu: “لوانگ پرابانگ”
  • Uzbek: “Luangprabang”
  • Uzbek: “Luangpxabang”
  • Vietnamese: “Luang Prabang”
  • Vietnamese: “Luangprabang”
  • Vietnamese: “Luổng Phạ Bang”
  • Vietnamese: “Luông Pra Băng”
  • Vietnamese: “Mường Luổng”
  • Vietnamese: “Xieng Dong Xieng Thong”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Louangphrabang”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lūang Phabāng”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Luang Prabang”
  • Wu Chinese: “琅勃拉邦”
  • Yue Chinese: “龍帕邦”

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