Muang Xay

Muang Xay is the capital of the multi-ethnic Oudomxay Province, in the Nam Ko River Basin and surrounded by scenic mountains. It's the largest city in and, if you're traveling by land, you'll probably end up here at some point.
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  • Type: City with 25,000 residents
  • Description: city
  • Also known as: Mouang Sai”, “Mư̄ang Sai”, “Muong Sai”, “Oudomsay”, “Oudomxai”, “Oudomxay”, “Oudomxay,”, “Udomxai”, and “ອຸດົມໄຊ

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oudomsay Airport and Muang Xai.

Aerodrome
is an airport in Muang Xay, .

Railway stop
is a railway stop.

Muang Xay

Latitude
20.693° or 20° 41′ 35″ north
Longitude
101.9854° or 101° 59′ 7″ east
Population
25,000
Elevation
652 metres (2,139 feet)
IATA airport code
ODY
United Nations Location Code
LA UON
Open location code
7PG3MXVP+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 127799783
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1655078
Wiki­data ID
Q1026957
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Muang Xay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: موانج إكساي
  • Asturian: Muang Xay
  • Bengali: মুওং শাই
  • Bengali: মুয়াং যাই
  • Burmese: မိုးဆိုင်
  • Cebuano: Mư̄ang Sai
  • Cebuano: Muang Xay
  • Chinese: 孟赛
  • Chinese: 芒賽
  • Chinese: 芒赛
  • Danish: Muang Xay
  • Dutch: Muang Xay
  • Egyptian Arabic: موانج اكساى
  • Esperanto: Mjuansajo
  • Finnish: Muang Xay
  • French: Mư̄ang Sai
  • French: Muang Xay
  • French: Muang-Xai
  • French: Xai
  • Georgian: საი
  • German: Muang Xai
  • German: Muang Xay
  • Greek: Μουάνγκ Ξάι
  • Gujarati: મ્યુઆંગ ઝેય
  • Hebrew: מואנג שי
  • Hindi: मुआंग जाये
  • Indonesian: Muang Xay
  • Italian: Miuansai
  • Italian: Mư̄ang Sai
  • Italian: Muang Xay
  • Japanese: ウドムサイ
  • Japanese: サイ郡
  • Japanese: ムアンサイ
  • Kannada: ಮಾಊಂಗ್ ಕ್ಸೇ
  • Khmer: មឿងជ័យ
  • Kinaray-A: Mư̄ang Sai
  • Korean: 무앙싸이
  • Latvian: Muangsaja
  • Lithuanian: Muang Chajus
  • Malay: Muang Xay
  • Marathi: म्युआंग क्से
  • Mingrelian: მუანგსაი
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Muang Xay
  • Persian: موانگ شای
  • Polish: Muang Xay
  • Portuguese: Muang Xay
  • Russian: Муанг Сай
  • Russian: Муангсай
  • Russian: Сай
  • Sinhala: මුවන්ග් එක්සේ
  • Spanish: Mư̄ang Sai
  • Spanish: Muang Xay
  • Swedish: Mư̄ang Sai
  • Swedish: Muang Xay
  • Tamil: மியூஆங்செ
  • Telugu: ముఅంగ్ జై
  • Thai: เมืองไซ
  • Turkish: Muang Xay
  • Ukrainian: Муанг-Сай
  • Ukrainian: Удомсай
  • Urdu: موانگ سائے
  • Vietnamese: Muang Xay
  • Waray (Philippines): Mư̄ang Sai
  • Waray (Philippines): Muang Xai

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Muang Xay”. Photo: Luisah, Public domain.