Plain of Jars
The Plain of Jars is a world heritage site in Central Laos. It consists of thousands of stone jars scattered around the valleys and foothills of the Xiangkhoang Plateau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Plain
- Description: megalithic archaeological landscape in Laos, consisting of thousands of stone jars scattered around the upland valleys and the lower foothills of the central plain of the Xiangkhoang Plateau
- Also known as: “Khangmalèn” and “Thông Haihin”
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Xieng Khouang Airport.
Xieng Khouang Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Timokl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Xieng Khouang Airport is an airport in Phonsavan, Laos. Its name is derived from the Xiangkhoang Plateau, which gives name to the Xiangkhouang Province on which it is located. It is the main access gateway for tourists visiting the nearby Plain of Jars.
Plain of Jars
- Categories: archaeological site, megalith, plain, and landform
- Location: Xiangkhouang, Central Laos, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Plain of Jars” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կուժերի հովիտ”
- Azerbaijani: “Bardaqlar vadisi”
- Azerbaijani: “Küplər vadisi”
- Basque: “Pitxerren lautada”
- Belarusian: “Даліна збаноў”
- Catalan: “Plana de les gerres”
- Cebuano: “Plain of Jars”
- Chinese: “查爾平原”
- Chinese: “石壼平原”
- Chinese: “石缸平原”
- Croatian: “Ravnica ćupova”
- Czech: “Kulturní památka, zapsaná na seznam Světového dědictví UNESCO”
- Czech: “Planina džbánů”
- Dutch: “Vlakte der Kruiken”
- Dutch: “Vlakte van Kruiken”
- Esperanto: “Plataĵo de la Kruĉoj”
- Finnish: “Ruukkujen tasanko”
- French: “Plaine des Jarres”
- Georgian: “ქილების ხეობა”
- German: “Ebene der Krüge”
- German: “Ebene der Steinkrüge”
- German: “Ebene der Tonkrüge”
- German: “Plain of Jars”
- German: “Thong Hay Hin”
- Hebrew: “עמק הכדים”
- Indonesian: “Dataran Guci”
- Italian: “Piana delle Giare”
- Japanese: “ジャール平原”
- Khmer: “វាលក្រឡ”
- Korean: “단지 평원”
- Korean: “단지평원”
- Lao: “ທົ່ງໄຫຫີນ”
- Latvian: “Krūžu līdzenums”
- Lithuanian: “Akmenų lyguma”
- Lithuanian: “Puodynių lyguma”
- Malay: “Dataran Guci”
- Maltese: “Pjanura tal-Ġarer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Krukkesletta”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Krukkesletten”
- Norwegian: “Krukkesletta”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Plan dei Jarras”
- Persian: “دشت خمرهها”
- Polish: “Dolina amfor”
- Polish: “Płaskowyż Urn”
- Polish: “Równina Dzbanów”
- Portuguese: “Planície dos Jarros”
- Russian: “Долина Кувшинов”
- Serbian: “Ravnica ćupova”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ravnica ćupova”
- Slovenian: “Planota kamnitih kozarcev”
- Spanish: “Meseta de las tinajas”
- Spanish: “Meseta de las vasijas”
- Spanish: “Páramo de las tinajas”
- Spanish: “Páramo de las vasijas”
- Spanish: “Planicie de los grandes jarros”
- Swedish: “Krukslätten”
- Swedish: “Plain of Jars”
- Tatar: “Чүлмәкләр үзәне”
- Thai: “ทุ่งไหหิน”
- Turkish: “Küpler Vadisi”
- Ukrainian: “Долина глеків”
- Vietnamese: “Cánh đồng Chum”
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