Laos
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Savannakhet Province

Savannakhet

Savannakhet and officially known as "Kaysone Phomvihane", is the capital of Savannakhet Province in . It is on the Mekong River. With an estimated population of 120,000, it is the second largest city of .
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  • Type: City with 120,000 residents
  • Description: city of Laos
  • Also known as: “Kaisǭn Phomvihān City”, “Kaysone Phomvihane”, “Kaysone Phomvihane City”, “Kaysone Phomvihane District”, “Khanthabouli”, “Khanthaboury”, “Khanthaboury District”, “Muang Kaysone Phomvihane”, “Muang Khanthabouli”, “Muang Savannaket”, “Savannaket”, “Savannakhet District”, “Suvannakhet”, “Suwanakhet”, “Svannakhét”, and “ຄັນທະບູລີ”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Savannakhet Airport.

Aerodrome
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is an international airport near Savannakhet, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mukdahan.

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is a town and capital of Province, which became 's 73rd province in 1982. In the northeastern region of the country, on the right bank Mekong River, it was formerly a district of Nakhon Phanom Province.

Savannakhet

Latitude
16.5636° or 16° 33′ 49″ north
Longitude
104.751° or 104° 45′ 4″ east
Population
120,000
Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)
IATA airport code
ZVK
United Nations Location Code
LA SAV
Open location code
7P86HQ72+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6066399433
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1653316
Wiki­data ID
Q750443
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Savannakhet” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سافانخت”
  • Armenian: “Սավաննախեթ (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Սավաննախեթ”
  • Asturian: “Ciudá Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Basque: “Savannakhet”
  • Belarusian: “Саванакхет”
  • Bengali: “সাভানাখেত”
  • Bulgarian: “Саванакет”
  • Catalan: “Ciutat Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Cebuano: “Dakbayang Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Cebuano: “Muang Khanthabouli”
  • Chavacano: “Ciudad Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Chechen: “Саваннакхет (гӀала)”
  • Chechen: “Саваннакхет”
  • Chinese: “凯山丰威汉市”
  • Chinese: “凱山豐威漢”
  • Chinese: “凱山豐威漢市”
  • Chinese: “沙湾拿吉”
  • Chinese: “沙灣拿吉”
  • Chinese: “沙灣那吉”
  • Croatian: “Savannakhet”
  • Czech: “Savannakhet”
  • Danish: “Savannakhet”
  • Dutch: “Kaysone Phomvihane”
  • Dutch: “Khwaeng Savannakhet”
  • Dutch: “Khwaeng_Savannakhet”
  • Dutch: “Savannakhet”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سافانخت”
  • Esperanto: “Savannaĥet”
  • Esperanto: “Savannaketo”
  • Finnish: “Savannakhet”
  • French: “District de Kaysone Phomvihane”
  • French: “Kaison Phômvihan-Ville”
  • French: “Kaisǭn Phomvihān-Ville”
  • French: “Kaysone Phomvihane-Ville”
  • French: “Savannakhet”
  • French: “Savannakhét”
  • Friulian: “Savannakhet”
  • Galician: “Cidade Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Georgian: “სავანაქეტი”
  • German: “Kaisǭn Phomvihān-Stadt”
  • German: “Savannakhet”
  • Greek: “Σαβάναχετ”
  • Greek: “Σαβανναχέτ”
  • Gujarati: “સવાન્નાખેત”
  • Hebrew: “סוואנקט”
  • Hiligaynon: “Dakbanwa Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Hindi: “केयसोन फॉमविहाने”
  • Hindi: “कैसोन फ़ोमविहाने”
  • Hindi: “सवन्नाखेत”
  • Hindi: “सवाननाखेत”
  • Icelandic: “Savannakhet”
  • Ido: “Savannakhet”
  • Iloko: “Siudad a Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Kaysone Phomvihane”
  • Irish: “Savannakhet”
  • Italian: “Città Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kaysone Phomvihane”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Khanthaboury”
  • Italian: “Savannakhet”
  • Japanese: “カイソーン・ポムウィハーン郡”
  • Japanese: “カイソーンポムウィハーン郡”
  • Japanese: “サワンナケート県”
  • Kannada: “ಸವನ್ನಖೇತ್”
  • Khmer: “សុវណ្ណខេត្ត”
  • Kinaray-A: “Hangbanwa Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Korean: “사완나켓”
  • Korean: “카이손 폼비한 시”
  • Korean: “카이손 폼비한”
  • Korean: “카이손폼비한 시”
  • Korean: “카이손폼비한”
  • Lao: “ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ”
  • Lao: “ເມືອງໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ”
  • Lao: “ເມືອງໄກສອນພົມວິຫານ”
  • Latvian: “Savannakhēta”
  • Lithuanian: “Savanaketas”
  • Lithuanian: “Savanakhetas”
  • Macedonian: “Саванакет”
  • Malay: “Bandar Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Malayalam: “സാവന്നഖേത്”
  • Marathi: “सावन्नाखेत”
  • Mingrelian: “სავანაქეტი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Savannakhet”
  • Norwegian: “Savannakhet”
  • Pampanga: “Lakambaleng Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Pampanga: “Lakanbaleng Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Persian: “ساواناخت”
  • Polish: “Savannakhet”
  • Polish: “Savannakhét”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Portuguese: “Savannakhet”
  • Russian: “Кейсон Фомвихан”
  • Russian: “Кейсонфомвихан”
  • Russian: “Саваннакхет”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Savannakhet”
  • Sinhala: “සවානාකෙත්”
  • Slovenian: “Savanaket”
  • Slovenian: “Savannakhet”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Spanish: “Savanaquet”
  • Spanish: “Savannakhet”
  • Swedish: “Muang Khanthabouli”
  • Swedish: “Savannakhét (provinshuvudstad i Laos)”
  • Swedish: “Savannakhet”
  • Swedish: “Savannakhét”
  • Tagalog: “Lungsod Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Tamil: “சாவ்நாகேத்”
  • Telugu: “సవన్నా ఖెత్”
  • Thai: “ไกสอน พมวิหาน”
  • Thai: “ไกสอนพมวิหาน”
  • Thai: “แขวงสะหวันนะเขต”
  • Thai: “เมืองไกสอน พมวิหาน”
  • Thai: “เมืองไกสอนพมวิหาน”
  • Turkish: “Kantabuli”
  • Turkish: “Savannakhet”
  • Ukrainian: “Саваннакхет”
  • Ukrainian: “Сонбулі”
  • Urdu: “خانتھابورے ضلع”
  • Urdu: “ساوانناخیت”
  • Venetian: “Sità Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Vietnamese: “Kaysone Phomvihane”
  • Vietnamese: “Savannakhet”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Kaysone Phomvihane”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Savannakhet”
  • Vietnamese: “Thị xã Savannakhet”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Muang Kaysone Phomvihane”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Siyudad Kaisǭn Phomvihān”
  • Wu Chinese: “凯山丰威汉市”
  • Yiddish: “קײַסאָן־פּאָמװיהאָן־שטאָט”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙灣那吉”

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