Southern Laos
The southern region of Laos is comprised of 6 provinces: Attapeu, Champasak, Khammouane, Saravan, Savannakhet, and Sekong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Pakse and Saravan.
Pakse
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Pakse is the relatively modern and friendly capital city of Champasak province. The transport hub of Southern Laos, Pakse is not a tourist destination in itself, but a necessary and useful stop on the tourist trail to Si Phan Don and the Bolaven Plateau, and the nearest big town to Wat Phou.
Saravan
Photo: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saravan is a province in Southern Laos. It's best known for its wild and mountainous terrain, waterfalls and diversity of ethnic minority communities.
Bolaven Plateau
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The Bolaven Plateau is an elevated region in southern Laos. Most of the plateau is located within Champasak Province of Laos, though the edges of the plateau are also located in Salavan, Sekong and Attapeu Provinces.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Champasak and Si Phan Don.
Champasak
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Champasak is a province of Southern Laos. It's best known for a series of Khmer ruins, collectively named a UNESCO World Heritage Site as the Champasak Cultural Landscape.
Si Phan Don
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The Si Phan Don is a riverine archipelago in the Mekong River, Champasak Province in southern Laos. Si Phan Don is part of Khong District, including the islands and part of the mainland in the east.
Southern Laos
- Type: region
- Description: Geographic region in Laos
- Location: Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
16.19° or 16° 11′ 24″ northLongitude of center
106.05° or 106° 3′ eastWikidata ID
Q14234718
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Southern Laos” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “下寮”
- German: “Südlaos”
- Italian: “Laos meridionale”
- Slovenian: “Južni Laos”
- Swedish: “södra Laos”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Lào”
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