Thakhek
Thakhek is the capital of Khammouane Province, in Central Laos. It is a small town on the Mekong with a nearby border crossing to Thailand. Tourists usually come here to embark on the Thakhek Loop.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: City with 70,000 residents
- Description: city in Laos
- Also known as: “Khammouane”, “Muang Khammouan”, “Muang Thakek”, “Tha Khaek”, “Thākhǣk”, “Thakhèk”, “Thakhet”, and “Thakhok”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nakhon Phanom and Nakhon Phanom Province.
Nakhon Phanom
Photo: P.khiao, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nakhon Phanom is a city and province in Isaan. The city has a beautiful landscape, with the Mekong River running adjacent to the city, marking the border between Thailand and Laos.
Nakhon Phanom Province
Town
Photo: Oatz, Public domain.
Nakhon Phanom province is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces lies in upper northeastern Thailand also called Isan. Directly adjacent provinces are : Mukdahan, Sakon Nakhon, and Bueng Kan. To the northeast it borders Khammouan of Laos.
Thakhek
- Categories: border city and locality
- Location: Khammouane Province, Central Laos, Laos, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
17.3946° or 17° 23′ 41″ northLongitude
104.8065° or 104° 48′ 23″ eastPopulation
70,000Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)United Nations Location Code
LA THKOpen location code
7P969RV4+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 133081246OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Thakhek” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ثاكيك”
- Armenian: “Թաքհեք”
- Asturian: “Thakhek”
- Bengali: “থাখেক”
- Bulgarian: “Такек”
- Cebuano: “Thākhǣk”
- Cebuano: “Thakhèk”
- Chinese: “他曲”
- Czech: “Thakhek”
- Danish: “Thakhek”
- Dutch: “Thakhek”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ثاكيك”
- Esperanto: “Takeko”
- Esperanto: “Thaĥek”
- Finnish: “Thakhek”
- French: “Thākhǣk”
- French: “Thakhek”
- French: “Thakhèk”
- Georgian: “თაკეკი”
- German: “Thakhek”
- Greek: “Θακέκ”
- Gujarati: “થાખેક”
- Hebrew: “טאקק”
- Hindi: “थाखैक”
- Indonesian: “Thakhek”
- Italian: “Tahèca”
- Italian: “Thākhǣk”
- Italian: “Thakhek”
- Japanese: “ターケーク”
- Japanese: “ターケーク郡”
- Japanese: “タケク”
- Kannada: “ಥಖೇಕ್”
- Khmer: “ថាខែក”
- Kinaray-A: “Thākhǣk”
- Korean: “타케크”
- Korean: “타켁”
- Lao: “ທາ່ແຂກ”
- Lao: “ທ່າແຂກ”
- Latvian: “Takeka”
- Lithuanian: “Takekas”
- Malay: “Thakhek”
- Marathi: “ठखेक”
- Mingrelian: “თაკეკი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Thakhek”
- Norwegian: “Thakhek”
- Persian: “تاخک”
- Polish: “Thakhek”
- Portuguese: “Thakhek”
- Russian: “Тхакхэк”
- Sinhala: “තාකෙක්”
- Spanish: “Thākhǣk”
- Swedish: “Thākhǣk”
- Swedish: “Thakhèk”
- Tamil: “டாக்கேக்”
- Telugu: “థకేక్”
- Thai: “ท่าแขก”
- Thai: “เมืองท่าแขก”
- Turkish: “Thakhek”
- Ukrainian: “Тхакхек”
- Urdu: “تھاخک”
- Vietnamese: “Thà Khẹt”
- Vietnamese: “Thakhek”
- Waray (Philippines): “Thākhǣk”
- Waray (Philippines): “Thakhek”
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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 “Thakhek”. Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.