Thakhek

Thakhek is the capital of Khammouane Province, in . 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.
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  • 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.

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is a city and province in . The city has a beautiful landscape, with the Mekong River running adjacent to the city, marking the border between Thailand and Laos.

Town
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is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces and lies in , also called . Directly adjacent provinces are, from the south clockwise, , , and .

Thakhek

Latitude
17.3946° or 17° 23′ 41″ north
Longitude
104.8065° or 104° 48′ 23″ east
Population
70,000
Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LA THK
Open location code
7P969RV4+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 133081246
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1655199
Wiki­data ID
Q1018701
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Waray—“Thakhek” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ታኸክ”
  • Arabic: “ثاخيك”
  • Arabic: “ثاكيك”
  • Armenian: “Թաքհեք”
  • Asturian: “Thakhek”
  • Azerbaijani: “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”
  • Hausa: “Thakhek”
  • Hebrew: “טאקק”
  • Hindi: “थाखेक”
  • Indonesian: “Thakhek”
  • Italian: “Tahèca”
  • Italian: “Thākhǣk”
  • Italian: “Thakhek”
  • Japanese: “ターケーク”
  • Japanese: “ターケーク郡”
  • Japanese: “ターケク”
  • Japanese: “タケク”
  • Javanese: “Thakhek”
  • Kannada: “ಥಖೇಕ್”
  • Kazakh: “Такхек”
  • Khmer: “ថាខែក”
  • Kinaray-A: “Thākhǣk”
  • Kirghiz: “Такхек”
  • Korean: “타케크”
  • Korean: “타켁”
  • Lao: “ທາ່ແຂກ”
  • Lao: “ທ່າແຂກ”
  • Latvian: “Takeka”
  • Lithuanian: “Takekas”
  • Malay: “Thakhek”
  • Marathi: “ठखेक”
  • Mingrelian: “თაკეკი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thakhek”
  • Norwegian: “Thakhek”
  • Oromo: “Thakhek”
  • Panjabi: “ਥਾਖੇਕ”
  • Persian: “تاخک”
  • Polish: “Thakhek”
  • Portuguese: “Thakhek”
  • Pushto: “ثاخيك”
  • Russian: “Такхек”
  • Russian: “Тхакхэк”
  • Sinhala: “තාකෙක්”
  • Somali: “Thakhek”
  • Spanish: “Thākhǣk”
  • Spanish: “Thakhek”
  • Swahili: “Thakhek”
  • Swedish: “Thākhǣk”
  • Swedish: “Thakhèk”
  • Tajik: “Такхек”
  • Tamil: “டாக்கேக்”
  • Tatar: “Такхек”
  • Telugu: “థకేక్”
  • Thai: “ท่าแขก”
  • Thai: “เมืองท่าแขก”
  • Turkish: “Thakhek”
  • Ukrainian: “Тхакхек”
  • Urdu: “تھاخک”
  • Urdu: “تھاخیک”
  • Uzbek: “Thakhek”
  • Vietnamese: “Thà Khẹt”
  • Vietnamese: “Thakhek”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thākhǣk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thakhek”

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