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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Champasak Province
		Champasak (or Champassak, Lao ຈໍາປາສັກ) is a province in the south-west Laos, at the boundary to Thailand and Cambodia.
		Neighboring are (from North clockwise) the provinces Salavan, Xekong and Attapu, as well as Cambodia (provinces Stung Treng and Preah Vihear) to the south and Thailand (Ubon Ratchathani Province) to the west.
		Champasak can be reached from Thailand through the Chong Mek border crossing, at Vang Tao, from where the highway leads east towards the city of Pakxe.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Champasak_Province (241 words)

	Champasak Tour, Hotel & Travel Information - Asianventure Laos
		The province of Champasak is located in southwestern Laos, with the capital city being Pakse near the confluence of the Mekong and the Sedon Rivers.
		The long history of Champasak region began with the occupation of the Funan and the Chenla empires between the 1st and 9th century.
		From the 10th to 13th century, Champasak was conquered by the Khmer Angkor empire, then belonged to the Lane Xang kingdom headed by Fa Ngum king in the 15th century, before becoming an independent nation in the early 18th century.
	www.laosventure.com /laos/sights/champasak.html (825 words)

	Pakse, Champasak - Laos
		Champasak Province lies in the southwestern part of Laos, which once had been part of the Cambodian Angkor Empire before the French arrived.
		It has the Mekong River as one of its transportation arteries and encompasses the vast lush, fertile pieces of land that encourage the rice cultivation - it is the largest rice cultivator of this aged-old country.
		is the capital city of Champasak province and the largest city in southern Laos.
	www.circleofasia.com /Pakse-Champasak-Laos.htm (599 words)

	Travel to Champasak tours tour operator Champassack Laos - Information about Champasak and Laos
		A fine heritage that, according to the last prince of Champasak, was brought to hard times by a former queen's indiscretion.
		Though the Kingdom of Champasak prospered for a while after the final dissolution of Lane Xang, at the beginning the 18th century, its fortunes faltered quickly and it was reduced to a vassal state of Siam before the century had passed.
		In this province you will find ancient temples which were influenced from the Angkor in Cambodia.
	www.threeland.com /Champasak.htm (924 words)

	Champassack Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Champassak province is one of the main political, cultural and economic centers of Southern Laos.
		The province is located at the confluence of the Mekong and Xe Don rivers.
		Its is the crowning jewel of Champassack province and perhaps of the entire country.
	www.laoembassy.com /discover/sites/champassack.htm (200 words)

	Simple Joy in Champasak: Champasak, Laos
		I arrived in Champasak district when the sun was about to bid farewell to everyone.
		Champasak district is located in Champasak Province in Southern Laos.
		The main attraction in Champasak district is Vat Phou temple complex, which is said to be one of Southeast Asia's best examples of both early and classic Khmer architecture dating from 7th to 12th centuries.
	www.circleofasia.com /Simple-Joy-in-Champasak-Champasak-Laos.htm (1163 words)

	Laos Tour Operator Provides Laos Holiday Package for Laos Travel
		This mountainous northern province is wedged between Luang Prabang in the east, Phongsali in the northeast, Sayaboury in the South and China sharing a......
		Sayaboury is situated in the northwest of Laos, sharing borders with Vientiane province and Luang Prabang province in the east, and Thailand in the we......
		From the 10th to 13th centuries Champasak was a part of Angkor Empire but in late 17th century, it was taken into the Lane Xang Kingdom and it became......
	www.batours.com /search_destination_map.asp?country=Laos (491 words)

	Provinces of Laos and their tourist attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The province has many ethnic groups with their own unique culture, language and identity such as wedding ceremony, handcrafts, silverware, jewelry, house building style, etc. One can travel to this place by road during summer and winter seasons.
		Mekong river is the main blood line of the province providing both water and transport routes to other provinces.
		This southernmost province of Laos is bordering with Vietnam and Cambodia.
	trekthailand.8k.com /laos_others (1001 words)

	Kingfisher Ecolodge - Champasak Province Overview
		Champasak is the southernmost province of Laos and it shares borders with Thailand, Cambodia and the Lao provinces of Attapeu and Saravanh.
		Timber is the province's main source of income, followed by coffee, tea, cardamon, rattan and other agricultural products.
		Three NBCAs (Natural Biodiversity Conservation Area) are located in Champasak, Phou Xieng Thong in the northern part of the province, Dong Hua Sao and Xe Pian, one of the most interesting NBCA under the natural point of view, with its remote southern border shared with Cambodia.
	www.kingfisherecolodge.com /overview.htm (286 words)

	Destination Review : Pakse : www.differentasia.com
		The Champasak area has a long history that began with Khmer occupation during the Funan and Chenla empires between the 1st and 9th centuries AD.
		Champasak Province has a population of a round 500,000 that includes lowland Lao, Khmer, Phu Thai and various Mon-Khmer groups.
		The province is well known for matmii, silks and cottons that are hand-woven of tie-dyed threads.
	www.differentasia.com /destinations/overview.php?id=609 (438 words)

	Pakse Hotels, Pakse Guesthouses, Information on Pakse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Champasak Kingdom was a short-lived, independent Lao monarchy (3 monarchs, to be exact) that existed at the beginning of the 18th century.
		Pakse, the province’s capital, is situated at the confluence of the Se and Mekong Rivers and is a busy trading town.
		Situated in northeast Champasak, this fertile plateau covers parts of Salavan, Attapeu and Sekong provinces although there are more options for tourists visiting the plateau from Pakse.
	www.catgen.com /lhra/pakse.php (788 words)

	Laos Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Stuart, B. A survey of amphibians and reptiles in Dong Khanthung Proposed NBCA, Champasak Province, Lao PDR, pp.28.
		Timmins, R. and Vongkhamheng, C. A preliminary wildlife and habitat survey of the Dong Khanthung Area, Champasak Province, Lao PDR, pp.
		Tizard, R. A preliminary wildlife and habitat survey of the proposed northern extention to the NaKai-Nam Theun NBCA and the adjacent Nam Gnouang Area, Boulikhamsai Province, Lao PDR, pp.45.
	www.wcs.org /international/Asia/laos/laoslibrary (1796 words)

	River Travels in Southern Laos: ThingsAsian
		I saw a "Save the Dolphins" poster in Pakse, the market town of 60,000 which is the capital of Champasak Province and the departure point for my destination of Khong Island in southern Laos.
		The ruin of Wat Phu, at the top of a 70-meter high hill eight kilometers from the town of Champasak, predates their most outstanding architectural achievement, the city of Angkor, by two hundred years but is no less important.
		He pointed out one such mountain near Champasak where a monk called Sa reputedly still exists in a cave, albeit at an advanced age, who can protect soldiers against death with his amulets and who can replace his body form with a burning candle.
	www.thingsasian.com /stories-photos/1308 (4625 words)

	Following the Mekong
		Capital of Kratie Province, Kratie is a pleasant, small riverside town on the Mekong River.
		Journey north in Champasak Province, through the Mekong River basin and through the villages of Kheo, Ban Hangdon and Ban Nongsim.
		WAT THONG (WAT NYUTTHITHAM): this turn of the century wat was used by Champasak’s royal family and the bone reliquaries contain the ashes of King Nyutthitham (died 1885), Chao Ratsadanai (1946) and Chao Bounome (1975).
	www.foruminternational.com /followmekong.shtml (3485 words)

	Red Cross Red Crescent - News
		Flooding is extensive in the southern and central provinces.
		This village in the southern province of Champasak is just one of many which have been inundated with rising water from the Mekong River.
		While elsewhere in Champasak province, the district of Khong Island, has lost 70 per cent of its 3,500 hectares of rice fields.
	www.ifrc.org /docs/news/00/092202 (611 words)

	Laos embraces free trade - Dok Champa Oct-Dec 1996
		The government plans to promote Champasak province as a center of tourist activities in Southern Laos.
		Champasak is also the agricultural production base for southern Laos, and the location of the country's major coffee plantations.
		The Pakse bridge is expected to generate a trade and tourism boom in the area, which is hampered by an infrastructure bottleneck.
	www.mekongexpress.com /laos/articles/dc_1296_laosembrace.htm (713 words)

	CLT: Vat Phou
		Although the Champasak cultural landscape is protected by statute, there was no mechanism for enforcing that protection nor was there the means of managing the site to preserve its values.
		Consideration is given to the fact that this is a living landscape; the Champasak Heritage and Cultural Landscape Protection Zone includes actively cultivated agricultural lands and some 55 villages, with a population of approximately 27,800 people living in the area.
		The Champasak cultural landscape is in the process of being nominated to UNESCO's World Heritage List, a major step in ensuring continued preservation of the resources of the Champasak plain.
	www.unescobkk.org /index.php?id=1331 (632 words)

	Asia Tour Package
		Pakse, Champasak Champasak Province lies in the southwestern part of Laos, which once had been part of the Cambodian Angkor Empire before the Frenc......
		Luang Namtha is the northeastern most province of Laos, remote and an up-coming eco-tourism destination.
		Savannakhét is a province of Laos, located in the south of the country.
	www.myvisualtravel.com /tours/search_destination_map.asp?country=Laos (706 words)

	$50 million worth of Cambodian logs destined for Thailand via Laos in new illegal export deal - media library - global ...
		The logs are exiting Cambodia though three points: via Ban Phon Sa-at and Ban Napkiap (about 30km south) in Champasak Province, and either along Route 13 or the smuggling road a few km to the north.
		Local loggers stated that Pheapimex will pay $50 per m3 to the Lao government for passage, and alleged that up to 30% of the profits were destined for officials in the Forestry Department in Phnom Penh.
		The logs, cut in the Siem Pang and Tala districts of Stung Treng Province, are trucked to the Lao border.
	www.globalwitness.org /media_library_detail.php/182/en/50_million_worth_of_cambodian_logs_destined_for_th (879 words)

	Rotary - Qualicum Beach Sunrise
		The province emphasized the importance of this area, especially because many of the remote villages in Pathoumphone are situated in areas important for biodiversity conservation.
		While over 95% of the children of primary school age in Khong, Pakse and Phonthong Districts, in Champasak Province, attend school, and an average of 85% of the children throughout the province attend school, only 75.91% of the children in Pathoumphone were registered as primary school students last year.
		It is important to recognise that Pathoumphone District is one of Champasak Province's most expansive districts, and that the district is the home of two of the country's most important National Biodiversity Conservation Areas (NBCAs) - Xe Pian NBCA and Dong Houa Sao NBCA.
	members.shaw.ca /qbsunrise/projects_current_gape.htm (2133 words)

	Music of Laos: The Buddhist Tradition
		Recording the ceremonial ensemble of Champasak in Champasak province (which is the source of the first four tracks on this collection) offered an opportunity to record a fabulous set of instruments that had been made in 1750 and are still in use.
		The infrastructure of Laos is not up to modern standards, and while the area of Luang Prabang was served by a new road, unregulated irrigation by local farmers made it difficult to get very far without having to alter course several times.
		Jähnichen also found that the religious/ritual music of the province was far less accessible than the classical court and entertainment styles.
	www.blacksun.com /releases/13218.htm (544 words)

	Unique Places to visit in Laos: DiscoverAsia.org
		A former gateway to the ancient royal capital of Champasak, this small town is also near by to the ruins of the Wat Phou Temple, which predates the famous Angkor Wat Temple.
		The smallest province in Laos, Bokeo is home to many interesting minority groups of the country.
		This province is also famous for its silk and cotton fabrics that are crafted from hand-woven dyed thread.
	www.discoverasia.org /laos/places_to_visit_in_laos.htm (1053 words)

	Two Lao-Americans killed at Thai border - Military Photos
		The victims arrived in Thailand from Portland, United States with their families on Nov 17 and went straight to their hometown of Pakse in Champasak province, southern Laos, across the Mekong River from Ubon Ratchathani province.
		Soukanh was a former police at Vang Tao checkpoint in Champasak while Somvang was a soldier of Lao Royal Army in Champasak's Pakse district.
		Many members of anti-Lao communist movement were shot dead in Thailand's border provinces in couple of years and some suspected Thai gunmen were brought into justice over the past months.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=99846 (541 words)

	News in brief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Vietnam's central Quang Ngai province and Laos' Champasak province have reached an agreement to cooperate in afforestation and plant and animal husbandry, said local officials.
		It will also transfer technology to the Laotian province to help develop short-term industrial plants, breed cows and fish, and build tapioca and sugar mills in addition to sending voluntary teachers to the locality.
		Champasak province will provide 15,000 ha of land for Quang Ngai province to plant trees for industrial production materials, such as eucalyptus, sugarcane, cassava and peas.
	www.vov.org.vn /?page=126&nid=34969 (274 words)

	THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT STUPA IN LAOS, THATS OF LAOS
		It is now the main festival of the people in Khammoune province which is held at the full moon day of the third month of every year.
		The Phou Asa pagoda (Pathoumphone district, Champasak province)
		Stony tunnel (Tomo village Pathoumphone district, Champasak province)
	www.laopress.com /news/STUPA.htm (515 words)

	Laos Geography
		This mountainous landscape extends across most of the north of the country, except for the plain of Vientiane and the Plain of Jars in Xiangkhoang Province.
		The southern "panhandle" of the country contains large level areas in Savannakhét and Champasak provinces that are well suited for extensive paddy rice cultivation and livestock raising.
		Much of Khammouan Province and the eastern part of all the southern provinces are mountainous.
	www.nationbynation.com /Laos/Geo.html (298 words)

	Pakse - Southern Mekong, 4 days
		Pakse Excursion Bolaven Plateau and Tadlo Resort BOLAVEN PLATEAU: located in the north-east of Champasak Province, this fertile plateau is an important coffee growing area of both arabica and robusta coffee beans.
		Journey south in Champasak Province along the east bank of the Mekong River through the villages of Ban Nongsim, Ban Hangdon, Kheo, WAT PHU CHAMPASAK, BAN KHON VILLAGE and WAT KHON.
		Journey south in Champasak Province along the east bank of the Mekong River through the villages of Ban Nongsim, Ban Hangdon and Kheo.
	www.travelconnecxion.com /tours/index.php?trip_id=74 (627 words)

	Champa Residence in Laos, Champasak, Pakse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The hotel is considered one of the most luxurious hotels in town, offering 45 well appointed rooms and modern style decoration in a quiet residence with a restaurant with modern style decoration,coffee shop and restuarant.
		The province of Champasak is home to one of Asia's great, but least visited temples, Wat Phu.
		The province also houses much of the Bolaven Plateau, an area that is home to a number of ethnic minorities.
	www.laos-hotels.com /champa-residence-champasak-laos (279 words)

	nlmtest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Before leaving for Pakse in Champasak Province, Lao PDR President Mr Khamtay Siphandone and Madame Thongvan greeted the Senior General and wife and party at the Ho Kham Presidential Palace in Vientiane at 10 am.
		On 7 May morning, the Senior General and wife and party, accompanied by Champasak Province Governor Mr Thongvang Sihachack and wife, arrived at Wat Luang Monastery in Pakse where they were welcomed by members of the Monastery Board of Trustees.
		They were seen off at the airport by Champasak Province Governor Mr Thongvang Sihachack and wife, the vice-governor, departmental heads and cultural dance troupes.
	www.myanmargeneva.org /03nlm/n030510.htm (3634 words)

	shrestrapura
		Another reason why a research tour is interesting is that satellite images show features in the vicinity of the temple that could be dikes from an ancient settlement.
		The 90 deg E-W centre line of Shestrapura continues westward and enters Ubon province in nowadays Thailand close to a border pass, where satellite images clearly shows water reservoirs.
		While this layout draws strongly on classic Hindu cosmology, at Champasak the template has been merged with an earlier Southeast Asian perception of the dualism of mountains and water which results in a distinctive regional interpretation of that cosmology.'' [my underlining].
	www.sundial.thai-isan-lao.com /vatphou-shrestrapura.html (2233 words)

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