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	Exploring Chinese History :: Geographical Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Guangxi is bounded on the east by Guangdong Province, on the north by Hunan and Guizhou Provinces, on the west by Yunnan Province, on the southwest by Vietnam, and on the south by the Gulf of Tonkin.
		The Dongbei Pingyuan (Northeast China Plain) occupies the southern portion of the province and is crossed by the fertile valley of the Songhua River.
		The province is almost entirely low-lying, with numerous lakes, canals (including part of the Grand Canal), and irrigation ditches; it comprises part of the Yangtze delta in the south and parts of the Huabei Pingyuan (North China Plain) in the north.
	www.ibiblio.org /chinesehistory/geo.html (17211 words)

	WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Laos - URBAN SOCIETY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Louangphrabang is the historical capital of the kingdom of Lan Xang, and Vientiane and Pakxé are also centers of earlier kingdoms.
		Although district centers rarely had more than a few thousand people as the mid-1990s approached, they serve as secondary administrative posts and marketing centers for the surrounding villages and are the location of the medical clinic and lowersecondary school--grades six through eight--for the vast majority of the rural population.
		Almost every province capital also had a hospital, but the quality of care and the availability of medicines--although greater than that in villages--were frequently limited.
	encyclopaedic.net /world/laos/57.php (1404 words)

	WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Laos - Lao Issara, Thao O Anourack and the Franco-Laotians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the north, the towns of Louangphrabang, Phôngsali, and Louang Namtha were occupied by the Chinese.
		So were the southernmost provinces of Pakxé and Saravan, which fell largely in the British zone of operation decided upon at the Potsdam Conference and where Prince Boun Oum of Champasak, sympathetic to the French, had 15,000 troops under his command.
		In Louangphrabang, Imfeld and his men had been subjected to all kinds of pressure, culminating in their evacuation across the river under Chinese escort on January 4.
	encyclopaedic.net /world/laos/15.php (1091 words)

	Early History of Laos
		Muang Sua was the name of Louangphrabang following its conquest in 698 by a Thai prince, Khun Lo, who seized his opportunity when Nan-chao was engaged elsewhere.
		Khun Lo had been awarded the town by his father, Khun Borom, who is associated with the Lao legend of the creation of the world, which the Lao share with the Shan and other peoples of the region.
		Recent historical research has shown that the Mongols, who destroyed Nan-chao in 1253 and made the area a province of their empire--naming it Yunnan--exercised a decisive political influence in the middle Mekong Valley for the better part of a century.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ea/Early_History_of_Laos.html (1044 words)

	Provinces of Laos, Administratives divisions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The province is rich in deposits of precious and semiprecious stones.
		Around 1987 the capital of the province was moved from Ban Nahin to Muang Xay.
		In 1904 the area of the province was ceded from Thailand to the French colony.
	www.asia-handicrafts.com /about-laos/laos-provinces.htm (380 words)

	The Land of Laos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In the northern province of Xiangkhoang, the Plain of Jars (Lao: Thông Haihin; the name derived from large prehistoric stone jars discovered there) consists of extensive rolling grasslands rather than a true plain and provides a hub of communications.
		The central provinces of Bolikhamxay and Khammouan contain karst landscapes of caverns and severely eroded limestone pinnacles.
		With the exception of Louangphrabang, all are located in the floodplain area near the Mekong River.
	www.tuvy.com /Countries/Laos/land_of_laos.htm (807 words)

	Laos - HISTORY
		In 1771 the king of Louangphrabang attacked Vientiane, determined to punish it for what he perceived to be its complicity in a Burmese attack on his capital in 1765.
		The disappearance of the Vientiane kingdom and the weakened condition of Louangphrabang led to a period of direct Siamese presence on the left bank of the Mekong and to the virtual annexation of Xiangkhouang and part of Bolikhamxai by the Vietnamese.
		In the spring of 1953, the Viet Minh overran almost all of Houaphan Province and portions of Phôngsali, Xiangkhoang, and Louangphrabang provinces.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/laos/HISTORY.html (18340 words)

	Laos Geography
		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.
		Rainfall is not always adequate for rice cultivation, however, and the relatively high average precipitation conceals years where rainfall may be only half or less of the norm, causing significant declines in rice yields.
	www.multied.com /NationbyNation/Laos/Geo.html (298 words)

	Laos - Under the French (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Kingdom of Louangphrabang became a protectorate and was initially placed under the governor general of Indochina in Hanoi.
		Under the February 13, 1904, Convention Modifying the Treaty Concluded on October 3, 1893, Siam ceded to France control of the right-bank portion of Louangphrabang (present-day Xaignabouri Province) and part of the right-bank territory of Champasak.
		Detachment of the administration of the left-bank territories from Annam was justified on grounds of budgetary necessity in the new French Indochina.
	countrystudies.us /laos/9.htm (270 words)

	Laos - GOVERNMENT
		In the 600-year-old monarchy, the Lao king ruled from Louangphrabang (Luang Prabang), while in other regions there were families with royal pretensions rooted in the royal histories of Champasak (Bassac), Vientiane (Viangchan), and Xiangkhoang (Tran Ninh).
		Each of the sixteen provinces (khoueng) is directed by a party committee, chaired by a party secretary who is the dominant political figure in the province.
		Historically, the landlocked Laotian kingdom of Lan Xang, situated along the middle stretch of the Mekong River, had to contend with the predatory kingdoms of Burma to the north, Vietnam to the east, and Siam (present-day Thailand) to the west.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/laos/GOVERNMENT.html (12490 words)

	Luang Prabang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang, is a city in Laos; it was formerly the capital of a kingdom of the same name.
		The city of Luang Prabang is located in north central Laos, on the Mekong River about 425 km north of Vientiane.
		The city is the capital of the Louangphabang Province.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luang_Phrabang (761 words)

	Inter Basin Water Transfer link Project
		From its source in China's Qinghai Province near the border with Tibet, the Mekong flows generally southeast to the South China Sea, a distance of 4,200 km (2,610 mi).
		The Mekong crosses Yunnan Province, China, and forms the border between Myanmar (Burma) and Laos and most of the border between Laos and Thailand.
		In the upper course are steep descents and swift rapids, but the river is navigable south of Louangphrabang in Laos.
	www.sdnpbd.org /river_basin/transboundary/mekong_river_basin_and_region.htm (671 words)

	History-1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Muang Sua (Louangphrabang), renamed Xieng Dong Xieng Thong ; Mandala infiltrated by Lao descending Nam Ou.
		In the mid-17th century, the Vietnamese again marched southward and captured the remaining Cham land in the present provinces of Phu Yen and Khanh Hoa.
		Viet Nam annexed the new land as provinces of Thang Hoa, Tu Nghia and Hoai Nhon.
	www.usmta.com /history-1.htm (2688 words)

	Issihk.com - Laos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Early in the 18th century Laos split into the three states of Louangphrabang, Vietiane, and Champasak, eventually coming under the domination of Siam (now Thailand).
		The Mekong crosses Yunnan Province, China, and forms the border between Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) and Laos and most of the border between Laos and Thailand.
		The basin of the Mekong is an important agricultural area, with rice as the main crop.
	www.issicn.com /laos.htm (706 words)

	Laos Provinces
		Laos is divided into sixteen khoueng (provinces), one kampeng nakhon (municipality or prefecture), and one khetphiset (special region or zone).
		Province: Vientiane [prefecture] is a municipality and Xaisômboun is a special region.
		The provinces are further subdivided into muong (districts).
	www.statoids.com /ula.html (719 words)

	Let's Go! Laos - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		All of these settlements are located on the river Mekong, but the town of Louangphrabang is located closer to central Laos, near Xiangkhoang.
		Three Lao provinces are named after the largest settlement located within them.
		Xam Nua is a settlement located close to the border with Vietnam, but it has no province named after it.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Lets-Go-Laos-171442.html (317 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Finally, a Life Out of the Mountains
		The officials said that while the Laotian army continues to battle small groups of armed Hmong seeking to resist the government, Laos is engaged in an unofficial and unstated program of amnesty and reconciliation.
		The group in Louangphrabang numbers 100 to 150 people and was receiving food and household supplies, Hartwick said.
		Wearing a yellow polo shirt, jeans and a diamond-studded Rolex watch, he steered his pickup truck around herds of cows and water buffalo in the countryside of Vientiane province while fielding cell phone calls, giving an interview and eating a pork sandwich.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A36949-2004Mar6?language=printer (1789 words)

	VIA News: Laos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Armed units are forcing believers in Luangprabang province of Laos to sign documents renouncing Christian faith.
		Luangprabang, the ancient royal capital of Laos, recently was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and authorities are using the declaration as a pretext to remove Christians and "restore" the province to its historic Buddhist state.
		Authorities in Luang Prabang province released three Christians from prison in December, and a fourth was to be released in January.
	www.viamission.org /news/nations/laos.htm (1846 words)

	NOVICA - Photography Painting - 'Supermarket'
		Kraisorn Chokpichit depicts a traditional market stall in Louangphrabang province where fish, fowl, rice and condiments await shoppers.
		I come from a cow farm in the province.
		When I was 17 or 18 years old, my father sent me to Holland to study agriculture, but instead I registered for art.
	www.novica.com /itemdetail/index.cfm?pid=98383 (227 words)

	Laoplanet.net - Developments in the 19th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In June 1885, the French consul general in Bangkok notified the Siamese government that a vice consulate would be established in Louangphrabang under terms of a most-favored-nation clause contained in a Franco-Siamese treaty of 1856.
		A new Franco-Siamese convention of May 1886 acknowledged the role of Siamese officials in Laos for the conduct of administrative matters but avoided implying French recognition of Siamese claims to sovereignty there.
		Auguste Pavie arrived at Louangphrabang in 1887 to assume his post as vice consul.
	laoplanet.net /content/view/168/74/1/2 (677 words)

	Take Me to the River - Luang Prabang, Laos \| Travel + Leisure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The green hills of Bokeo province, an area forbidden to foreigners, shook off the fog as the sun rose.
		The river, known locally as the Mae Nam Khong, the "mother of waters," churned past Ban Houayxay, running southward until a jungled mountain range abruptly turned its course northward, to be swallowed by the haze and high peaks.
		Aroused from their torpor by our arrival, Udomxai province's finest inspect our papers, in a maddening vestige of Communism that will be repeated at each new province.
	www.travelandleisure.com /articles/take-me-to-the-river-november-1997 (1845 words)

	Laos the French Protectorate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The territory of Laos thus consisted of the Kingdom of Louangphrabang, under French protection, and the provinces south of the Nam Kading, which were administered directly by a résident supérieur in Vientiane.
		The latter had direct authority over the provincial résidents, who were on an equal footing with the Lao chao khoueng (provincial governors).
		The résident supérieur also acted as the representative of the French state to the king of Louangphrabang and supervised the administration of the kingdom through provincial commissioners.
	www.country-studies.com /laos/the-french-protectorate.html (259 words)

	NOVICA - Photography Painting - 'Raining'
		Holding umbrellas, two girls ride their bicycles along the wet pavement, chatting as they go.
		Kraisorn Chokpichit captures the quiet, small town ambience of Louangphrabang in a beautiful photo that invites the viewer inside.
		Black and white photograph on Fuji photo paper, the un-retouched photo is presented in a rain tree wood frame.
	www.novica.com /itemdetail/index.cfm?pID=98384&newunit=metric (229 words)

	Administrative divisions - Khan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		2 provinces (viloyatho, singular - viloyat) and 1 autonomous province* (viloyati mukhtor); Viloyati
		provinces (khoueng, singular and plural), 1 municipality* (kampheng nakhon, singular and plural), and 1 special zone** (
		, singular and plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphrabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet...
	www.exxun.com /eqad/ad_admin_div_133.html (871 words)

	The World at War - French Empire Timeline 1940-45
		km territory on the west bank of the Mekong ceded to Laos in 1904 and the Cambodian province of Battambang.
		Franco-Laotian Treaty of Protectorate signed by Admiral Jean Decoux, Governor General of Indochina and King Sisavang Vong of Louangphrabang attaches the provinces of Vientiane, Xiangkhoang and Louang Namtha to the king’s domain recompensing the loss of Lao territories to Thailand and normalizing Laos’ status as a protectorate of Vichy.
		Laos - Phetsarath issues a proclamation unifying the Kingdom of Louangphrabang with the four southern provinces of Laos, declaring Vientiane the capital and announcing a forthcoming meeting of a Congress of People’s Representatives to decide the country’s social, economic and political direction.
	worldatwar.net /timeline/france/empire40-45.html (8150 words)

	Laos Travel Tips
		The country's 16 provinces (khoueng) are further divided into districts (muang) and villages (baan).
		Vientiane contains its own municipality - or kampheng nakhon - and the special zone of Xaisomboun, in the northeast of the province, was established in June 1994.
		Administrative Divisions: separated into sixteen provinces (khoueng): Attapu, Borikhan, Bokeo, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louang Namtha, Louangphrabang, Oudômxai, Phôngsali, Saravan, Savannakhét, Xaignabouri, Xekong, Xiangkhoang, and Vientiane; one municipality, Vientiane; two special zones, Xaisomboun in northeastern Vientiane Province, and Xianghon-Hôngsa, formerly two districts in Xaignabouri Province; districts and villages.
	www.southtravels.com /asia/laos/traveltips/government.html (703 words)

	Asia Finest Discussion Forum > King Setthathirat
		In 1867 the French concluded a treaty with the Thai that gave the latter control of Batdambang Province and of Siemreab Province.
		Loss of the northwestern provinces deeply upset Norodom, but he was beholden to the French for sending military aid to suppress a rebellion by a royal pretender.
		In June 1884, the French went to Phnom Penh, Norodom's capital, and demanded approval of a treaty with Paris that promised the establishment of French résidents in provincial cities.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t58500.html (3429 words)

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