Savannakhet, Laos
🇱🇦 Savannakhet, officially named Kaysone Phomvihane since 2005 and previously known as Khanthaboury, is a city in western Laos. It is the capital of Savannakhet Province. It is the second-largest city in Laos, after Vientiane. The old French colonial quarter of the town lies along the Mekong River-front. The town's proximity to Thailand's booming economy has brought about new commercial development in the northern part of the town, near both the river crossing and the bus terminal.
Like all Lao cities, Savannakhet has a mixed population of Lao, Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese, as well as minority peoples from the Lao interior. It has a large 15th-century Buddhist temple, Wat Sainyaphum, a Chinese temple, the Catholic Co-Cathedral of St. Therese and a mosque. The Second Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong connects to Mukdahan Province in Thailand. The two-lane, 12-metre-wide (39 ft), 1,600-metre-long (5,250 ft) bridge opened to the general public on 9 January 2007.
The annual per capita income of Kaysone Phomvihane City is US$2,041 (2018).
Transport The city is served by Savannakhet Airport.
Vientiane Time
Savannakhet has a population of over 125,760 people. Savannakhet also forms the centre of the wider Savannakhet Province which has a population of over 1,037,553 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Savannakhet has links with:
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🇲🇽 Chiapa de Corzo 16.7
🇲🇽 San Cristóbal de las Casas 16.743
🇲🇽 Tuxtla Gutiérrez 16.748
🇲🇽 Asunción Ocotlán 16.75
🇹🇭 Nakhon Phanom 104.767
🇹🇭 That Phanom 104.7
🇹🇭 Amnat Charoen 104.629
🇮🇩 Tanjungpinang 104.455
Locations Near: Savannakhet 104.779,16.5989
🇹🇭 Mukdahan 104.723,16.543 d: 8.6
🇹🇭 That Phanom 104.7,16.933 d: 38.1
🇹🇭 Amnat Charoen 104.629,15.858 d: 83.9
🇹🇭 Nakhon Phanom 104.767,17.4 d: 89.1
🇹🇭 Yasothon 104.133,15.783 d: 113.9
🇹🇭 Ubon Ratchathani 104.856,15.228 d: 152.6
🇹🇭 Kalasin 103.387,16.401 d: 150
🇹🇭 Maha Sarakham 103.3,16.167 d: 164.9
Antipodal to: Savannakhet -75.221,-16.599
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