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Luang Prabang: the ( city ) capital of fine gold Saint ( Buddha ) currently encounters abount 25.000 inhabitants.
Built on a very ancient prehistoric site, at the confluent of the Nam Khane and of the Mekong, the city was called successively:
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You can visit the leaders’ caves every day Buy your ticket from the Cave Office in Viengxay. A short walk from the central market/bus stop A local guide will accompany you to the sites; which are spread around the town and nearby countryside, and introduce you to the history of the area, You could spend two days or more in Viengxay exploring the cave sites , of which the largest is the Hospital Cave at Xieng luang on the road to the Viet Nam border. Read more » |
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The Lao state dates only from 1945. The idea of a separate Lao nationality was formed during the 19th century, when western ideas of national identity reached South-East Asia, and when the Lao-speaking peoples were being squeezed between two expansionist powers, Siam (Thailand) and Vietnam.
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As we are well aware that nearly no country in the world has its population constituted by one race or a single ethnic group. In fact, all nations are constituted by many different ethnic groups which are endowed with national characteristics of different dialects, custom, tradition, belief and culture.
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The Akha originally settle in the Kuaichao and Yunan, which are provinces of China. After moving down to the southern part of Yunan, they later moved to Va and Xiengtung districts of Burma, and then to Lai Chao district of Vietnam. Only later did they settle in the mountainous areas in northern Laos during the last 200 years.
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The ethnic group often referred to as Iko call themselves "Akha". The Akha people are among the numerous mountain tribes that live in the highlands of Northwestern Laos. They originate from the Tibetan Plateau and, thus, belong to the Tibeto-Burmese linguistic family.
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The Khmu ethnic group inhabits large parts of Northern and central Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.
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The Poussang belong to the Tibeto-Burmese linguistic family and are considered as an ethnic sub-group to the Akha.
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Forests play a key role in global ecological balance. Nowadays, the world's deforested land increases fastest in Asia; the decreasing rate of forest is about 20 million ha a year, mainly because of population growth and poverty.
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The Protected Area of Phou Khao Khouay is a mountain range about 40 km northeast of Vientiane as the crow flies. It encompasses an area of around 2000 sqkm with the highest peak of up to 1671m above sea level.
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In the lower basins of the Nam Mang and the Nam Leuk rivers, a mixed forest type consisting of both dry Dipterocarp & Pine dry evergreen species is found.
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VIENTIANE, Laos - The mighty animals that made Laos the "Kingdom of a Million Elephants" are mostly gone. And every year the forests that once covered the country from end to end are replaced by more bald hillsides and scrubland where hardly a birdsong is heard.
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Generally speaking, observing birds is easier than observing other animals, for example mammals.
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Observing mammals in the Phou Khao Khouay National Protected Area is not easy but, as usual, it requires some knowledge and a little bit of luck.
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The beautiful Nam Ou river originates in China near the border to the northern tip of Laos. After the Mekong river, the Nam Ou is the second most important fluvial route in Laos.
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Tree fern, Cyathea gigantea (Phak koot) belong the tree fern family. They develop into true trees with a main trunk more than 1 m tall. Ferns don't have flowers but reproduce by means of spores which are held in dot-like structures on the lower surface of mature leaves.
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