- Vientiane Province
Vientiane (Lao ວຽງຈັນ) is a province of
Laos , located in the northwest of the country.1989 the province was split into two halves - theVientiane prefecture containing the cityVientiane itself, and the remaining province.Administrative divisions
The province is made up of the following districts:
# Feuang (10-06)
# Hinhurp (10-09)
# Hom (10-11)
# Kasy (10-04)
# Keo Oudom (10-03)
# Mad (10-08)
# Phonhong (10-01)
# Thoulakhom (10-02)
# Vangvieng (10-05)
# Viengkham (10-10)
# Xaisomboun (10-12)
# Xanakharm (10-07)The districts Hom and Xaisomboun were added from the now dissolved special zone Xaisomboun in 2004 and 2006 respectively.
Further reading
* Ayabe, Tsuneo. "The Village of Ban Pha Khao, Vientiane Province: A Preliminary Report". Laos project paper, no. 14. Los Angeles: Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, 1961.
* Kaufman, Howard Keva. "Village Life in Vientiane Province (1956-1957)". [S.l: s.n, 1964.
* Mukherjee, Chandan, and A. V. Jose. "Report of a Survey of Rural Households in the Hat Xai Fong District in Vientiane Province of the Lao People's Democratic Republic". Bangkok: Asian Employment Programme (ILO-ARTEP), 1982. ISBN 9221032795
* Ovesen, Jan. "A Minority Enters the Nation State: A Case Study of a Hmong Community in Vientiane Province, Laos". Uppsala, Sweden: Dept. of Cultural Anthropology, Uppsala University, 1995. ISBN 9150610988
* Poling, Fletcher H. "Business Operations in Villages of the Vientiane Plain". [S.l: s.n, 1971.
* Wulff, Robert M. "A Survey of Long-Established Villages of the Vientiane Plain". [Vientiane?] : Embassy of the United States of America, USAID Mission to Laos, 1972.
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