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| Country | File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos |
| Province | Champasak province |
| District | Pakse district |
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Pakse (or Pakxe; French: Paksé; Laotian: ປາກເຊ Script error: No such module "IPA". 'mouth of the river') is the capital and most populous city of the southern Laotian province of Champasak. Located at the confluence of the Xe Don and Mekong Rivers, the district had a population of approximately 77,900 at the 2015 Laotian census.[1]
History
The French established an administrative outpost in Pakse in 1905. The city was the capital of the Lao Kingdom of Champasak until 1946 when the Kingdom of Laos was formed. After the Franco-Thai war the French ceded Preah Vihear Province, formerly belonging to the French protectorate of Cambodia, and the part of Champasak Province located on the other side of the Mekong river from Pakse, which had been part of Laos, to Thailand.[2]
Demographics
In 1943, 62% of the population of Pakse were Vietnamese.[3] Today, Pakse is a centre of the Laotian Chinese community, with a large number of businesses being owned by Laotians of Chinese ancestry.[4]
Religion
The population is predominantly Buddhist and the city has temples. These include: Wat Luang, which was built in 1935 and is the largest temple in Pakse, and the Chinese temple Wat Sopsé.[5]
Infrastructure
Health
There are 2 hospitals in the city.[6]
Transportation
Pakse International Airport construction was completed on 2 November 2009.[7]
Climate
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Pakse has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). Temperatures are higher in the months before the monsoon season (March–April). There is a wet season (April–October) and dry season (November–March).[8]
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Tourism
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Visitors to Pakse's Champasak Province grew from 113,684 in 2006 to 493,180 in 2013.[14]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Results of Population and Housing Census 2015" (PDF). Lao Statistics Bureau. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Grabowsky, Volker. Regions and National Integration in Thailand 1892–1992. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1995.
- ^ Stuart-Fox, Martin (1997). A History of Laos. Cambridge University Press, p. 51. Template:ISBN.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chinese capitalism in southeast Asia. New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 2017. ISBN 978-981-10-4695-7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pakse Town". Southern Laos. Southern Laos. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Healthcare in Pakse". Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pakse; Information & Statistics,". Travel-Tourist-Information-Guide.com. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.S.L, Tutiempo Network. "Climate Pakse – Climate data (489550)". www.tutiempo.net. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020". World Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pakse Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Global Surface Summary of the Day – GSOD". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
- ^ The Yearbook of Indochina (1932–1933)
- ^ The Yearbook of Indochina (1936–1937)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2013 Statistical Report on Tourism in Laos". Sabaidee Laos. Tourism Marketing Department, Lao PDR. Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
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