Xaignabouly Province

Xaignabouly province is located in north-western of Laos and has a total area of approximately 16,389 square kilometers.

The total population is about 330,000 people and Xaignabouly is its capital city.

The province has ten following districts:

Xaignabouly Province Map

1. Xaignabouly District
2. Khop District
3. Hongsa District
4. Neun District
5. Xienghone District
6. Phiang District
7. Paklai District
8. Kenehao District
9. Boten District
10. Thongmyxay District

Xaignabouly has a border with Bokeo and Oudomxay in the north, Luang Prabang and Vientiane in the east and Thailand in the west. This is a mountainous province with rugged landscape.

Most of their population are farmers and they are best known for their production of rice, cotton, peanuts, sesame and oranges.

Xaignabouly is also home of many ethnic group such as, Tai Dam, Tai Lue, Khmu, Akha and Malabri. These people are living side by side peacefully and practice their own tradition and culture.

This is a province where you can find people using elephants to help them loading and transporting timber from the forest. In Hongsa district, elephants are treated like men best friends because they used to help people here for century.

Every year there is an elephant festival that take place in February to raise awareness of the need for action to protect Asian elephant. If you like to learn more about this festival click here now to find out.

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