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Destination: Luangnamtha Province
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General Information
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Located
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A northern province
bordering on China and Myanmar |
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Total
Area
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9,325 square meters |
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Population
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140,000 |
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05
Districts
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Namtha, Sing, Long,
Viengphoukha and Nalae |
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Capital
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Namtha |
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Luangnamtha is a northern
province bodering on China and
Myanmar. The province’s combination of environmental, social,
historical and
development factors has made it a great location to develop sustainable
cultural and eco-tourism initiatives. |
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Namtha National Biodiversity
Conservation Area (NBCA) was
established where dense forest cover 90% of the terrain. A vast array
of
wildlife including wild cattle (guar and banteng), Asian wild dogs,
tigers,
clouded leopard, bears, monkeys and gibbons can be found living in the
NBCA and
surrounding area. The lush vegetation of the NBCA is also home to a
large
population of birds. |
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The area is populated by a
variety of different ethnic
groups including such groups as the Khamu, Akha (Eko), Hmong, Yao
(Ioumien) and
Lanetene. Lowland Lao people, Tai Lue, Thai Neua and Thai Dam also live
in
villages just outside the protected area and in the areas surrounding
the
historic town of Muong Sing. |
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Once a garrison town and
the most northern outpost during
the time of French colonial rule, the town was also the center of the
Sipsongpana civilization now living in Yunnan Province in the southern
China.
The old barracks and other colonial buildings are unusual features
worthy of
visiting when in this area. |
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This district has a
picturesque beauty with mountains and
many old temples. Although many temples were destroyed during the war,
one
major attraction and several old temples remain which are noticeably
different
in style from the classical temoles found elsewhere in Laos. |
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Many tour itineraries include an
outing to Boten, the
Lao-Chinese border Checkpoint and to the west where speed-boats can be
taken
down the Mekong River through spectacular gorges and rapids to Houixay
District
and Luang Prabang Province. |
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