Vientiane Province

Vientiane Province
Location of Vientiane Province in Laos
Country	Laos
Established 1989
Capital	Muang Phôn-Hông
Area
• Total	15,927 km2 (6,149 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	373,700
• Density	23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+07
ISO 3166 code	LA-XI

Vientiane (also known as Rural Vientiane) (Lao ວຽງຈັນ) is a province of Laos, located in the northwest of the country. In 1989, the province was split into two halves — the Vientiane Prefecture containing the city Vientiane itself, and the remaining province.

Administrative divisions

The province is made up of the following districts:

1. Feuang (10-06)
2. Hinhurp (10-09)
3. Hom (10-11)
4. Kasy (10-04)
5. Keo Oudom (10-03)
6. Mad (10-08)
7. Phonhong (10-01)
8. Thoulakhom (10-02)
9. Vangvieng (10-05)
10. Viengkham (10-10)
11. Xaisomboun (10-12)
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.