Back Propinsi Khammouane ACE محافظة خامواني Arabic Khammouan CEB Provinz Khammuan German Provinco Ĥamuan Esperanto Provincia de Khammouan Spanish استان خاموان Persian Khammouan Finnish Province de Khammouane French खम्मुआन प्रान्त Hindi
Khammouane province
ແຂວງ ຄໍາມ່ວນ | |
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 Map of Khammouane province | |
 Location of Khammouane province in Laos | |
| Coordinates: 17°30′00″N 105°20′00″E / 17.5°N 105.333333°E | |
| Country | Laos |
| Capital | Thakhek |
| Area | |
• Total | 16,315 km2 (6,299 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 Census) | |
• Total | 433,570 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| ISO 3166 code | LA-KH |
| HDI (2022) |  0.602[1]medium 9th |
Khammouane province (Khammouan) (Lao: ຄໍາມ່ວນ, pronounced [kʰám mūan]) is a province in southern Laos. Its capital is Thakhek.
Khammouane province covers an area of 16,315 square kilometres (6,299 sq mi), most of which is forested mountainous terrain. The forests of the Nakai-Nam Theun National Park contains many streams that feed many Mekong tributaries as well as form the catchment area for Nam Theun 2, the largest hydropower project in Laos. The Xe Bang Fai River, Nam Hinboun River, and the Nam Theun are the main rivers of the province.
Part of the aborted Thakhek-Tan Ap railway would have crossed the province to connect with the North-South Railway at Tân Ấp Railway Station, Quảng Bình province, Vietnam through Mụ Giạ Pass. Khammouane's human development index is 0.602 which is slightly less than the Laos average of 0.620.[2]
- ^ hdi.globaldatalab.org HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/LAO/?levels=1+4&years=2022&extrapolation=0title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
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