Savannakhet
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| Kaysone Phomvihane ເມືອງໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ |
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The commercial centre of Kaysone Phomvihane, Savannakhet Province
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 Kaysone Phomvihane
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| Country |  Laos |
| Province | Savannakhet Province |
| Population | |
| • Total | 120,000 |
Savannakhet or Kaysone Phomvihane (Lao: ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ; Thai: ไกสอน พมวิหาน) (population 120,000) is a city in western Laos and the capital of the Savannakhet Province, previously known as Khanthabouli (ຄັນທະບູລີ). This is the second-largest city in Laos, after Vientiane. The city is birthtown of Kaysone Phomvihane, former president of Laos, and was named after him in 2005. Although the old French colonial quarter of the town, along the Mekong River-front, is depressed and crumbling, the town's proximity to Thailand's booming economy has brought about new commercial development in the northern part of the town, near both the river crossing and the bus terminal.
Like all Lao cities, Kaysone Phomvihane has a mixed population of Lao, Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese, as well as minority peoples from the Lao interior. It has a large 15th-century Buddhist temple, Wat Sainyaphum, a Chinese temple, a Catholic church and a mosque. The Second Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge over the Mekong connects to Mukdahan Province in Thailand. The two-lane, 12-meter (39 ft) wide, 1,600-meter (5,250 ft) long bridge, opened to the general public on January 9, 2007.
Transport
The city is served by Savannakhet Airport.
Climate
Savannakhet features a tropical wet and dry climate, with generally very warm weather throughout the year. The city does feature warmer and cooler periods of the year, with average temperatures ranging from 22 C in January, to 29 C in March. Savannakhet has discernible wet and dry seasons, with the wet season covering April through October and the dry season covering the remaining five months. The city sees on average roughly 1500 mm of precipitation per year.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.3 (84.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
33.5 (92.3) |
35.0 (95) |
33.3 (91.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.1 (88) |
30.5 (86.9) |
28.8 (83.8) |
27.7 (81.9) |
31.21 (88.17) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 14.9 (58.8) |
17.7 (63.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.9 (75) |
24.6 (76.3) |
24.8 (76.6) |
24.2 (75.6) |
24.0 (75.2) |
23.5 (74.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
21.05 (69.89) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 3.7 (0.146) |
17.3 (0.681) |
31.9 (1.256) |
90.8 (3.575) |
168.3 (6.626) |
262.5 (10.335) |
219.0 (8.622) |
343.4 (13.52) |
219.0 (8.622) |
86.6 (3.409) |
6.8 (0.268) |
2.4 (0.094) |
1,451.7 (57.154) |
| Source: World Meteorological Organization[1] | |||||||||||||
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Savannakhet VatXaiyaphoum2 tango7174.jpg
Wat Sainyaphum
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Savannakhet ChineseTemple2 tango7174.jpg
Chinese Buddhist Temple
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Savannakhet ChùaDiêuGiác1 tango7174.jpg
Vietnamese Buddhist Temple Diệu Giác
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St. Teresa's Catholic Church
Sister cities
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Savannakhet. |
Savannakhet travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Lao-language text
- Articles containing Thai-language text
- Articles with unsourced statements from May 2015
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- Populated places in Savannakhet Province
- Laos–Thailand border crossings
- Populated places on the Mekong River
