Luang Prabang

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UNESCO World Heritage Site city

Luang Prabang is a historic city in northern Laos renowned for its well-preserved Buddhist temples, traditional architecture, and UNESCO World Heritage status.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Luang Prabang Province 2
Kingdom of Luang Prabang 1
Louang Prabang 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
city ⓘ
airportIATACode LPQ ⓘ
alternativeName Luang Prabang ⓘ
surface form: Louang Prabang

Luang Prabang ⓘ
surface form: Louangphabang
capitalOf Luang Prabang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Luang Prabang Province
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Laos ⓘ
elevation about 290 metres ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Laos ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Laos

Luang Prabang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Luang Prabang
governingCountryCapital Vientiane ⓘ
hasAirport Luang Prabang International Airport ⓘ
hasLandmark Mount Phousi ⓘ
Royal Palace Museum ⓘ
That Chomsi ⓘ
Wat Mai Suwannaphumaham ⓘ
Wat Xieng Thong ⓘ
heritageAreaType historic town ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist monastic culture ⓘ
French colonial architecture ⓘ
Kuang Si Falls (nearby attraction) ⓘ
Pak Ou Caves (nearby attraction) ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage old town ⓘ
alms-giving ceremony ⓘ
traditional Lao architecture ⓘ
well-preserved Buddhist temples ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification Aw ⓘ
language Lao (official) ⓘ
locatedIn Laos ⓘ
surface form: northern Laos
locatedOn Mekong River ⓘ
Nam Khan River ⓘ
partOf Luang Prabang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Luang Prabang Province
population around 50,000 (city proper, approximate) ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity handicrafts ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
region northern Laos ⓘ
religion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism (dominant)
riverConfluence Mekong River ⓘ
surface form: Mekong and Nam Khan Rivers
timezone Indochina Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 479 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1995 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UTCOffset +7 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luang Prabang → alternativeName → Luang Prabang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louangphabang
Luang Prabang → alternativeName → Luang Prabang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louang Prabang
Luang Prabang → capitalOf → Luang Prabang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luang Prabang Province
Laos → famousSite → Luang Prabang ⓘ
Luang Prabang → formerCapitalOf → Luang Prabang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Luang Prabang
Mekong River → majorCityOnRiver → Luang Prabang ⓘ
Luang Prabang → partOf → Luang Prabang self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luang Prabang Province