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Bolovens Plateau
The Bolaven Plateau is an elevated region in southern Laos. Most of the plateau is located within Champasak Province of Laos, though the edges of the plateau are also located in Salavan, Sekong and Attapeu Provinces. It is located between the Annamite Mountain Range, along which runs Laos' eastern border with Vietnam, and the Mekong River to the west, at about . The plateau's elevation ranges approximately from above sea level. The plateau is crossed by several rivers and has many scenic waterfalls. The name Bolaven makes reference to the Laven ethnic group which has historically dominated the region. However, domestic migrations by the Lao ethnic group (which comprises approximately 50 to 60 percent of the population of Laos) has resulted in widespread interethnic marriage, thus modifying the ethnic composition of the region. Historical significance The Bolaven Plateau has had an important role in the greater history of Laos. The three most significant historical period ...
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Tad Fane Waterfall
Tad or TAD may refer to: Places * Tad, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Tad City, Texas, a coastal unincorporated community located on Olsovsky Road (Suburb of Ganado) * Tad, Isfahan, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran * Tad, Markazi, a village in Markazi Province, Iran People and fictional characters * Tad (given name) Sports * Tadamon Sour SC, a Lebanese association football club TAD * TAD Disability Services, an Australian charity * Technical Audio Devices, a brand of speakers by Pioneer Corporation * Telephone answering device, alternate term for an Answering machine * Technology aware design, a project of IMEC, a Belgian electronics company * Tax-allocation district, alternate term for a tax increment financing area * ''The Anglican Digest'', a religious magazine in the United States * Temporary additional duty, a form of Temporary duty assignment in the US Navy and US Marines * Thoracic aortic dissection, breakdown of the aorta in the chest * Topologic ...
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Nyaw People
The Lao Nyaw, Thai Nyaw or Tai Yo (Thai/Isan: ไทญ้อ, , Isan pronunciation: , Khmer: ឡាវញ៉) are an ethnic group of Thailand, Cambodia and Laos, scattered throughout the provinces of Isan such as Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, and parts of Bolikhamxai and Khammouan provinces of Laos. They are also referred to as simply ''Nyaw'' or ''Yaw'', depending on either the Lao, Isan, and Nyaw pronunciation, which all pronounce the initial consonant as , or the Thai pronunciation, which pronounces the initial consonant as . History The Tai Nyaw believe that they are descendants of people originally from the northernmost part of Laos and Tonkin or immigrants during Tai migrations. Whatever the case may be, their dialect most closely resembles the Lao dialects from the regions east of Luang Prabang. Legend has it descendants are from the old king of Laos, who migrated after the overthrow and was forced to leave and spread out to neighboring countries for refuge ...
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Tad Lo
Tad or TAD may refer to: Places * Tad, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Tad City, Texas, a coastal unincorporated community located on Olsovsky Road (Suburb of Ganado) * Tad, Isfahan, a village in Isfahan Province, Iran * Tad, Markazi, a village in Markazi Province, Iran People and fictional characters * Tad (given name) Sports * Tadamon Sour SC, a Lebanese association football club TAD * TAD Disability Services, an Australian charity * Technical Audio Devices, a brand of speakers by Pioneer Corporation * Telephone answering device, alternate term for an Answering machine * Technology aware design, a project of IMEC, a Belgian electronics company * Tax-allocation district, alternate term for a tax increment financing area * ''The Anglican Digest'', a religious magazine in the United States * Temporary additional duty, a form of Temporary duty assignment in the US Navy and US Marines * Thoracic aortic dissection, breakdown of the aorta in the chest * Topologic ...
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Coffea Robusta
''Coffea canephora'' ( syn. ''Coffea robusta'', commonly known as ''robusta coffee'') is a species of coffee that has its origins in central and western sub-Saharan Africa. It is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. Though widely known as ''Coffea robusta'', the plant is scientifically identified as ''Coffea canephora'', which has two main varieties, ''robusta'' and '' nganda''. ''Coffea robusta'' represents 43% of global coffee production, with ''Coffea arabica'' constituting most of the remainder. There are several differences between the composition of coffee beans from ''C. arabica'' and ''C. robusta''. Beans from ''C. robusta'' tend to have lower acidity, more bitterness, and a more woody and less fruity flavor compared to ''C. arabica'' beans. Description Robusta is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. Though widely known by the synonym ''Coffea robusta'', the plant is currently scientifically identified as ''Coffea canephora'', which ...
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Lao Loum
The Lao Loum ( lo, ລາວລຸ່ມ; th, ลาวลุ่ม, , ) is an official Lao People's Democratic Republic designation for lowland dwelling Tai peoples, including the majority Lao people. The Lao Loum, literally meaning 'lowland Lao', are the inhabitants of the river valleys and lowlands along the Mekong River and make up over 68% of the population of Laos, of whom half are of the Lao ethnic group. Other members categorised as Lao Loum are the other large Tai groups, such as the Phuan and Phu Thai Phu Thai (Phuu Thai; Thai, Phu Thai: ''Phasa Phuthai'', ภาษาผู้ไท or ภูไท) is a Southwestern Tai language spoken in Laos and Thailand. Although it appears different from the Isan and the Lao languages, it is spoken in ... and other closely related members of Tai ethnic groups. Ethnic groups in Laos Ethnic groups in Thailand {{Asia-ethno-group-stub ...
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Suay
Kuy, also known as Kui, Suay or Kuay ( th, ภาษากูย; km, ភាសាកួយ), is a Katuic language, part of the larger Austroasiatic family spoken by the Kuy people of Southeast Asia. Kuy is one of the Katuic languages within the Austroasiatic family. It is spoken in Isan, Thailand by about 300,000 people, in Salavan, Savannakhet and Sekong Provinces of Laos by about 64,000; and in Preah Vihear, Stung Treng and Kampong Thom Provinces of northern Cambodia by 15,500 people. Names Spelling variants and varieties include the following (Sidwell 2005:11). *Kui *Kuy *Kuay *Koay *Souei. The term "Souei" is also applied to other groups, such as a Pearic community in Cambodia. *Yeu *Nanhang *Kouy. A textbook in French is published for this variantParlons Kouy. Dialects Van der haak & Woykos (1987-1988) identified two major Kui varieties in Surin and Sisaket provinces of eastern Thailand, Kuuy and Kuay. Van der haak & Woykos also identified the following ''diver ...
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Katu People
The Katu people (also Co Tu, Ca Tang; vi, người Cơ Tu; Katu: ) are an ethnic group of about 102,551 who live in eastern Laos and central Vietnam. Numbered among the Katuic peoples, they speak a Mon-Khmer language. Laos The Katu in Laos live in Sekong Province along the upper Sekong River :''Cong River (''sông Công'') is a river in Central Vietnam'' The Kong River, also known as the Xe Kong or the Se Kong ( Lao: ເຊກອງ ''Se Kong'', ( Khmer:''សេកុង''(official) or ''ស្រែគង្គ''(Khmerization)), Vi ... and in the highland basin of the Song Boung river watershed along the border with Vietnam's Quảng Nam and Thừa Thiên–Huế Provinces. There were 28,378 of them in Laos in 2015. Vietnam The Vietnamese government's official name for the Katu ethnic group is "Co Tu". Within Vietnam, most Katu live in the provinces of Thừa Thiên–Huế and Quảng Nam. The Katu in Vietnam numbered 50,458 in the 1999 census, 61,588 in the 2009 censu ...
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Mon-Khmer
The Austroasiatic languages , , are a large language family in Mainland Southeast Asia and South Asia. These languages are scattered throughout parts of Thailand, Laos, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Nepal, and southern China and are the majority languages of Vietnam and Cambodia. There are around 117 million speakers of Austroasiatic languages. Of these languages, only Vietnamese, Khmer, and Mon have a long-established recorded history. Only two have official status as modern national languages: Vietnamese in Vietnam and Khmer in Cambodia. The Mon language is a recognized indigenous language in Myanmar and Thailand. In Myanmar, the Wa language is the de facto official language of Wa State. Santali is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. The rest of the languages are spoken by minority groups and have no official status. ''Ethnologue'' identifies 168 Austroasiatic languages. These form thirteen established families (plus perhaps Shompen, which is poorly attest ...
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Paksong
Paksong is a city in Laos on the Bolaven Plateau. The city is known for its coffee Coffee is a drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. It is the most popular hot drink in the world. Seeds of ... exports. It is the capital of Paksong District. References Populated places in Champasak Province {{Laos-geo-stub ...
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