Don Som

Don Som is an island part of the

Si Phan Don The Si Phan Don ( lo, ສີ່ພັນດອນ; meaning '4,000 islands') is a riverine archipelago in the Mekong River, Champasak Province in southern Laos. Si Phan Don is part of Khong District, including the islands and part of the mainland ...

( Lao: ສີ່ພັນດອນ, meaning '4000 islands') riverine archipelago in the Mekong River, Khong District, Champasak Province in southern

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

. It is the second largest island of the area and is located between

Don Det Don Det ( lo, ດອນເດດ), is an island in the Mekong River in the Si Phan Don ("Four Thousand Islands") archipelago in Champasak Province of southern Laos. History The Don Det–Don Khon railway was a -long narrow-gauge portage railwa ...

in the south and the largest of the islands,

Don Khong Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places * County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vil ...

, in the north. The island is about 13 kilometres long (north-south), and 3 kilometres at its widest point. It has a population of approximately 7,000 people, living in 12 villages. The local economy is predominantly based on agriculture and fishing and unlike its neighbors

and Don Khon sees few tourists visiting the island and only has one guesthouse (in the village named Ban Thamakheb). The villages of Don Som are: Ban Hang Som, Ban Veunsom, Ban Kengkoum, Ban Thapao, Ban Thapo, Ban Deua Tai, Ban Deua, Ban Sala, Ban Muang, Ban Thamakheb, Ban Thakham and Ban Don Som The French painter Marc Leguay lived on Don Som in the 1930s. {{coord, 14, 02, N, 105, 53, E, display=title, region:LA_type:isle_source:GNS-enwiki Islands of Laos