Phou Khe ( th, ภูเข้, , ) is a mountain in

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, part of the

Luang Prabang Range The Luang Prabang Range ( th, ทิวเขาหลวงพระบาง, ), named after Luang Prabang, is a mountain range straddling northwestern Laos and Northern Thailand. Most of the range is located in Sainyabuli Province (Laos), a ...

(ทิวเขาหลวงพระบาง). It is at the east end of the

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, on the border between Laos and

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. The mountain lies straddles the border of Nan Province, Thailand and Sainyabuli Province, Laos. With a height of 2,079 metres and a prominence of 1,646 metres, Phou Khe is one of the

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s of

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