Lak Sao
Lak Sao
Lakxao, Ban Lak Xao | |
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town | |
 The main street of Lak Sao | |
  Lak Sao Location in Laos | |
| Coordinates: 18°11′38″N 104°58′17″E / 18.19389°N 104.97139°ECoordinates: 18°11′38″N 104°58′17″E / 18.19389°N 104.97139°E | |
| Country |  Laos |
| Province | Bolikhamsai |
| District | Khamkeut |
Lak Sao (Lakxao, Ban Lak Xao[1]) is a small town in Khamkeut District, Bolikhamsai Province, of central Laos. It is located at the major crossroads where the comes from the south, and the AH15, as , comes from the northeast and the border with Vietnam. The AH15 continues west to Thailand.[2]
During the Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War the Laotian army fought the North Vietnamese at the Battle of Lak Sao.[3]
Notes and references[]
- ^ Ban Lak Xao (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ "Trip Planner: Laos on Paved Roads". Golden Triangle Riders. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016.
- ^ Conboy, Kenneth J.; Morrison, James (1995). Shadow War: The CIA's Secret War in Laos. Boulder, Colorado: Paladin Press. pp. 13–44. ISBN 978-0-87364-825-7.
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