KHAMMOUAN

Statistics
Capital:	Thakhek
Area:	16,315 km²
Inhabitants:	358,800 ''(2004 est)''
Pop. density:	22 inh./km²
ISO 3166-2:	LA-KH
Geocode:	1200
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'Khammouan' (Lao ຄໍາມ່ວນ) is a province of Laos, located in the south of the country. To the north it is bounded by Bolikhamxai; to the south, by Savannakhet. To the west is Thailand; to the east, Vietnam.

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Administrative divisions

Discoveries

Administrative divisions

The province is made up of the following districts:
# Bualapha (12-06)
# Hinboon (12-04)
# Mahaxay (12-02)
# Nakai (12-07)
# Nhommalath (12-05)
# Nongbok (12-03)
# Thakhek (12-01)
# Xaybuathong (12-09)
# Xebangfay (12-08)

Discoveries

In 1996 western scientists collected an undescribed rodent representing a mammal family that had been previously known only from fossils. The Laotian Rock Rat was formally described as a new species in 2005.