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Salavan Province, Laos i
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Salavan Province Province
Laos Country

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Salavan Province	Province
Laos	Country

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Area:

10,691 km²

Neighbouring regions:

Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam

Champasak Province, Laos

Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, Vietnam

Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand

Sekong Province, Laos

Savannakhet Province, Laos

Type:

Province

Largest Settlements:

Place	Population
Salavan	5,521 (2017)
Tad Lo	150 (2015)

Mindat Locality ID:

224407

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:224407:8

GUID (UUID V4):

Other/historical names associated with this locality:

Saravane

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French:

Province de Saravane, Laos

German:

Provinz Salavan, Laos

Italian:

Provincia di Salavan, Laos

Russian:

Сараван, Лаос

Simplified Chinese:

沙拉湾省, 老挝

Spanish:

Provincia de Salavan, Laos

Achinese:

Propinsi Salavan

Arabic:

سالافان, لاوس

Cebuano:

Salavan

Croatian:

Salavan

Dutch:

Salavan, Laos

Esperanto:

Provinco Salavan

Farsi/Persian:

استان سالاوان, لائوس

Finnish:

Salavan, Laos

Hindi:

सलावान प्रान्त, लाओस

Hungarian:

Szalavan tartomány, Laosz

Indonesian:

Provinsi Salavan, Laos

Japanese:

サーラワン県, ラオス

Khmer:

ខេត្តសាឡៈវ៉ាន់

Korean:

살라완 주, 라오스

Lao:

ແຂວງສາລະວັນ

Lithuanian:

Salavano provincija, Laosas

Malay:

Wilayah Salavan

Norwegian:

Saravane, Laos

Polish:

Prowincja Saravane, Laos

Portuguese:

Saravane, Laos

Swedish:

Saravane, Laos

Tajik (Cyrillic Script):

Вилояти Салаван

Thai:

แขวงสาละวัน, สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยประชาชนลาว

Ukrainian:

Сараван, Лаос

Urdu:

سالاوان صوبہ

Vietnamese:

Saravane, Lào

Waray:

Salavan

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ⓘ Quartz

ⓘ 'Tektite
var. Australite'

1 valid mineral.

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Formula: SiO₂

Locality: Muong Toumlane impactite locality, Salavan Province, Laos

References:

Sieh, Kerry, Herrin, Jason, Jicha, Brian, Schonwalder Angel, Dayana, Moore, James D. P., Banerjee, Paramesh, Wiwegwin, Weerachat, Sihavong, Vanpheng, Singer, Brad, Chualaowanich, Tawachai, Charusiri, Punya (2020) Australasian impact crater buried under the Bolaven volcanic field, Southern Laos. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (3) 1346-1353 doi:10.1073/pnas.1904368116

ⓘ 'Tektite var. Australite'

Locality: Muong Toumlane impactite locality, Salavan Province, Laos

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ⓘ	Quartz	4.DA.05	SiO₂
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O	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂
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Si	ⓘ Quartz	SiO₂

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Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salavan_Province
Wikidata ID:	Q302656
GeoNames ID:	1653333

Localities in this Region

Laos

Salavan Province
- ⭔Khongsedone District
- ⭔Lakhonepheng District
- ⭔Lao Ngam District
- Muong Toumlane impactite locality
- ⭔Sa Mouay District
- ⭔Salavane District
- ⭔Ta Oy District
- ⭔Toumlane District
- ⭔Vapy District

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian Plate

Greater Khorat BasinBasin
Indochina TerraneOrogenic Belt

Sunda PlateTectonic Plate

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