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Viengthong district, Houaphanh
District in Houaphanh, Laos From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Viengthong district is a district (muang) of Houaphanh province in northeastern Laos.[1] It is the gateway to the Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park, which protects mountain forests which are home to a number of endangered species. The park headquarters is in the town.
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History
Before the Laotian Civil War, Viengthong district was under the same jurisdiction as Pak Seng district, Luang Prabang province, and was a Buddhist settlement called Muang Hiem, which means 'beware of the tiger', alluding to tiger attacks in the area.
There was a temple called Vat Hiem on a nearby hill where the district government administration building sits today, but this was destroyed by US bombing during the Laotian Civil War. The only remnants are a stupa and an unexploded bomb lodged deep in the ground, deemed not to be dangerous.[2]
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See also
- Viengthong district, Bolikhamsai, another Laos district by the same name
References
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