Khamkeut district | |
Native Name Lang: | lo |
Settlement Type: | District |
Pushpin Map: | Laos |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Laos |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Bolikhamsai |
Subdivision Type2: | Central Laos |
Government Type: | City Authority |
Leader Title: | Head of City |
Leader Name: | Mr Bouneseume Paveekham (2012-) |
Leader Name1: | District Officers |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 63,268 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Area Code: | 054 |
Khamkeut is a district (muang) of Bolikhamsai province in central Laos.[1]
Khamkeut district was extensively bombed during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s.[2] As of 2018, Khamkeut District continued to experience deaths from previously unexploded ordnance.
Laotian settlements prefixed by the word Ban are usually small villages. Their names may appear with or without the prefix.