Longchaeng | |
Official Name: | Longchaeng district |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Laos |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Xaisomboun |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 8834 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Longchaeng (Lao: ເມືອງລ້ອງແຈ້ງ, in Lao pronounced as /mɯ́aŋ lɔ̂ːŋ tɕɛ̂ːŋ/) is a district of Xaisomboun province, Laos.
In November 2015, unrest broke out in the province, killing three soldiers and three civilians. The Lao government imposed a curfew in the north-central part of the province in early-December, but in January 2016 a bomb was set off at a road construction site near Pha Nok Nok village in the district, killing two Chinese officials and injuring another. On 30 December, a bomb had previously been defused at Namphanoy village along the same road. As a result, on 16 February 2016, Major General Thongloy Silivong, a military officer who is the former chief of the National Defense Academy, was appointed the governor of Xaisomboun Province to tighten control.[1]