Pak Beng | |
Native Name Lang: | lo |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Mapsize1: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Laos |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Oudomxay province |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 29405 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Pak Beng is a district (muang) of Oudomxay province in northwestern Laos.[1]
Seven kilometres upstream of Pak Beng is where the proposed Pak Beng Dam is to be sited. The 912 megawatt project is the northernmost of a proposed 11 dams on the lower Mekong River. Ninety percent of the electricity generated is to be sold to Thailand. The remaining 10 percent will go to the Lao state-owned utility company, Electricite du Laos.[2]