Sainyabuli Province
Sainyabuli (also Sayaboury, Sayabouri, Sayaburi, Xaignabouri, Xaignabouli, Sayabury, Xayaboury, Sayabouly or Xayabury; Laotian: ໄຊ ຍະ ບູ ລີ, pronunciation: [ sái.ɲa.bù.lí ː ], Thai: ไชย บุรี, RTGS: Chaiyaburi ) is a province ( khwaeng ) in Laos.
Geography
The province is located in the northwest of the country and almost covers the entire territory located within the borders of Laos west of the Mekong. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise): Bokeo, Oudomxay, Luang Prabang and Vientiane. Sainyabuli also borders the following provinces in Thailand (from the south clockwise) Loei, Phitsanulok, Uttaradit, Nan and Phayao.
Sainyabuli is hilly to mountainous, with the Luang Prabang mountain range forms a natural border between Thailand and Laos. With the exception of compounds from the provincial capital to Luang Prabang and the Thai provinces of Loei and Nan, there are no paved roads. The province is rich in forests and has some deposits of lignite. It is considered the rice bowl of northern Laos, as most other northern provinces are too hilly to grow rice. In addition, corn, oranges, cotton, peanuts and sesame are grown.
History
Sainyabuli traditionally belonged to the kingdom of Luang Phrabang, 1779 a vassal kingdom of Siam was. In 1893, Siam had to the east of the Mekong River located Laotian territory to French Indochina assign, but not the west of the river located Sainyabuli. This followed after further French pressure in 1904, so that the territory of the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang, was now restored under the French protectorate. According to the French -Thai War Sainyabuli was slammed together with the südlaotischen Champasak Province, under pressure from Japan 1941 Thailand and became the Thai province of Lan Chang ( after the historic kingdom of Lan Xang ). Thailand gave the territory back to France in 1946. This was a condition for the country's accession to the United Nations.
Economy and Environment
Since 2012 is built on the Xayaburi Dam, to be one of the largest hydroelectric power plants on the lower Mekong River ( 1,260 MW). The project comes from viewpoints of environmental protection, agriculture and fisheries to concerns.
Administrative units
The province consists of the following districts ( Muang ):