Borikham (also ''Muang Borikham'', ''Borikhane'', ''Bolikham'', ''Bolikhan'' or ''Muang Borikan'') is a river town in

Bolikhamsai Province Bolikhamsai (, ), formerly gallicized as Borikhamxay, is a province of Laos. Pakxan, Thaphabat, Pakkading, Borikhane, Viengthong, and Khamkeut are its districts and Pakxan is its capital city. The province is the site of the Nam Theun 2 Dam, ...

, in western

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

. It is the capital of Borikhane District, to the north by road from Na Khaulom. Borikham lies on the

Nam Xan River The Nam Xan River () is a major river of west-central Laos. It flows from the mountains of central Laos through Borikham and joins the Mekong River at at Pakxan Pakxan (; (, ) is a district and town in Bolikhamsai Province, Laos. Histor ...

, spanned by a

Bailey bridge A Bailey bridge is a type of portable, Prefabrication, pre-fabricated, Truss Bridge, truss bridge. It was developed in 1940–1941 by the British Empire in World War II, British for military use during the World War II, Second World War and saw ...

. The Lao Army had an important base at Borikham.

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Maplandi World Gazetteer
{{Laos-geo-stub Populated places in Bolikhamsai Province