Khokmanh
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Khokmanh or Ban Khokmanh is a village in Mueang Luang Prabang, Khoueng Luang Prabang in Laos.
Khokmanh village was established about 300 years ago. This area has lush paddy fields with fertile soil. From the 18th century, the Ho (Chinese Han) came here for wet rice cultivation. Therefore, this region has since then been called ‘Na Ho’, meaning, a rice field of the Ho. Then, the French came to add Luang Prabang and other parts of Laos into the French Protectorate of Laos. At that time Sen Kam was ‘Chau Lau’ or District Governor of this region. During that time, Khokmanh had only 10 families of the Lao or Lao Loum Archived 2017-02-26 at the Wayback Machine ethnic group. Around 1961, an additional 20 households from nearby came to live there. In 1995, under the Lao policy in merging small villages[1] into the larger ones, an additional 11 families of the Khmu ethnic group moved from Huoi Nhai region to live with Lao Loum families in Khokmanh.
Geography
Khokmanh is located in the Kuang Si watershed area which is a part of the Muong Khai Development Zone, about 27 km southwest from the Luang Prabang city. The village altitude is approximately 297 meters above sea level.
Khokmanh is bordered by Yang village 2,570 meters in the south, the Mekong River about 4,773 meters in the north; Pak Si village about 2,673 meters to the east, Thapene village about 2,978 meters in the east, and Noong Bua Kham village about 6,898 meters in the west. Khokmanh is located in between two streams creating the Kuang Si watershed, the Huoi Si and Huoi Sieu.
