Pakse

Pakse ປາກເຊ
District & municipality
Pakse District
Champasak Palace Hotel, Pakse, formerly the palace of Prince Boun Oum Na Champassak
Pakse Location in Laos
Coordinates: 15°07′N 105°47′E / 15.117°N 105.783°E / 15.117; 105.783
Country	Laos
Province	Champasak province
District	Pakse district
Population  (2015)
• Total	78,000
• Religions	Buddhism
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)

Pakse (or Pakxe; French: Paksé; Laotian: ປາກເຊ [pȁːk séː] 'mouth of the river') is the capital and most populous city of the southern Laotian province of Champasak. Located at the confluence of the Xe Don and Mekong Rivers, the district had a population of approximately 77,900 at the 2015 Laotian census.^[1]