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Pak Beng is a district (muang) of Oudomxay province in northwestern Laos.[1]

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Pak Beng
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CountryLaos
ProvinceOudomxay province
Population
 (2015)
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29,405
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
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Pak Beng Dam

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]

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