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Provinces. It was designated a national park on 15 February 2019 by Prime
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Testing assumptions: the recent history of forest cover in Nakai-Nam Theun
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636:"Khammouane Overview"
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498:References
321:threatened
311:ericaceous
203:Phou Laoko
180:Khammouane
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487:Nam Theun
451:Languages
303:fagaceous
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471:See also
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