Information: - Phonsavan (Lao: ) (population 37,507) is the capital of Xiangkhoang Province. The name stands for "hills of paradise". - Thailand (or ), officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country at the centre of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia. With a total area of approximately , Thailand is the world's 51st-largest country. It is the 20th-most-populous country in the world, with around 66 million people. The capital and largest city is Bangkok. - China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia. With a population of over 1.381billion, it is the world's most populous country. The state is governed by the Communist Party of China, and its capital is Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan. The country's major urban areas include Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Hong Kong. China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia, and has been characterized as a potential superpower. - The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia situated in the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south. - South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam was a state governing the southern half of Vietnam from 1955 to 1975. It received international recognition in 1949 as the "State of Vietnam" (194955), and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" (195575). Its capital was Saigon. The term "South Vietnam" became common usage in 1954, when the Geneva Conference provisionally partitioned Vietnam into communist and non-communist parts. - Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. With an estimated 90.5 million inhabitants , it is the world's 14th-most-populous country, and the eighth-most-populous Asian country. Vietnam is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, Thailand across the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest, and the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia across the South China Sea to the east and southeast. Its capital city has been Hanoi since the reunification of North and South Vietnam in 1976. - Hanoi (or ; Vietnamese: Ha Ni ) is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts and 7 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. The population in 2015 was estimated at 7.7 million people. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam. It was eclipsed by Hu, the imperial capital of Vietnam during the Nguyn Dynasty (18021945), but Hanoi served as the capital of French Indochina from 1902 to 1954. From 1954 to 1976, it was the capital of North Vietnam, and it became the capital of a reunified Vietnam in 1976, after the North's victory in the Vietnam War. - A prince is a male ruler, monarch, or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. "Prince" is also a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word "prince", from the Latin noun "princeps", from "primus" (first) + "capio" (to seize), meaning "the chief, most distinguished, ruler, prince". - Muang Phuan ( Xieng Khouang , or Tran Ninh ) was a historical principality on the Xiangkhoang Plateau , which constitutes the modern territory of Xiangkhouang Province , Laos . Among the Lao , Phuan , and Thai muang has a dual meaning of '' city '' or more broadly '' country of '' and xieng means '' walled . '' The two terms were often used together for major city states under the Southeast Asian mandala model , thus Muang Xieng Khouang would be transcribed as the '' Walled City / Country of the Phuan '' ( Khouang is a French corruption of Phuan ) . The Xiangkhouang Plateau is semi-arid but has important iron ore resources and has been inhabited since the Bronze Age ( the Plain of Jars is an important UNESCO archeological site ) . The region is an important area for trade as it occupies the major passes along the Annamite Cordillera to access Vietnam and the coast . The Tai Phuan or Phuan people are a Buddhist Tai - Lao ethnic group that migrated to the area which is now Laos during the 13th century . According to legend the Phuan people were led by Chet Chuong , the second son of Khun Borom who founded the city - state of Muang Phuan . In the mid- 14th century Muang Phuan was incorporated into the Lan Xang Kingdom under King Fa Ngum . Under the Mandala model , cities or even kingdoms would enter into tributary relationships with their neighbors depending on regional power ; in exchange the tribute would maintain local autonomy . It was not uncommon to pay tribute to more than one power even concurrently . In 1434 , Muang Phuan entered into a tributary relationship with the Dai Viet . However , by 1478 the Dai Viet attempted to annex Muang Phuan as a prefecture , which contributed to war between Lan Xang and the Dai Viet . The Dai Viet army ultimately withdrew during that conflict , and Muang Phuan returned as a tributary to Lan Xang . However , the peace was short - lived and by 1531 Muang Phuan rebelled against King Photisarath who put down the rebellion after two years . Throughout the 16th and 17th... - A principality (or princedom) can either be a monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of prince or by a monarch with another title within the generic use of the term "prince". Terminology. Most of these states have historically been a polity, but in some occasions were rather territories in respect of which a princely title is held. The prince's estate and wealth may be located mainly or wholly outside the geographical confines of the principality. - A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other region, usually as its seat of government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of its respective government; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, the different branches of government are located in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place. - The Xiangkhouang Plateau or Xiangkhoang Plateau, also known in French as Plateau du Tran-Ninh is a plateau in the north of Laos. The landscape is characterized by green mountains, rugged karst formations and verdant valleys with plenty of rivers, caves and waterfalls. Geography. The Luang Prabang Range, and the Annamite Range separate the plateau from Thailand and Vietnam respectively. The ranges of the plateau are sandstone and limestone mountains between 2000 and 2800 meters high (about 6561 and 9842 feet high). These have been heavily deforested. The highest mountain of Laos, Phou Bia, is located to the south of the Xiangkhoang. Altitudes within the plateau area may reach 1000 m. Several tributaries of the Mekong drain in the plateau, such as the Nam Ngum, Ngiap and the Khan River. The major town in the area is the capital of Phonsavan. The plateau gives its name to present-day Xiangkhouang Province in which Phonsavan is located. - Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo). Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia. Located in the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth, with large numbers of endemic species. - Indonesia (or ; Indonesian: ), officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania. Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is the world's largest island country, with more than seventeen thousand islands. At , Indonesia is the world's 14th-largest country in terms of land area and world's 7th-largest country in terms of combined sea and land area. It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world's fourth most populous country, the most populous Austronesian nation, as well as the most populous Muslim-majority country. The world's most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country's population. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'muang phuan' exhibits the relationship of 'capital'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - bangkok - city - geneva - guangzhou - hanoi - luang prabang - manila - most - phonsavan - singapore
phonsavan