Golden Triangle

Golden Triangle สามเหลี่ยมทองคำ(th)
The Golden Triangle is one of Asia's two main illicit opium-producing areas. It is an area of around 350,000 square kilometres that overlaps the mountains of four countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. It has been one of the most extensive opium-producing areas of Asia and of the world since the 1950s. The Golden Triangle also designates the confluence of the Ruak River and the Mekong river, since the term has been appropriated by the Thai tourist industry to describe the nearby junction of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_(Southeast_Asia)
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Coordinates:  20°22'17"N 100°5'10"E

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  • Strategic location for Union of Myanmar.
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