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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.
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
- ThungSaliam 326 km
- Sawankhalok 329 km
- Ban Mai-chai-mong-kol 336 km
- Bang Kapi 731 km
- Lat Krabang 734 km
- Photharam 738 km
- Samut Prakan Province 742 km
- Research Strait 745 km
- Puriyan Cape 780 km
- Ritchies Archipelago 1176 km
- Anatara Golden Triangle Resort and Elephant Camp 1 km
- Done Xao 5 km
- Wieng Municipality 6.7 km
- Maesai Mittraphap Municipality 17 km
- Tachileik Airport (ICAO: VYTL; IATA: THL) 20 km
- Wiang Phang Kham 22 km
- Mae Sai Municipality 22 km
- Thaluang-Khun Nam Nang Non National Park 24 km
- Ban Zaew Municipality 24 km
- Doi Nang Non 26 km
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