{{more citations needed|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| name = Houayxay | native_name = {{nobold|ເມືອງຫ້ວຍຊາຍ}}<br>{{nobold|เมืองห้วยชาย}} | native_name_lang = lo | settlement_type = District & municipality | other_name = | official_name = Houayxay District | nickname = | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = Bokeo HuayXai5 tango7174.jpg | imagesize = 300px | image_caption = Ban Houayxay from the Mekong River | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Laos<!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Laos <!-- Location ------------------>| subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Laos}} | subdivision_type1 = Admin. division | subdivision_name1 = Bokeo Province | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = <!-- Settled --> | established_date = | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = 2015 | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census2015">{{cite web |url=https://lao.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/PHC-ENG-FNAL-WEB_0.pdf |title=Results of Population and Housing Census 2015 |publisher=Lao Statistics Bureau |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 70,200 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | coordinates = {{coord|20|15|47|N|100|26|1|E|region:LA|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = 398 | elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = Climate | blank_info = Aw | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Houayxay''' ({{langx|lo|ຫ້ວຍຊາຍ}}, {{IPA|lo|hȕaj sáːj|pron}}; Thai and {{langx|tts|ห้วยชาย}}, {{IPA|th|hûaj tɕāːj}}) (also ''Huoeisay'', ''Huai Sai'', ''Houei Sai'', ''Huay Xay'' or ''Huay Xai'') is a district in Bokeo Province, Laos, on the border with Thailand.
The town lies on the Mekong River opposite Chiang Khong in Thailand. The Fourth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge at Ban Houayxay, which opened in December 2013 and replaced ferry service across the river, is the northernmost road border crossing between the two countries. Asian Highway 3, which runs through Ban Houayxay, extends north to Yunnan Province of China and south to Chiang Rai Province of Thailand.
Houayxay has a domestic airport (HOE) with regular flights to Vientiane and Luang Prabang (depending on the season).
The town is the starting point for boats (speed and slow boats, freighters, luxury cruisers for tourists and others) on the Mekong River to Pakbeng, Luang Prabang and other destinations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-02 |title=Slow Boat To Luang Prabang, Laos: How To Survive! 2023 |url=https://www.backpackerswanderlust.com/slow-boat-laos/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=www.backpackerswanderlust.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Houayxay is home to the ''Gibbon Experience''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.gibbonexperience.org/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Gibbon Experience |language=en-US}}</ref> It is a series of ziplines and treehouses providing an overnight experience.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-12 |title=Treehouses on top of the world: Zip-lining to lodgings in Laos |language=en-US |work=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/treehouses-on-top-of-the-world-zip-lining-to-lodgings-in-laos/2016/09/15/431e993e-6ecf-11e6-8533-6b0b0ded0253_story.html |access-date=2023-12-01 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
<gallery widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="4"> File:Bokeo HuayXai2 tango7174.jpg|{{center|Town centre}} File:Bokeo HuayXai VatChomKhaoManilat1 tango7174.jpg|{{center|Stairs to the hill of the temple}} File:Bokeo HuayXai VatChomKhaoManilat3 tango7174.jpg|{{center|Vat Chom Khao Manilat}} File:Mekong border crossing.jpg|{{center|Border crossing to Thailand}} </gallery>
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Houayxay (1990–2019) |Jan high C = 28.3 |Feb high C = 31.0 |Mar high C = 33.5 |Apr high C = 34.2 |May high C = 32.6 |Jun high C = 31.8 |Jul high C = 30.5 |Aug high C = 30.5 |Sep high C = 31.1 |Oct high C = 30.8 |Nov high C = 29.3 |Dec high C = 27.3 |Jan low C = 14.6 |Feb low C = 15.6 |Mar low C = 18.3 |Apr low C = 21.2 |May low C = 22.7 |Jun low C = 23.6 |Jul low C = 23.4 |Aug low C = 23.2 |Sep low C = 22.7 |Oct low C = 21.1 |Nov low C = 18.1 |Dec low C = 15.5 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 23 |Feb precipitation mm = 19 |Mar precipitation mm = 43 |Apr precipitation mm = 112 |May precipitation mm = 226 |Jun precipitation mm = 207 |Jul precipitation mm = 395 |Aug precipitation mm = 412 |Sep precipitation mm = 249 |Oct precipitation mm = 109 |Nov precipitation mm = 50 |Dec precipitation mm = 23 | year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations<ref name=FAO>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240317000317/https://www.fao.org/3/cb9713en/cb9713en.pdf | archive-date = 17 March 2024 | url = https://www.fao.org/3/cb9713en/cb9713en.pdf | title = Climatology and agroclimatology atlas of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic | publisher = Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | access-date = 17 March 2024}}</ref> }}
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==External links== *{{Wikivoyage-inline|Houay Xai}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Authority control}} {{Districts of North Laos}} {{Commons category|Huay Xai|Ban Houayxay}}
Category:Laos–Thailand border crossings Category:Populated places in Bokeo province Category:Populated places on the Mekong River