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'''Phongsali''' or '''Phongsaly''' ({{langx|lo|ຜົ້ງສາລີ}}) is the capital of Phongsaly Province, Laos. It is the northernmost provincial capital in Laos.
==Languages== {{main|Phongsaly Province#Languages}}
==Climate== Phongsali has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: ''Cwa'').
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = |location = Phongsali, elevation {{convert|1300|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1990–2019) |Jan high C = 19.5 |Feb high C = 22.8 |Mar high C = 25.8 |Apr high C = 27.5 |May high C = 27.1 |Jun high C = 26.5 |Jul high C = 25.2 |Aug high C = 25.8 |Sep high C = 25.4 |Oct high C = 23.7 |Nov high C = 21.6 |Dec high C = 18.8 |Jan mean C = 15.4 |Feb mean C = 17.8 |Mar mean C = 20.6 |Apr mean C = 22.5 |May mean C = 22.6 |Jun mean C = 22.8 |Jul mean C = 22.1 |Aug mean C = 22.4 |Sep mean C = 21.8 |Oct mean C = 20.2 |Nov mean C = 17.8 |Dec mean C = 15.0 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 11.3 |Feb low C = 12.8 |Mar low C = 15.5 |Apr low C = 17.4 |May low C = 18.1 |Jun low C = 19.0 |Jul low C = 18.9 |Aug low C = 18.9 |Sep low C = 18.2 |Oct low C = 16.6 |Nov low C = 13.9 |Dec low C = 11.2 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 37 |Feb precipitation mm = 19 |Mar precipitation mm = 60 |Apr precipitation mm = 100 |May precipitation mm = 208 |Jun precipitation mm = 251 |Jul precipitation mm = 372 |Aug precipitation mm = 339 |Sep precipitation mm = 165 |Oct precipitation mm = 96 |Nov precipitation mm = 52 |Dec precipitation mm = 39 | year precipitation mm = | Jan humidity = 80.3 | Feb humidity = 72.7 | Mar humidity = 64.4 | Apr humidity = 69.1 | May humidity = 75.3 | Jun humidity = 86.3 | Jul humidity = 88.1 | Aug humidity = 88.9 | Sep humidity = 86.6 | Oct humidity = 86.0 | Nov humidity = 83.9 | Dec humidity = 81.6 | year humidity = |Jan sun = 156.8 |Feb sun = 166.7 |Mar sun = 210.5 |Apr sun = 174.2 |May sun = 191.0 |Jun sun = 108.8 |Jul sun = 96.1 |Aug sun = 98.1 |Sep sun = 114.4 |Oct sun = 113.9 |Nov sun = 153.9 |Dec sun = 153.1 |year sun = |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> | source 2 = SeaDelt (humidity and sun 2016–2022)<ref name=Seadelt>{{cite web | url = https://seadelt.net/Documents/ | title = Statistical Yearbook 2016–2022 ສະຖຕິ ປິ ະຈາ ປີ 2016–2022 | publisher= Lao Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Planning and Investment | access-date = 4 August 2025}}</ref> }}
==References== {{Reflist}} <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citypopulation.de/en/laos/cities/ | title=Laos: Provinces, Major Cities & Urban Localities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information }}</ref>
==Further reading== * Kingsadā, Thō̜ngphet, and Tadahiko Shintani. 1999 ''Basic Vocabularies of the Languages Spoken in Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R.'' Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA). * Shintani, Tadahiko, Ryuichi Kosaka, and Takashi Kato. 2001. ''Linguistic Survey of Phongxaly, Lao P.D.R.'' Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA). * Kato, Takashi. 2008. ''Linguistic Survey of Tibeto-Burman languages in Lao P.D.R.'' Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA).
{{Coord|21|41|N|102|06|E|region:LA_type:city_source:enwiki-GNS|display=title}} {{Authority control}} {{Districts of North Laos}}
Category:Populated places in Phongsaly province