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Town in Luang Namtha, Laos
Photo: Hanno Böck, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Boten (ບໍ່ເຕັນ in Lao, 磨丁 Módīng in Chinese) is a border town at the north edge of Luang Nam Tha Province, Northern Laos. Its counterpart on the Chinese side is Mohan.
By road
There are direct cross-border services from Mengla in China via Mohan/Boten to Luang Namtha, the nearest major Lao town. Buses to/from Luang Namtha take about an hour.
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