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{{About|the city in Laos}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                    = Sekong
|native_name             = {{nobold|ເຊກອງ}}
|native_name_lang        = lo
|settlement_type         = [[Districts of Laos|District]] & [[List of cities in Laos|municipality]]
|official_name           =
| pushpin_map            = Laos
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Laos
| coordinates            = {{coord|15|20|40|N|106|43|03|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_name       = {{flag|Laos}}
| subdivision_type1      =
| subdivision_name1      =
| subdivision_type2      =
| subdivision_name2      =
| 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_total       = 35,000
}}
'''Sekong''' (or ''Xekong''; {{langx|lo|ເຊກອງ}}, {{IPA-lo|séː kɔ̀ːŋ|pron}}) is the capital city of [[Sekong Province]], [[Sekong District]], [[Laos]]. It was created in 1984 after it was ascertained that [[Ban Phon]]'s [[unexploded ordnance]] made it uninhabitable.<ref name="Guides2011">{{cite book|author=Rough Guides|title=The Rough Guide to Laos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y9MP_qie2hIC&pg=PA257|accessdate=9 December 2012|date=20 January 2011|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-4053-8561-9|pages=257–}}</ref>
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Sekong (1990–2019)
|Jan high C = 	32.2
|Feb high C = 	34.1
|Mar high C = 	36.1
|Apr high C = 	36.0
|May high C = 	34.0
|Jun high C = 	32.4
|Jul high C = 	31.2
|Aug high C = 	31.1
|Sep high C = 	31.6
|Oct high C = 	31.9
|Nov high C = 	31.8
|Dec high C = 	31.2
|Jan low C = 	15.8
|Feb low C = 	17.9
|Mar low C = 	21.4
|Apr low C = 	23.5
|May low C = 	24.4
|Jun low C = 	24.4
|Jul low C = 	24.0
|Aug low C = 	23.9
|Sep low C = 	23.7
|Oct low C = 	22.2
|Nov low C = 	20.1
|Dec low C = 	17.0
| year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 	2
|Feb precipitation mm = 	10
|Mar precipitation mm = 	37
|Apr precipitation mm = 	87
|May precipitation mm = 	164
|Jun precipitation mm = 	189
|Jul precipitation mm = 	303
|Aug precipitation mm = 	272
|Sep precipitation mm = 	239
|Oct precipitation mm = 	98
|Nov precipitation mm = 	32
|Dec precipitation mm = 	4
| 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>
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Districts of South Laos}}
[[Category:Populated places in Sekong Province]]
{{Laos-geo-stub}}