Plain of Jars Village Site Contracts ທົ່ງໄຫຫີນ
Phonsavan (Xiengkhouang) · North · Laos
Day-to-day care of the eleven groups of stone jars, World Heritage since 2019, is delegated by contract to neighbouring villages: each forms a team that cleans, guards and checks visits, and receives part of the ticket income under a governor's decree. It is a rare form of shared custody in Laos. Tensions: the administration trains and supervises the teams, village chiefs sign the contracts and unexploded bombs limit the work. Nothing confirms the contracts continued after 2021.
- Led by
- Xiengkhouang provincial government and its heritage office, the Department of Heritage and UNESCO, with the villages next to the eleven sites
- Status
- Unknown
- Participation
- Co-governed
- Visitable
- No, it is a programme; the sites can be visited with a ticket
- Website
- xiengkhouangtourism.org ↗
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 October 2026
Verification
Verified
This place is backed by at least one primary and one secondary source, reviewed within the last twelve months. The sources appear below with their consultation dates.
- Verified two sources including a primary one, or first-hand knowledge of the place
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Artículo de UNESCO Bangkok sobre la cooperación para salvar la Llanura de las Jarras (2020) ↗ · primary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · The Diplomat (texto firmado por una responsable de cultura de UNESCO Bangkok)
- Artículo académico sobre la Llanura de las Jarras como Patrimonio Mundial (2021) ↗ · academic source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Journal of the Siam Society, vol. 109
- Plain of Jars ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Wikipedia
- Ficha de Facts and Details sobre la Llanura de las Jarras ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 October 2026 · Facts and Details