Mukdahan

Mukdahan stands on the western bank of the Mekong, opposite Savannakhet. Between 1767 and 1770, Prince Kinnari crossed the river from the Savannakhet country and established a settlement at the mouth of Muk Creek. The town took the name Mukdahan, a word associated with moonstone or pearl. The great river connected the new community with its neighbours on both banks, even as it separated their homes.