Talk:Provinces of Laos

Spellings
Is there some reason why the names of provinces in the table are mostly spelt differently from the names of provinces on the map? In one case, Houaphan, the name of article devoted to said province is spelt differently from both the table AND the map. Is there no official standard for transliteration? --Jamieli (talk) 04:56, 16 April 2017 (UTC)