Houaphanh Province is the birthplace of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Houaphanh has a total area of 17,500 square km, where 76% of the landscape is covered by the forest, 16% is formed as the mountainous area and 8% is paddy land. The province borders with Xiengkhuang and Luang Prabang provinces on the west and with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on the north, south and the east. There are 8 districts, with Samneua being the provincial capital. There are 3 major ethnic groups living together in the province, including the linguistic groups of Lao-Tai (55.64%), Mon-Khmer (18.10%) and Hmong-Mien (26.26%).
​ແຂວງ​ຫົວພັນ​ແມ່ນ​ສະຖານ​ທີ່​ເກີດ​ຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ. ​ແຂວງ​ຫົວພັນ​ມີ​ເນື້ອ​ທີ່​ທັງ​ໝົດ 17,500 ກິ​ໂລ​ແມັດ​ມົນທົນ, 76% ​ຂອງເນື້ອ​ທີ່​ແມ່ນ​ປົກ​ຄຸມ​ດ້ວຍ​ປ່າ​ໄມ້, 16% ​ແມ່ນ​ເປັນ​ເຂດ​ພູດ​ອຍ ​ແລະ 8% ​ແມ່ນ​ເນື້ອ​ທີ່​ດິນ​ນາ. ​ທິດຕາເວັນຕົກຂອງແຂວງ​ຫົວພັນ​ມີ​ຊາຍ​ແດນ​ຕິດ​ກັບ​ແຂວງ​ຊຽງ​ຂວາງ ​ແລະ ​ແຂວງ​ຫຼວງ​ພະ​ບາງ ​ແລະ ທິດເໜືອ, ທິດໃຕ້ ແລະ ທິດຕາເວັນອອກຕິດກັບສາທາລະນະ​ລັດ​ສັງຄົມ​ນິຍົມ​ຫວຽດນາມ. ມີ 8 ​ເມືອງ, ຊໍາ​ເໜືອ​ແມ່ນ​ເທດສະບານ​ແຂວງ. ມີ 3 ກຸ່ມ​ຊົນ​ເຜົ່າ​ໃຫຍ່ ທີ່​ດໍາລົງ​ຊີວິດ​ຢູ່​ດ້ວຍ​ກັນ​ໃນ​ແຂວງ​ຫົວພັນ ຄື: ກຸ່ມ​ຊົນ​ເຜົ່າ ລາວ-​ໄຕ (55.64%), ມອນ-ຂະ​ແມ (18.10%) ​ແລະ ມົ້ງ-ໝຽນ (26.26%).