It is located at the junction of Myanmar, Laos and Thailand in Southeast Asia. The Thai government erected an archway engraved with the words "Golden Triangle" at the junction of these three countries, so this area is called the "Golden Triangle".

Since most of the "Golden Triangle" area is located in high mountains with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, the climate is hot, the rainfall is abundant, and the soil is fertile, which is very suitable for the growth of poppies. In addition, there are dense jungles, rugged roads, and traffic congestion. The governments of the three countries are beyond their reach.

Cultivation of opium poppy provides unique conditions in terms of politics, economy, geography and climate.

The Golden Triangle region, the Golden Crescent region on the borders of Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, and the Silver Triangle region on the borders of Colombia and Venezuela are also known as the world's three major sources of drugs.

Extended information: The Golden Triangle is rich in opium poppies and is world-famous for the production of opium, heroin and other drugs through local warlords and drug lords.

The Golden Triangle region, the Golden Crescent region on the borders of Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, and the Silver Triangle region on the borders of Colombia and Venezuela are also known as the world's three major sources of drugs.

The Golden Triangle starts from the China-Myanmar border in the north, to the Salween River in the west, to the mountains of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai in Thailand to the south, and to the Mekong River and Laos jungle in the east. It is like an inverted triangle, covering an area of ??200,000 square kilometers.

From the late 1970s to the first few years of the 1980s, as the Myanmar and Thai armies stepped up their attacks on the Khun Sa Group, they destroyed a number of opium poppy farms. At the same time, the United Nations Foundation for the Control of Drug Abuse allocated special funds to "

The "Golden Triangle" region implements policies to replace cereals and poppy cultivation with coffee.

It has achieved results for a period of time, and opium poppy production has dropped significantly, so that the "Golden Crescent" in Central Asia once replaced the Golden Triangle and became the world's largest opium production base.