LAOS

Name:Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic)
Local name (Lao):ລາວ (ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນ ລາວ)
Bordering countries:Vietnam, China, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia
Status:sovereign state
Surface:236.8 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):5 922 ths.
Capital:Vientiane (ວຽງຈັນ)
Official language:Lao


Current national symbols

Historical symbols:
Lao states before unification (1636-1945)
Laos under French protectorate (1893-1945/53)
Kingdom of Laos (1945/53-1975)
Lao People's Democratic Republic (since 1975)

Ethnic minorities



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