Laos

E10737

Laos is a landlocked Southeast Asian country known for its mountainous terrain, Buddhist culture, and status as one of the region’s least developed but rapidly reforming economies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Southeast Asia
landlocked country
sovereign state
ASEANMember true
borderedBy Cambodia
China
Myanmar
Thailand
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
callingCode +856
capital Vientiane
climate tropical monsoon
continent Asia
currency Lao kip
drivesOn right
economicClassification least developed country
economicTrend rapidly reforming economy
famousSite Luang Prabang
Plain of Jars
formerName Laos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kingdom of Laos
governmentType socialist one-party state
hasOfficialLanguage Mon-Khmer
surface form: Lao
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Laos
headOfStateTitle President of Laos
independenceDate 1953
independenceEvent Lao independence from France
independenceFrom France
internetTLD .la
landlockedStatus landlocked
largestCity Vientiane
legislature National Assembly of Laos
mainEconomicSector agriculture
hydropower
mining
tourism
majorEthnicGroup Lao
majorLanguage Lao
majorReligion Buddhism
Theravada
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
majorRiver Mekong River
nationalLanguageFamily Tai–Kadai languages
officialName Laos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
region Southeast Asia
republicProclaimed 1975
rulingParty Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
shortName Laos self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lao PDR
terrain mountainous
UNMemberState true
usesTimeZone UTC+07:00
writingSystem Lao script

Referenced by (464)

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French Indochina replacedBy Laos
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Laos
Asia containsCountry Laos
Member States of the United Nations includes Laos
this entity surface form: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Vietnam War place Laos
Viet Nam borderCountry Laos
subject surface form: Vietnam
Thailand borderCountry Laos
China borderingCountry Laos
Khmer spokenIn Laos
Buddhism practicedIn Laos
Laos officialName Laos self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Laos shortName Laos self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lao PDR
Laos formerName Laos self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Laos
Thai usedAsSecondLanguageIn Laos
subject surface form: Thai language
Myanmar borderedBy Laos
Thai New Year Songkran festival celebratedIn Laos
subject surface form: Songkran
Cambodia borderCountry Laos
Protectorate of Annam borderedBy Laos
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Laos
First Indochina War belligerent Laos
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Laos
Secretary-General of ASEAN memberStatesServed Laos
this entity surface form: Lao PDR
Burmese python nativeTo Laos
ASEAN Secretariat memberStatesServed Laos
this entity surface form: Lao PDR
ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights countryServed Laos
this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
ASEAN Regional Forum hasMember Laos
this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
ASEAN Free Trade Area appliesTo Laos
this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
ASEAN Economic Community member Laos
this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
ASEAN Political-Security Community hasMemberStates Laos
this entity surface form: Lao PDR
Tonkin borderedBy Laos