Laos

E10737
country in Southeast Asia landlocked country sovereign state

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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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 12
Kingdom of Laos 5
Lao PDR 4

Statements (50)

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 (120)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Red River → basinCountry → Laos ⓘ
subject surface form: Red River (Vietnam)
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Laos
Cambodia → borderCountry → Laos ⓘ
Thailand → borderCountry → Laos ⓘ
Viet Nam → borderCountry → Laos ⓘ
subject surface form: Vietnam
Myanmar → borderedBy → Laos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Laos
Tonkin → borderedBy → Laos ⓘ
China → borderingCountry → Laos ⓘ
subject surface form: Songkran
Asia → containsCountry → Laos ⓘ
Lao → country → Laos ⓘ
Lao kip → country → Laos ⓘ
Luang Prabang → country → Laos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
this entity surface form: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Plain of Jars → country → Laos ⓘ
Vientiane → country → Laos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Kinh people → diaspora → Laos ⓘ
Kinh → diasporaIn → Laos ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Laos
Laos → formerName → Laos self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Laos
this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic