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
Lao People's Democratic Republic	3
Protectorate of Laos	1
northern Laos	1

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.

ASEAN Regional Forum → hasMember → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Laos ⓘ

Mekong River Commission → hasMemberState → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Western Pacific Region → hasMemberState → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

ASEAN Political-Security Community → hasMemberStates → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao PDR

Indochinese Peninsula → hasPart → Laos ⓘ

ASEAN Summit → hasParticipant → Laos ⓘ

Vietnam War → hasParticipant → Laos ⓘ

President of Laos → headOfStateOf → Laos ⓘ

Mekong River Commission → headquartersLocation → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Member States of the United Nations → includes → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao People's Democratic Republic

Vientiane → isCapitalOf → Laos ⓘ

Vientiane → isLargestCityOf → Laos ⓘ

Vientiane → isSeatOfGovernmentOf → Laos ⓘ

Vientiane → isTransportHubFor → Laos ⓘ

General of the Army → isUsedByCountry → Laos ⓘ

National Assembly of Laos → jurisdiction → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lao kip → legalTenderIn → Laos ⓘ

Luang Prabang → locatedIn → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Laos

Vientiane → locatedIn → Laos ⓘ

First Indochina War → location → Laos ⓘ

Japanese coup d’état in French Indochina → location → Laos ⓘ

ASEAN Economic Community → member → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Association of Southeast Asian Nations → memberState → Laos ⓘ

ASEAN Secretariat → memberStatesServed → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao PDR

Secretary-General of ASEAN → memberStatesServed → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao PDR

Glyptostrobus → nativeRange → Laos ⓘ

Burmese python → nativeTo → Laos ⓘ

Manouria impressa → nativeTo → Laos ⓘ

Nothotsuga → nativeTo → Laos ⓘ

SEATO → nonMemberStateInTreatyArea → Laos ⓘ

Asalha Puja → observedIn → Laos ⓘ

Magha Puja → observedIn → Laos ⓘ

Vesak → observedIn → Laos ⓘ

Indochina Time → observedInCountry → Laos ⓘ

Lao kip → officialCurrencyOf → Laos ⓘ

Lao → officialLanguageOf → Laos ⓘ

Laos → officialName → Laos self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Lao script → officialStatusIn → Laos ⓘ

HK Express → operatesFlightsTo → Laos ⓘ

Geneva Conference of 1954 → participant → Laos ⓘ

Vietnam War → place → Laos ⓘ

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Laos ⓘ

Buddhism → practicedIn → Laos ⓘ

Lao script → primaryCountry → Laos ⓘ

Magha Puja → publicHolidayIn → Laos ⓘ

Vesak → publicHolidayIn → Laos ⓘ

Geneva Accords → recognizedIndependenceOf → Laos ⓘ

Pali → regionOfInfluence → Laos ⓘ

French Indochina → replacedBy → Laos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Laos