Vientiane

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capital city city

Vientiane is the capital and largest city of Laos, situated along the Mekong River near the border with Thailand.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form As subject As object
Vientiane Prefecture 0 2
Vientiane Capital City Administration 0 1
Vientiane Lao 0 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf capital city →
city →
administrativeDivision Vientiane self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Vientiane Prefecture
becameCapitalOfLaos 16th century →
climate tropical savanna climate →
contains Lao National Museum →
Patuxai →
Pha That Luang →
That Dam →
Wat Si Saket →
coordinates 17.9667°N 102.6000°E →
country Laos →
governingBody Vientiane self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Vientiane Capital City Administration
hasAirport Wattay International Airport →
hasFunction cultural center of Laos →
economic center of Laos →
political center of Laos →
hasHeritageInfluence French colonial architecture →
Lao culture →
hasInternationalBorderCrossingWith Thailand →
hasPopulationRankInCountry 1 →
hasUniversity National University of Laos →
historicalRole former capital of the Kingdom of Lan Xang →
isCapitalOf Laos →
isLargestCityOf Laos →
isOnBankOf Mekong River →
isSeatOfGovernmentOf Laos →
isTransportHubFor Laos →
locatedIn Laos →
locatedInRegion Southeast Asia →
locatedNearBorderWith Thailand →
locatedOnRiver Mekong River →
majorEconomicSector services →
tourism →
trade →
nationalSymbolLocatedHere Pha That Luang →
nearbyCityAcrossBorder Nong Khai →
officialLanguage Lao →
primaryReligion Theravada →
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
riverFormsBorderWith Thailand →
roadConnectionTo Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge →
roadNetworkPartOf Asian Highway Network →
timeZone Indochina Time →
usesCurrency Lao kip →
utcOffset +7 →
wasColonialAdministrativeCenterOf French Indochina →
surface form: French Laos

Referenced by (18)

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

Vientiane → administrativeDivision → Vientiane self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Vientiane Prefecture
Laos → capital → Vientiane →
Vientiane → governingBody → Vientiane self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Vientiane Capital City Administration
Lao → hasDialect → Vientiane →
this entity surface form: Vientiane Lao
Francophonie → hasKeyCity → Vientiane →
Southeast Asia → hasMajorCity → Vientiane →
Laos → largestCity → Vientiane →
this entity surface form: Vientiane Prefecture
Mekong River → majorCityOnRiver → Vientiane →
President of Laos → seat → Vientiane →
Lao → standardVarietyBasedIn → Vientiane →