Laos
Coordinates: 18°N 105°E / 18°N 105°E
Laos (pronounced /ˈlɑː.oʊs/ (deprecatit template), /ˈlaʊ/, or /ˈleɪ.ɒs/), offeecially the Lao Fowkdemocratic Republic, is a landlocked kintra in Sootheast Asie, bordered bi Burma an Fowkrepublic o Cheenae tae the northwast, Vietnam tae the east, Cambodie tae the sooth an Thailand tae the wast.
Lao Fowk's Democratic Republic
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Motto: ສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ເອກະພາບ ວັດທະນາຖາວອນ (Scots: "Peace, unthirldom, democracy, unity an prosperity") | |
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Caipital and largest city | Vientiane 17°58′N 102°36′E / 17.967°N 102.600°E |
Offeecial leids | Lao |
Spoken leids | |
Ethnic groups (2005[1]) | |
Releegion | Buddhism 64.7% Laotian fowk releegion 31.4% Christianity 1.7% Islam 0.8% Ither 1.3% |
Demonym(s) | Laotian Lao |
Govrenment | Unitar Marxist-Leninist ane-pairty socialist republic |
Thongloun Sisoulith | |
Phankham Viphavanh | |
Bounthong Chitmany | |
Pany Yathotou | |
Saysomphone Phomvihane | |
Legislatur | Naitional Assemmly |
Formation | |
1354–1707 | |
• Faw o Lan Xang, Kinrick o Luang Phrabang, Kinrick o Vientiane, Kinrick o Champasak an Principality o Phuan | 1707–1778 |
1778–1893 | |
1826–1828 | |
1893–1949 | |
• Unthirldom frae Fraunce | 19 Julie 1949 |
• Declared Independence | 22 October 1953 |
9 November 1953 – 2 December 1975 | |
• Lao Monarchy abolished | 2 December 1975 |
14 August 1991 | |
23 Julie 1997 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 237,955 km2 (91,875 sq mi) (82nt) |
• Water (%) | 2 |
Population | |
• 2016 estimate | 6,758,353[2] (104t) |
• 2015 census | 7,096,376 6,492,228[3] |
• Density | 26.7/km2 (69.2/sq mi) (177t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $44.639 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $6,115[4] |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $14.971 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $2,051[4] |
Gini (2008) | 36.7[5] medium |
HDI (2015) | ![]() medium · 138th |
Currency | Kip (LAK) |
Time zone | ICT |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +856 |
ISO 3166 code | LA |
Internet TLD | .la |
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Laos traces its history tae the Kinrick o Lan Xang or Land o a Million Elephants, which existit frae the 14t tae the 18t century. Efter a period as a French protectorate, it gained unthirldom in 1949. A lang ceevil war endit offeecially when the Communist Pathet Lao movement came tae pouer in 1975. The offeecial leid is Lao. Maist fowk are Buddhist wi a significant proportion o indigenous releegion as well. It is a member o the Association o Sootheast Asian Naitions (ASEAN), East Asie Summit an La Francophonie.
Etymology
eeditIn the Lao leid, the kintra's name is "Meuang Lao (ເມືອງລາວ)" which literally means "Lao Kintra." The French, who unitit the three separate Lao kinricks in French Indocheenae in 1893, spelled it wi a final silent "s," tae signify the unity o multiple Lao kinricks, hyne "Laos". The Lao leid itsel haes nae final "s" soond, sae Lao fowk pronoonce it as in thair native tongue tho some, especially thae livin abroad, uise the pronunciation endin in "s".
Administrative diveesions
eeditLaos is dividit intae 16 provinces (qwang) an ane prefecture (Nakhonluang ViengChan) which includes Vientiane Caipital (Na Kone Luang Vientiane). Provinces are faur dividit intae districts (muang) an then veelages (baan). An 'urban' veelage is essentially a toun. [7]
References
eedit- ↑ Laos Archived 2010-12-29 at the Wayback Machine. CIA – The World Factbook. Cia.gov. Retrieved on 27 January 2013.
- ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ a b c d "Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". World Economic Outlook Database. International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ "National Statistics Centre". Archived frae the original on 23 Januar 2012. Retrieved 15 Januar 2011.
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