Lao People’s Democratic Republic
| Laos | |
| Official name: | Lao People’s Democratic Republic Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon (Lao) République démocratique populaire lao (French) |
| Gained independence: | 19 July 1949 from France |
| Capital: | Vientiane |
| Total area: | 237,955 Sq.km |
| Bound: | A landlocked country in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula |
| – East: | Vietnam |
| – West: | Thailand, China |
| – North: | China |
| – South: | Thailand |
| Population: | 6,758,353 (estimated 2016) |
| Climatic condition: | Tropical monsoon season |
| Form of government: | Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist republic |
| Currency: | Kip (LAK) |
| Official and other languages: | Lao, French |
| For further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos | |
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