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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