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 Laos 
 Main prefix
 XW 
 Callsigns series
 XWA-XWZ 
 Time zone
 +7 h 
 Continent
 Asia 
 ITU zone
 49 
 CQ zone
 26 
 
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 Flag description 
Three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band.
 
          Laos          
 
 Laos 
 Capital: 
Vientiane
 Administrative
 divisions: 
17 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural), 1 municipality* (kampheng nakhon, singular and plural): Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphrabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xaimsomboun, Xekong, Xiangkhoang.
 Population: 
5,777,180 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
18° 00' N, 105° 00' E
 Area total: 
236,800 sq. km
 Land area: 
230,800 sq. km
 Water area: 
6,000 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
5,083 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Mekong River 70 m - Phou Bia 2,817 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.la
 Currency: 
kip (LAK)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Lao People's Democratic Republic
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Laos
 Name - local
 long form: 
Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
 Name - local
 short form: 
none
 Independence: 
19 July 1949 (from France)
 Constitution: 
promulgated 14 August 1991
 Government
 type: 
Communist state
 National
 holiday: 
Republic Day, 2 December (1975)
 
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