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Entity: | Laos | Main prefix: | XW | Callsigns series: | XWA-XWZ | Time zone: | +7 h | Continent: | Asia | ITU zone: | 49 | CQ zone: | 26 |
Laos | Maps: | ![[378 kB]](Mapy/Big/Laos.gif) | |
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Flag | Flag description | ![Details... [2 kB]](Bazy_danych/Flagi/Miniatury/la-lgflag.gif) | Three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band. |
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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