- Laos - Wikipedia
Laos, [c] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), [d] is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest
- Portal:Laos - Wikipedia
Laos is a multi-ethnic country with the politically and culturally dominant Lao people making up approximately 60 percent of the population, mostly in the lowlands Mon-Khmer groups, the Hmong , and other indigenous hill tribes, accounting for 40 percent of the population, live in the foothills and mountains
- History of Laos - Wikipedia
Laos exists in truncated form from the thirteenth-century Lao kingdom of Lan Xang, which existed as a unified kingdom from 1357 to 1707, divided into the 3 rival kingdoms of Luang Prabang, Vientiane, and Champasak, from 1707 to 1779
- Laos - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is a country in Southeast Asia [4]Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia It is bordered by Myanmar and by China to the northwest, by Vietnam to the east, by Cambodia to the south and by Thailand to the west The Mekong river forms a part of the western boundary with Thailand Boats from Laos cannot get to the ocean
- Laos | History, Flag, Map, Capital, Population, Facts | Britannica
Laos, landlocked country of northeast-central mainland Southeast Asia It consists of an irregularly round portion in the north that narrows into a peninsula-like region stretching to the southeast Overall, the country extends about 650 miles (1,050 km) from northwest to southeast
- Culture of Laos - Wikipedia
Hill peoples in Laos include the Hmong, Yao , Akha, and Lahu Laos is home to communities of Vietnamese and Chinese who make up the 6% remaining Anthropologists consider the Lao Loum as a subcategory of the wider “Tai” ethnic group who share genetic, linguistic, and cultural heritage
- Outline of Laos - Wikipedia
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Laos: Laos is a landlocked, sovereign nation in Southeast Asia [1] Laos borders Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west
- Geography of Laos - Wikipedia
Laos shares a 541 kilometres—southern border with Cambodia, and Khmer ruins at Wat Pho and other southern locations attest to the history of contact between the Lao and the Khmer [1] In the north, the country is bounded by a 423-kilometre border with China and shares the 235-kilometre-long Mekong River border with Myanmar
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