Organizations / Laos

• Country name : Laos
• Official name : Lao People's Democratic Republic
• System of government : Communist state.
• National anthem :

Geography

• Area : 236,800 km².
• Capital : Vientiane
• Border countries : bounded on the north by China, on the east by Vietnam, on the south by Cambodia, and on the west and northwest by Thailand and Myanmar

People

• Population : 5,9 millions (2003)
• Language(s) : Lao (official), French, English
• Religions : Buddhist (85 %), animist and other (15 %)

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