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Laos is located in southeast Asia, sharing its southwestern border with Thailand, its northwestern border with Myanmar, its northern border with China, its eastern border with Vietnam, and its southern border with Cambodia.
Basic Facts and information About Laos





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  • Population: 6,217,141
  • Land Area: 230,800 sq km
  • Capital City: Vientiane
  • Languages: English,  French,  Lao(official),  minor ethnic group languages
  • Religions: 60% Buddhist, animist, 40% other
  • Government: communist state
  • Date of independence: 7/19/1949
  • GDP: $11.28 billion (2004 est.)

These data are from the World Factbook


  • Visit the Laos country page of MSU's globalEDGE.


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