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LAOS - Lao People's Democratic Republic

Area - 236,790 sq km / 91,400 sq ml

Capital - Vientiane

Language - Lao, French, English

Currency - New Kip

Population - 5,921,545

Life expectancy - 50 (men), 53 (women)

Literacy rate - 84%

Religions - 85% Theravãda Buddhist, animist beliefs among mountain dwellers

Physical features - landlocked state with high mountains in the east, Mekong river in west, 60% rainforest

Ethnic distribution - 60% Laotian, 35% hill dwellers, 5% Vietnamese and Chinesse

Exports - hydroelectric power from the Mekong is exported to Thailand, timber, teak, coffee, gypsum

 

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