Laos topic
Also known as
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
Laos (pronounced /ˈlɑːoʊs/ or /ˈlaʊs/), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Burma (Myanmar) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century.
After a period as a French protectorate, it gained independence in 1949. A long civil war ended...
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- LAOS
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- LAO
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- 418
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- LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
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- LA
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- Jul 19, 1949
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