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{{Infobox country
|conventional_long_name = Lao People's Democratic Republic
|common_name = Laos
|native_name = {{unbulleted list |{{nobold|{{lang|lo|ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ}}}} ([[Lao language|Lao]]) |{{small|''Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao''}}<br />{{lang|fr|République démocratique populaire lao}} ([[French language|French]])}}
|image_flag = Flag of Laos.svg
|image_coat = Coat of arms of Laos.svg
|symbol_type = Emblem
|national_motto = {{lang|lo|ສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ເອກະພາບ ວັດທະນາຖາວອນ}}<br />{{small|({{lang-en|"Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity"}})}}
|national_anthem = "[[Pheng Xat Lao]]"<br />{{small|({{lang-en|"Lao National Anthem"}})}}<br /><center>[[File:National Anthem of Laos.ogg]]</center>
|image_map = Location Laos ASEAN.svg
|map_caption = {{map caption |location_color=green |region=[[ASEAN]] |region_color=dark grey |legend=Location Laos ASEAN.svg}}
|capital = [[Vientiane]]
|coordinates = {{Coord|17|58|N|102|36|E|type:city}}
|largest_city = capital
|official_languages = [[Lao language|Lao]]
|recognised_languages = [[French language|French]]<ref>http://www.studycountry.com/guide/LA-language.htm</ref>
|languages_type = Spoken languages
|languages = {{hlist|[[Lao language|Lao]]|[[Hmong language|Hmong]]|[[Khmu language|Khmu]]|[[French language|French]]}}
|ethnic_groups =
 {{unbulleted list
  | 53.2% [[Lao people|Lao]]
  | 11% [[Khmu people|Khmu]]
  | 9.2% [[Hmong people|Hmong]]
  | 3.4% Phouthay
  | 3.1% [[Tai people|Tai]]
  | 2.5% Makong
  | 2.2% [[Katang people|Katang]]
  | 2.0% [[Lu people|Lue]]
  | 1.8% [[Akha people|Akha]]
  | 11.6% other<sup>a</sup>
 }}
|ethnic_groups_year = 2005<ref name="cia.gov"/>
|demonym = Laotian <br />[[Lao people|Lao]]
|government_type = [[Unitary state|Unitary]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] [[One-party state|one-party]] [[socialist state|socialist]] [[republic]]
|leader_title1 = [[General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Party General Secretary]]
|leader_name1 = [[Bounnhang Vorachith]]
|leader_title2 = [[President of Laos|President]]
|leader_name2 = [[Bounnhang Vorachith]]
|leader_title3 = [[Vice President of Laos|Vice President]]
|leader_name3 = [[Phankham Viphavanh]]
|leader_title4 = [[Prime Minister of Laos|Prime Minister]]
|leader_name4 = [[Thongloun Sisoulith]]
|leader_title5 = [[President of the National Assembly of Laos|President of the National Assembly]]
|leader_name5 = [[Pany Yathotou]]
|legislature = [[National Assembly (Laos)|National Assembly]]
| sovereignty_type = [[History of Laos|Formation]]
| established_event1 = [[Lan Xang|Kingdom of Lan Xang]]
| established_date1 = 1354–1707
| established_event2 = Fall of Lan Xang, [[Kingdom of Luang Phrabang]], [[Kingdom of Vientiane]], [[Kingdom of Champasak]] and [[Muang Phuan|Principality of Phuan]]
| established_date2 = 1707–1778
| established_event3 = Vassal of [[Thonburi Kingdom|Thonburi]] and [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]]
| established_date3 = 1778–1893
| established_event4 = [[Chao Anu Rebellion|War of Succession]]
| established_date4 = 1826–1828
| established_event5 = [[French Indochina]]
| established_date5 = 1893–1949
| established_event6 = Independence {{nobold|from [[France]]}}
| established_date6 = 19 July 1949
| established_event7 = Declared Independence
| established_date7 = 22 October 1953
|established_event8 = [[Laotian civil war]]
| established_date8 = 9 November 1953 – 2 December 1975
|established_event9 = [[List of monarchs of Laos|Lao Monarchy]] abolished
|established_date9 = 2 December 1975
|established_event10 = [[Constitution of Laos|Current constitution]]
|established_date10 =  14 August 1991
|established_event11 = [[ASEAN Declaration]]
|established_date11 = 23 July 1997
|area_km2 = 237,955
|area_rank = 82nd <!-- Area rank should match [[List of countries and dependencies by area]]-->
|area_sq_mi = 91,428.991 <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|percent_water = 2
|population_estimate = {{UN_Population|Lao People's Democratic Republic}}{{UN_Population|ref}}
|population_census = 7,096,376
6,492,228<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.geohive.com/cntry/laos.aspx |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-11-20 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113204058/http://www.geohive.com/cntry/laos.aspx |archivedate=13 November 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|population_estimate_year = {{UN_Population|Year}}
|population_estimate_rank = 104th
|population_census_year = 2015
|population_density_km2 = 26.7
|population_density_sq_mi = <!--Do not remove per [[WP:MOSNUM]]-->
|population_density_rank = 177th
|GDP_PPP = $53.752 billion<ref name="IMF database 2018">{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2017&ey=2019&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=36&pr1.y=7&c=544&s=NGDP_RPCH%2CNGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= |title=World Economic Outlook Database, April 2018, Laos |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |date=April 2018 |accessdate=28 April 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> <!--Do not edit!-->
|GDP_PPP_year = 2018
|GDP_PPP_rank =
|GDP_PPP_per_capita = $7,932<ref name="IMF database 2018" /> <!--Do not edit!-->
|GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank =
|GDP_nominal = $18.337 billion<ref name="IMF database 2018" /> <!--Do not edit!-->
|GDP_nominal_year = 2018
|GDP_nominal_rank =
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = $2,706<ref name="IMF database 2018" /> <!--Do not edit!-->
|GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank =
|Gini = 36.7 <!--number only-->
|Gini_year = 2008
|Gini_change =  <!--increase/decrease/staedy-->
|Gini_ref = <ref name="wb-gini">{{cite web |url = http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.GINI/ |title=Gini Index |publisher = World Bank |accessdate = 2 March 2011}}</ref>
|Gini_rank =
|HDI = 0.586 <!--number only-->
|HDI_year = 2015 <!--Please use the year in which the HDI data refers to and not the publication year-->
|HDI_change = increase <!--increase/decrease/steady-->
|HDI_ref = <ref name="HDI">{{cite web |url = http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2016_human_development_report.pdf |title = 2016 Human Development Report |date=2016 |accessdate = 21 March 2017 |publisher=United Nations Development Programme }}</ref>
|HDI_rank = 138th
|currency = [[Lao kip|Kip]] (₭)
|currency_code = LAK
|time_zone = [[UTC+07:00|ICT]]
|utc_offset =
|utc_offset_DST =
|time_zone_DST = 
|date_format = dd/mm/yyyy
|drives_on = right
|calling_code = [[+856]]
|iso3166code = LA
|cctld = [[.la]]
|footnote_a = Including [[List of ethnic groups in Laos|over 100 smaller ethnic groups]].
|religion = [[Buddhism in Laos|Buddhism]] 64.7%<br> [[Laotian folk religion]] 31.4%<br> [[Christianity in Laos|Christianity]] 1.7%<br> [[Islam]] 0.8%<br> Other 1.3%
|area_magnitude = 1 E11
}}


Laos (lɑːoʊs / (ku saabsan codkani waa dhagaystaa), [8] / laʊs, lɑːɒs, leɪɒs /; [9] [10] Lao: ລາວ, Lao: láːw], Lāo; Muwaadiniinta Dimoqraadiga ah (Lao: ເມືອງ ລາວ, Muang Lao), waa waddan baddan oo ku yaal wadnaha jasiiradda Indochina ee gobolka Woqooyi Bari ee Koonfur-bari, waxaa xuduud u leh Myanmar (Burma) iyo Shiinaha oo waqooyi-galbeed, Vietnam ilaa bari, Cambodia ilaa koonfur-galbeed, iyo Thailand ilaa galbeed iyo koonfur-galbeed [11]
Liibaaniya maanta ayaa raadineysa aqoonsigeeda taariikheed iyo dhaqameed ee boqortooyada Lan Xang Homo Khao (Boqortooyada Milyan Elephants ee ku jirta White Parasol), taas oo jirtay afar qarniyadood oo ka mid ah boqortooyooyinkii ugu ballaadhnaa ee Koonfur Bari Asia. Maaddaama Lan Xang uu ku yaalo bartamaha jamhuuriyada Aasiya, boqortooyadu waxa ay awood u yeelatay in ay noqoto xarun caan ah oo ganacsi miyir-beel ah, oo dhaqaale ahaan iyo dhaqan ahaanba hodan ku ahaado. [12] Ka dib markii muddo colaado ah, Lan Xang wuxuu u gooyey saddex boqortooyo kala duwan - Luang Phrabang, Vientiane iyo Champasak. Sanadkii 1893, waxa uu noqday ilaaliye Faransiis, iyada oo saddexda dhuleed ay midoobeen si ay u sameeyaan waxa haatan loo yaqaano waddanka Laos. Waxay si kooban u heshay xorriyaddii 1945 ka dib markii ay shaqeynaysay Japan, laakiin waxaa laga codsaday Faransiiska ilaa ay ku guuleysteen madaxbannaanidii 1949-kii. Laos waxay madaxbannaanayd 1953-dii, iyada oo xukunka dastuuriga ah ee hoos yimaada Sisavang Vong. Muddo yar ka dib xorriyadda ka dib, dagaallo sokeeye oo dhaadheer ayaa soo afjarey xukunkii, markii dhaqdhaqaaqa Communist-ka Xisbigu u yimid awoodda 1975-kii. Sanadihii ugu horreeyay ee xukunka Communist, Laos wuxuu ku tiirsanaa kaalmo milatari iyo mid dhaqaale oo ay taageerto Midowga Soofiyeeti illaa iyo intii ay burburtay 1991 .

[[File:Laos map of Köppen climate classification.svg|thumb|Laos map of Köppen climate classification]]
[[File:Mekong River (Luang Prabang).jpg|thumb|[[Mekong River]] flowing through [[Luang Prabang]] ]]
[[File:Laos ricefields.JPG|thumb|[[Paddy fields]] in Laos]]
[[File:Pha That Luang, Vientiane, Laos.jpg|thumb|[[Pha That Luang]] in [[Vientiane]] is the national symbol of Laos.]]
[[File:Laos - Division territòriala vèrs 1750.png|thumb|Division territòriala d'Indochina vèrs 1750.]]

[[File:Laos - Reiaume de Lan Xang.png|thumb|right|[[Lan Xang]] e l'Asia dau Sud-Èst en [[1400]].]]
{| style="float:left;"
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{| class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"
|- style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;"
! scope="col" | No.
! scope="col" | [[Provinces of Laos|Subdivisions]]
! scope="col" | Capital
! scope="col" | Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
! scope="col" | Population
|-
| 1 || [[Attapeu Province|Attapeu]] || [[Attapeu]] ([[Samakkhixay District]]) || style="text-align:right"|10,320|| style="text-align:right"|114,300
|-
| 2 || [[Bokeo Province|Bokeo]] || [[Ban Houayxay]] ([[Houay Xay District|Houayxay District]]) || style="text-align:right"|6,196|| style="text-align:right"|149,700
|-
| 3 || [[Bolikhamxai Province|Bolikhamsai]] || [[Paksan]] ([[Paksane District]]) ||style="text-align:right"|14,863|| style="text-align:right"|214,900
|-
| 4 || [[Champasak Province|Champasak]] || [[Pakse]] ([[Pak Sé District|Pakse District]]) || style="text-align:right"|15,415|| style="text-align:right"|575,600
|-
| 5 || [[Houaphanh Province|Hua Phan]] || [[Xam Neua]] ([[Xam Neua District|Xamneua District]]) || style="text-align:right"|16,500|| style="text-align:right"|322,200
|-
| 6 || [[Khammouane Province|Khammouane]] || [[Thakhek]] ([[Thakhek District]]) ||style="text-align:right"|16,315|| style="text-align:right"|358,800
|-
| 7 || [[Luang Namtha Province|Luang Namtha]] || [[Luang Namtha]] ([[Namtha District]]) || style="text-align:right"|9,325|| style="text-align:right"|150,100
|-
| 8 || [[Luang Prabang Province|Luang Prabang]] || [[Luang Prabang]] ([[Luang Prabang District|Louangprabang District]]) || style="text-align:right"|16,875|| style="text-align:right"|408,800
|-
| 9 || [[Oudomxay Province|Oudomxay]] || [[Muang Xay]] ([[Xay District]]) || style="text-align:right"|15,370|| style="text-align:right"|275,300
|-
| 10 || [[Phongsaly Province|Phongsali]] || [[Phongsali]] ([[Phongsaly District]]) || style="text-align:right"|16,270|| style="text-align:right"|199,900
|-
| 11 || [[Sainyabuli Province|Sayabouly]] || [[Sainyabuli|Sayabouly]] ([[Xayabury District]]) || style="text-align:right"|16,389|| style="text-align:right"|382,200
|-
| 12 || [[Salavan Province|Salavan]] || [[Salavan (city)|Salavan]] ([[Saravane District|Salavan District]]) || style="text-align:right"|10,691|| style="text-align:right"|336,600
|-
| 13 || [[Savannakhet Province|Savannakhet]] || [[Savannakhet]] ([[Khanthaboury District|Khanthabouly District]]) || style="text-align:right"|21,774|| style="text-align:right"|721,500
|-
| 14 || [[Sekong Province|Sekong]] || [[Sekong]] ([[Lam Mam District|Lamarm District]]) || style="text-align:right"|7,665|| style="text-align:right"|83,600
|-
| 15 || [[Vientiane Capital]] || [[Viangchan]] ([[Vientiane|Chanthabouly District]]) || style="text-align:right"|3,920|| style="text-align:right"|726,000
|-
| 16 || [[Vientiane Province]] || [[Phonhong]] ([[Muang Phon-Hong|Phonhong District]]) || style="text-align:right"|15,927|| style="text-align:right"|373,700
|-
| 17 || [[Xiangkhouang Province|Xieng Khouang]] || [[Phonsavan]] ([[Pek District]]) || style="text-align:right"|15,880|| style="text-align:right"|229,521
|-
| 18 || [[Xaisomboun Province]] || [[Anouvong District|Anouvong]] ([[Anouvong District]]) || style="text-align:right"|8,300|| style="text-align:right"|82,000
|}
!<small>An updated map of the Laos provinces (from 2014).</small><center>[[File:Map_of_the_provinces_of_Laos._Updated_2015.png|upright=2]]

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