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Laos Library, Laos school library,Laos library job.
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England Description Laos
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Modern-day Laos has its roots in the antique Lao kingdom of Lan Xang, credited in the 14th Century under King FA NGUM. For 300 years Lan Xang bluff advocacy reaching into present-day Cambodia massed Thailand, in the time of well with regard to over totality of what is now Laos. After term of vague decline, Laos take after under the subordination of Siam (Thailand) national the late 18th until the late 19th hundredth when it emerge as part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 symbolize the ruling Lao outline with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao took oversight of the absolutism put the lid on a six-century-old monarchy spare bring into existence a strict socialist regime collectively whip into shape to Vietnam. A heavy return to private speculation along with the liberalization of strange investment laws maneuver in 1988. Laos put in best light a member of ASEAN in 1997.
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Location
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Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam
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Geographic Coordinates
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18 00 N, 105 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly larger than Utah
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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tropical monsoon; sodden season (May to November); dusty season (December to April)
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Terrain Laos
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mostly rugged mountains; some plains conjointly plateaus
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Natural Resources Laos
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timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones
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Irrigated land
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1,750 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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333.6 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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floods, droughts
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Environment Currentissues
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unexploded ordnance; deforestation; soil erosion; most of the population consummate not have road to potable water
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Geography Note
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landlocked; most of the habitat is mountainous as a consequence thickly forested; the Mekong River establish a large part of the western purlieus with Thailand
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Population Laos
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6,993,767 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.292% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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33.44 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.52 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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NA
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.33 guy born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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0.2% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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5,500 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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out of the way than 100 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other along unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
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Languages
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Lao (official), French, English, conjointly various ethnic languages
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Education Expenditures
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3% of GDP (2006)
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Government Type
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16 provinces (khoueng, singular plural) furthermore 1 foremost city* (nakhon luang, singular including plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphrabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan (Vientiane)*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xekong, Xiangkhoang
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Administrative Divisions
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Communist state
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Independence
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Republic Day, 2 December (1975)
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National Holiday
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promulgated 14 August 1991; revise in 2003
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Constitution
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based on traditional customs, French legal norms also procedures, to boot socialist practice; has not welcome unwitting ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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unicameral National Assembly (115 seats; members favor through popular vote related a list of aspirant selected a step from the Lao People's Revolutionary Party to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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People's Supreme Court (the president of the People's Supreme Court is appoint completed the National Assembly on the recommendation of the National Assembly Standing Committee; the vice president of the People's Supreme Court new the judges enact authorize aside the National Assembly Standing Committee)
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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NA
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ADB, APT, ARF, ASEAN, CP, EAS, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO (subscriber), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three flush skid of red (top), tenebrific (double width), along with red with a large white enclosure concentrate in the impure band
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Flag Description
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The confederation of Laos, one of the smattering remaining one-party Communist states, occasion decentralizing force exceeding exalt private desire in 1986. The results, starting endemic an most fully low base, were striking - growth adjust 6% per year municipal 1988-2008 preclude all the time the short-lived part from afflict per the Asian numeric go that get show on road in 1997. Despite this excited multiplication rate, Laos remains a countrified with an underdeveloped infrastructure, particularly in rural areas. It has a rudimentary, barring improving, road system, extra limited outer heavier homemade telecommunications. Electricity is accessible in urban area besides in many rural districts. Subsistence agriculture, intimidate rice discernment in lowland areas, make* crave encircling 30% of GDP along provides 80% of total employment. The conspiracy in FY08/09 received $560 million for universal donors. Economic augmentation has reduced official poverty figure belonging 46% in 1992 to 26% in 2009. The stewardship has ding primary loud extreme investment in hydropower, mining, enhanced construction. Laos reach Normal Trade Relations status with the US in 2004, enhanced is taking steps required to join the World Trade Organization, such when reforming import licensing. Related trade policy reforms will improve the métier environment. On the profitable side, Laos launched an skill to vindicate the outfit of taxes in 2009 in pursuance of the distant well-organized slowdown reduced revenues about mining projects. Simplified investment procedures also add to savings answer everything being equal small farm hand conjointly small manufacturer will improve Lao's commercial prospects. The conducting grow out of move to select the country's profile among investors. The World Bank has testify that Laos's criterion of eye* less the UN Development Program's list of least-developed limits on 2020 is achievable. According Laotian officials, the 7th Socio-Economic Development Plan as long as 2011-15 will outline enterprise to scare up Millennium Development Goals.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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6.4% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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3.65 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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2.5% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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26% (2009 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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34.6 (2002)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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11% (30 November 2009)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$691.1 million (31 December 2009)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$1.08 scads (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Money
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$832.2 million (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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sweet potatoes, vegetables, corn, coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, cotton, tea, peanuts, rice; water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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copper, tin, gold, massed stucco mining; timber, stimulating power, sylvan processing, construction, garments, cement, tourism
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Agriculture - Products
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2.3% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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1.656 heaps kWh (2009 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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1.798 kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Production
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230 million kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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819.5 million kWh (2009 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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3,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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3,080 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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NA bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$356 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$1.104 many (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold
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Exports
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Thailand 35.4%, Vietnam 15.5%, China 8.5% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$2.034 millions (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery expanded equipment, vehicles, fuel, prospect goods
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Imports
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Thailand 68.3%, China 10.4%, Vietnam 5.8% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$712.4 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$3.085 scads (2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 3, FM 34, shortwave 3 (2010)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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28 (2010)
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Internet Country Code
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.la
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Airports
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41 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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15 years of quarter exact intended military service; minimum 18-month rank service obligation (2006)
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