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Laos |
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| Capital: |
Vientiane |
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| Region: |
Asia |
| Subregion: |
South-Eastern Asia |
| Area: |
236800 |
| Population size: (2025-06-19 21:42) |
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| Postal code format: |
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^(d{5})$ |
| Auto code: |
LAO |
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| CallingCode: |
+856 |
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| International organizations: |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| APTA |
Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement |
| ASEM |
Forum "Asia - Europe" |
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 A country, state, region... (199) |
| Second-order administrative division (ADM2)
(A subdivision of a first-order administrative division) | 148 | | Administrative division (ADMD)
(An administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level) | 31 | | First-order administrative division (ADM1)
(A primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States) | 18 | | Independent political entity (PCLI)
| 1 | | Historical first-order administrative division (ADM1H)
(A former first-order administrative division) | 1 | |
 Stream, lake... (6160) |
| Stream (STM)
(A body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land) | 3078 | | Rapids (RPDS)
(A turbulent section of a stream associated with a steep, irregular stream bed) | 157 | | Intermittent stream (STMI)
| 2594 | | Section of stream (STMX)
| 4 | | Pond (PND)
(A small standing waterbody) | 215 | | Intermittent pond (PNDI)
| 40 | | Reservoir(s) (RSV)
(An artificial pond or lake) | 7 | | Intermittent lake (LKI)
| 3 | | Lake (LK)
(A large inland body of standing water) | 23 | | Marsh(es) (MRSH)
(A wetland dominated by grass-like vegetation) | 22 | | Waterfall(s) (FLLS)
(A perpendicular or very steep descent of the water of a stream) | 5 | | Water tank (RSVT)
(A contained pool or tank of water at, below, or above ground level) | 1 | | Intermittent reservoir (RSVI)
| 1 | | Oxbow lake (LKO)
(A crescent-shaped lake commonly found adjacent to meandering streams) | 9 | | Anabranch (STMA)
(A diverging branch flowing out of a main stream and rejoining it downstream) | 1 | |
 Parks, area ... (82) |
| Locality (LCTY)
(A minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries) | 78 | | Region (RGN)
(An area distinguished by one or more observable physical or cultural characteristics) | 1 | | Park (PRK)
(An area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation) | 1 | | Nature reserve (RESN)
(An area reserved for the maintenance of a natural habitat) | 2 | |
 City, village... (15127) |
| Capital of a political entity (PPLC)
| 1 | | Populated place (PPL)
(A city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work) | 13156 | | Abandoned populated place (PPLQ)
| 1874 | | Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLA)
(Seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA)) | 16 | | Seat of a second-order administrative division (PPLA2)
| 30 | | Destroyed populated place (PPLW)
(A village, town or city destroyed by a natural disaster, or by war) | 11 | | Section of populated place (PPLX)
| 38 | | Populated locality (PPLL)
(An area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings) | 1 | |
 Road, railroad (2) |
| Trail (TRL)
(A path, track, or route used by pedestrians, animals, or off-road vehicles) | 1 | | Road (RD)
(An open way with improved surface for transportation of animals, people and vehicles) | 1 | |
 Spot, building, farm (196) |
| Boundary marker (BP)
(A fixture marking a point along a boundary) | 1 | | Monastery (MSTY)
(A building and grounds where a community of monks lives in seclusion) | 3 | | Resthouse (RHSE)
(A structure maintained for the rest and shelter of travelers) | 8 | | Triangulation station (TRIG)
(A point on the earth whose position has been determined by triangulation) | 3 | | Cave(s) (CAVE)
(An underground passageway or chamber, or cavity on the side of a cliff) | 9 | | Dam (DAM)
(A barrier constructed across a stream to impound water) | 3 | | Military installation (INSM)
(A facility for use of and control by armed forces) | 1 | | Temple(s) (TMPL)
(An edifice dedicated to religious worship) | 11 | | Airport (AIRP)
(A place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 17 | | Meteorological station (STNM)
(A station at which weather elements are recorded) | 1 | | Hotel (HTL)
(A building providing lodging and/or meals for the public) | 86 | | Arch (ARCH)
(A natural or man-made structure in the form of an arch) | 1 | | Administrative facility (ADMF)
(A government building) | 10 | | Monument (MNMT)
(A commemorative structure or statue) | 1 | | Market (MKT)
(A place where goods are bought and sold at regular intervals) | 1 | | Square (SQR)
(A broad, open, public area near the center of a town or city) | 1 | | Pagoda (PGDA)
(A tower-like storied structure, usually a Buddhist shrine) | 1 | | Facility center (CTRF)
(A place where more than one facility is situated) | 1 | | Mission (MSSN)
(A place characterized by dwellings, school, church, hospital and other facilities operated by a religious group for the purpose of providing charitable services and to propagate religion) | 1 | | Bus stop (BUSTP)
(A place lacking station facilities) | 1 | | University (UNIV)
(An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees.) | 1 | | Museum (MUS)
(A building where objects of permanent interest in one or more of the arts and sciences are preserved and exhibited) | 1 | | Opera house (OPRA)
(A theater designed chiefly for the performance of operas.) | 1 | | Castle (CSTL)
(A large fortified building or set of buildings) | 1 | | Hospital (HSP)
(A building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated) | 7 | | Border post (PSTB)
(A post or station at an international boundary for the regulation of movement of people and goods) | 1 | | Abandoned airfield (AIRQ)
| 4 | | Railroad station (RSTN)
(A facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight) | 1 | | Airfield (AIRF)
(A place on land where aircraft land and take off; no facilities provided for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo) | 10 | | School (SCH)
(Building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place) | 3 | | Farm (FRM)
(A tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture) | 1 | | Building(s) (BLDG)
(A structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc.) | 2 | | Fuel depot (DPOF)
(An area where fuel is stored) | 1 | | Religious center (CTRR)
(A facility where more than one religious activity is carried out, e.g., retreat, school, monastery, worship) | 1 | |
 Mountain, hill, rock... (3459) |
| Mountain (MT)
(An elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more) | 2487 | | Peak (PK)
(A pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature) | 46 | | Pass (PASS)
(A break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap]) | 22 | | Island (ISL)
(A tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water) | 94 | | Hill (HLL)
(A rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 567 | | Ridge(s) (RDGE)
(A long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest) | 75 | | Plateau (PLAT)
(An elevated plain with steep slopes on one or more sides, and often with incised streams) | 6 | | Spur(s) (SPUR)
(A subordinate ridge projecting outward from a hill, mountain or other elevation) | 56 | | Mountains (MTS)
(A mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges) | 44 | | Plain(s) (PLN)
(An extensive area of comparatively level to gently undulating land, lacking surface irregularities, and usually adjacent to a higher area) | 22 | | Hills (HLLS)
(Rounded elevations of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m) | 9 | | Beach (BCH)
(A shore zone of coarse unconsolidated sediment that extends from the low-water line to the highest reach of storm waves) | 19 | | Cliff(s) (CLF)
(A high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area) | 4 | | Slope(s) (SLP)
(A surface with a relatively uniform slope angle) | 2 | | Bar (BAR)
(A shallow ridge or mound of coarse unconsolidated material in a stream channel, at the mouth of a stream, estuary, or lagoon and in the wave-break zone along coasts) | 5 | | Karst area (KRST)
(A distinctive landscape developed on soluble rock such as limestone characterized by sinkholes, caves, disappearing streams, and underground drainage) | 1 | |
 Forest, heath... (121) |
| Cultivated area (CULT)
(An area under cultivation) | 14 | | Forest(s) (FRST)
(An area dominated by tree vegetation) | 107 | |
