Lao PDR is located in the heart of the Indochinese peninsula, in Southeast Asia, latitude 14 to 23 degrees north and longitude 100 to 108 degrees east. Laos is a landlocked country. It shares a 505 km border with China to the north, 435 km of border with Cambodia to the south, 2,069 km of border with Vietnam to the east, 1,835 km of border with Thailand to the west, and a 236 km border with Myanmar to the northwest. The country stretches for 1,700 km north to south, with an east-west width of over 500 km at its widest, only 140 km at the narrowest point.
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Lao PDR covers a total of 236,800 km2, three-quarters of which is mountains and plateaux. The country has three distinct regions. The north is dominated by mountains which average 1,500 metres above sea level. The highest peak is the 2,800 metre Phou Bia in Xieng Khouang province. The Phou Luang (Annamite Chain) stretches from the southeast of the Phouane Plateau down to the Cambodian border. It has three large plateaux: Phouane Plateau in Xieng Khouang province, Nakai Plateau in Khammuan province, and Boloven Plateau in southern Laos, 1,000 m above sea level.
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Laos is tropical, and the weather is influenced by monsoons. The weather in the mountains in the north and in the high range of the Annamite Chain bordering Vietnam in the east is semi-tropical. The difference in day and night temperatures is about 10C.
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The population consists of 49 ethnic groups, in four main linguistic families, according to preliminary figures given to a symposium on the names of ethnic groups on August 13-14, 2000. * |
| * Source: Embassy of Lao PDR |
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| Source: Statistical book 2006, National Statistical Center ( NSC), Committee for planning and Investment |
* Number of Households in Xaysomboon SR is for year 2005, and have been moved to Xiengkhuang and Vientiane province. However, NSC did not collected detailly about the number of moved households in two provinces.
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| ** Year 2006 Xaysomboon Special Region has been removed. |
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- Country Name: The Lao People's Democratic Republic. (Short form: Lao PDR. or LAOS)
Local name: Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao.
- Capital: Vientiane Capital.
- Official language: Lao.
- Local Currency: Lao Kip.(Approximately: 1 USD = 8,814 Kip)
- GMT/Local Time Difference: GMT + 7 hrs.
- Climate: Tropical monsoon.
- 2 Season : Rainy season from May to October and Dry season from November to April.
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- Wattay International Airport (Vientiane capital).
- Luangprabang International Airport.
- Friendship Bridge: Nongkhai, Thailand – Vientiane
- International border: Chong Mek, Ubonratchathani, Thailand – Vang Tao, Champasak, Lao PDR
- International border: Mukdahan, Thailand - Kaysonephomvihane, Savannakhet, Lao PDR
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| Domestic flight information could be checked at URL: http://www.laos-airlines.com or http://www.laoairlines.com |
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- Preschool education
- Primary (5 years)
- Lower secondary (3 years)
- Upper secondary (3 years)
- Post-secondary (2 to 6 years)
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| Academic Year: (General Education System) |
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- First semester begins, usually on September 1
- First semester ends, beginning of January
- Second semester begins, mid-January
- Second semester ends, between the end of May and the end of June.
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No.
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item |
Unit |
Sum 2006 |
1 |
Central Management Hospital |
Place |
4 |
2 |
Curative Centers |
Place |
3 |
3 |
Regional hospitals |
Place |
4 |
4 |
Provincial Hospital |
Place |
12 |
5 |
District Hospital |
Place |
126 |
6 |
Sub.district dispensaries |
Place |
739 |
7 |
Village drug kits |
Place |
5,226 |
8 |
Private clinic |
Place |
254 |
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| Source: Ministry of Public Health |
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