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Encyclopedia > Geography of Laos
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Location: Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam


Geographic coordinates: 18 00 N, 105 00 E


Map references: Southeast Asia


Area:
total: 236,800 km2
land: 230,800 km2
water: 6,000 km2


Area - comparative: slightly larger than Utah


Land boundaries:
total: 5,083 km
border countries: Burma 235 km, Cambodia 541 km, China 423 km, Thailand 1,754 km, Vietnam 2,130 km


Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)


Maritime claims: none (landlocked)


Climate: tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)


Terrain: mostly rugged mountains; some plains and plateaus


Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Mekong River 70 m
highest point: Phou Bia 2,817 m


Natural resources: timber, hydropower, gypsum, tin, gold, gemstones


Land use:
arable land: 3%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 3%
forests and woodland: 54%
other: 40% (1993 est.)


Irrigated land: 1,250 sq km (1993 est.)
note: rainy season irrigation - 2,169 km2; dry season irrigation - 750 km2 (1998 est.)


Natural hazards: floods, droughts, and blight


Environment - current issues: unexploded ordnance; deforestation; soil erosion; a majority of the population does not have access to potable water


Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


Geography - note: landlocked

See also : Laos

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Laos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1578 words)
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (commonly known in the West as Burma) and the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west.
The early history of Laos was dominated by the wider Nanzhao kingdom, which was succeeded in the 14th century by the local kingdom of Lan Xang that lasted until its decline in the 18th century, after which Thailand assumed control of the separate principalities that remained.
Laos is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia and the thickly forested landscape consists mostly of rugged mountains, the highest of which is Phou Bia at 2,817 m, with some plains and plateaus.
History of Laos (813 words)
Laos traces its first recorded history and its origins as a unified state to the emergence of the Kingdom of Lan Xang (literally, "million elephants") in 1353.
Laos was not granted full sovereignty until the French defeat by the Vietnamese and the subsequent Geneva peace conference in 1954.
Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina.
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