ꯂꯥꯑꯣꯁ

Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic; ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ (Script error: The function "name_from_tag" does not exist.); Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao;
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	Motto: ສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ເອກະພາບ ວັດທະນະຖາວອນ; Santiphap Ekalat Paxathipatai Ekaphap Vatthanathavon; "Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity"
	Anthem: ເພງຊາດລາວ; Pheng Xat Lao; "Hymn of the Lao People";
	Location of ꯂꯥꯑꯣꯁ (green) in ASEAN (dark grey) – [Legend]
ꯀꯣꯅꯨꯡ	Vientiane; 17°58′N 102°36′E / 17.967°N 102.600°E
ꯈ꯭ꯋꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤ ꯆꯥꯎꯕ city	capital
ꯆꯠꯅꯔꯤꯕ ꯂꯣꯟꯁꯤꯡ	ꯂꯥꯎ
Spoken languages	Lao; Hmong; Khmu; French; Katu;
ꯐꯨꯔꯨꯞ ꯀꯥꯡꯂꯨꯞꯁꯤꯡ (2015)	53.2% ꯂꯥꯎ; 11% Khmu; 9.2% Hmong; 3.4% ꯐꯨ ꯇꯥꯏ; 3.1% ꯇꯥꯏ; 2.5% ꯃꯀꯣꯡ; 2.2% ꯀꯇꯥꯡ; 2.0% ꯂꯨ; 1.8% ꯑꯈꯥ; 11.6% Others;
ꯂꯥꯏꯅꯤꯡ ꯂꯤꯆꯠ	66.0% ꯕꯧꯙ; 30.7% Tai folk religion; 1.5% Christianity; 1.8% Others / None;
ꯂꯩꯄꯥꯛꯆꯥ ꯃꯃꯤꯡ	Lao; Laotian
ꯂꯩꯉꯥꯛ	Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party parliamentary socialist republic
• General Secretary; President	ꯊꯣꯡꯒ꯭ꯂꯣꯎꯟ ꯁꯤꯁꯧꯂꯤꯊ
• Prime Minister	Phankham Viphavanh
• Vice President(s)	Bounthong Chitmany; Pany Yathotou
• President of the National Assembly	Saysomphone Phomvihane
ꯂꯩꯉꯥꯛꯂꯣꯟ	National Assembly
Formation
• Kingdom of Lan Xang	1353–1707
• Kingdoms of Luang Phrabang, Vientiane & Champasak	1707–1778
• Vassals of Siam	1778–1893
• French protectorate	1893–1953
• Unified Kingdom	11 May 1947
• Independence; from France	22 October 1953
• Monarchy abolished	2 December 1975
• Current constitution	14 August 1991
ꯃꯐꯝ ꯄꯥꯛ ꯆꯥꯎꯕ
• ꯑꯄꯨꯟꯕ	꯲,꯳꯷,꯹꯵꯵ ꯀꯤꯂꯣꯃꯤꯇꯔ ꯁ꯭ꯀ꯭ꯋꯥꯔ[]%s (82nd)
• ꯏꯁꯤꯡ (%)	2
ꯃꯤꯁꯤꯡ
• 2019 estimate	꯷,꯱꯲꯳,꯲꯰꯵ (105th)
• 2015 ꯃꯤꯀꯣꯛꯊꯤꯕ	6,492,228
• ꯀꯨꯡꯕꯒꯤ ꯆꯥꯡ	꯲꯶.꯷/km2 (꯶꯹.꯲/sq mi) (151st)
ꯖꯤ•ꯗꯤ•ꯄꯤ (ꯄꯤ•ꯄꯤ•ꯄꯤ)	2019 ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯌꯥꯕ ꯆꯥꯡ
• ꯑꯄꯨꯟꯕ	US$58.329 billion
• ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏ ꯱ ꯗ	US$8,458
ꯖꯤ•ꯗꯤ•ꯄꯤ (nominal)	2019 ꯑꯣꯏꯕ ꯌꯥꯕ
• ꯑꯄꯨꯟꯕ	US$20.153 billion
• ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏ ꯱ ꯗ	US$2,670 (131st)
ꯒꯤꯅꯤ (2012)	36.4; medium
ꯍꯩꯆ•ꯗꯤ•ꯑꯥꯏ (2019)	0.613; medium · ꯱꯳꯷
ꯁꯦꯟꯌꯦꯛ	Kip (₭) (LAK)
ꯃꯇꯝꯒꯤ ꯃꯐꯝ	ꯌꯨ•ꯇꯤ•ꯁꯤ+7 (ICT)
ꯌꯥꯡꯗꯧ ꯊꯧꯕꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯏ	right
Calling code	+856
ꯑꯥꯏ•ꯑꯦꯁ•ꯑꯣ ꯳꯱꯶꯶ ꯀꯣꯗ	LA
Internet TLD	.la

ꯂꯥꯑꯣꯁ ꯍꯥꯏꯔꯤꯕ ꯂꯩꯄꯥꯛ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯃꯥꯂꯦꯝꯒꯤ ꯃꯅꯤꯡ ꯇꯝꯕ ꯂꯩꯄꯥꯛꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯃꯅꯨꯡꯗ ꯑꯃꯅꯤ꯫ ꯈꯥ ꯑꯦꯁꯤꯌꯥ ꯗ ꯂꯩꯕ ꯂꯩꯄꯥꯛ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯚꯤꯏꯟꯇꯥꯏꯟ(ꯏꯪꯂꯤꯁ:Vientiene) ꯅ ꯀꯣꯅꯨꯡ ꯑꯣꯏ꯫

Laos (/ˈlɑːoʊs/ (ꯃꯨꯟꯅ ꯇꯥꯕ^ⓘ),^[꯱꯰] /laʊs, ˈlɑːɒs, ˈleɪɒs/;

ꯄꯨꯋꯥꯔꯤ

ꯃꯁꯤꯁꯨ ꯌꯦꯡꯕꯤꯌꯨ

ꯃꯥꯂꯦꯝ ꯄꯨꯝꯕꯗ ꯂꯩꯔꯤꯕ ꯂꯩꯄꯥꯛ ꯃꯌꯥꯝ

ꯃꯇꯦꯡ ꯂꯧꯔꯛꯐꯝ

↑ "ꯑꯃꯥ The Languages spoken in Laos", ꯑꯃꯥ Studycountry, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯱꯶ ꯁꯦꯞꯇꯦꯝꯕꯔ ꯲꯰꯱꯸꯫
↑ "ꯑꯃꯥ Results of Population and Housing Census 2015", Lao Statistics Bureau, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯱ ꯃꯦ ꯲꯰꯲꯰꯫
↑ "ꯑꯃꯥ Lao People's Democratic Republic's Constitution of 1991 with Amendments through 2003", ꯑꯃꯥ constituteproject.org, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯲꯹ ꯑꯣꯛꯇꯣꯕꯔ ꯲꯰꯱꯷, "ꯑꯃꯥ Article 9: The State respects and protects all lawful activities of Buddhists and of followers of other religions, [and] mobilises and encourages Buddhist monks and novices as well as the priests of other religions to participate in activities that are beneficial to the country and people."
↑ https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/12/globalReligion-tables.pdf
↑ https://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1244&context=cilj
↑ "ꯑꯃꯥ Laos", Lao Department of Statistics, ꯑꯁꯦꯡꯕꯗꯥ ꯱꯳ ꯅꯣꯚꯦꯝꯕꯔ ꯲꯰꯱꯶ꯗꯥ ꯁꯪꯒ꯭ꯔꯍꯤꯕ꯫
1 2 3 4 "ꯑꯃꯥ World Economic Outlook Database, Laos", International Monetary Fund, ꯑꯄ꯭ꯔꯤꯜ ꯲꯰꯱꯸, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯲꯸ ꯑꯄ꯭ꯔꯤꯜ ꯲꯰꯱꯸꯫
↑ "ꯑꯃꯥ Gini Index", World Bank, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯲ ꯃꯥꯔꯆ ꯲꯰꯱꯱꯫
↑ (15 December 2020) Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene. United Nations Development Programme, 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5.
↑ "ꯑꯃꯥ Laos" – The Free Dictionaryꯅ꯫

ꯑꯍꯦꯟꯕ ꯄꯥꯐꯝꯁꯤꯡ

↑ Including over 100 smaller ethnic groups.
↑ The State respects and protects all lawful activities of Buddhists and of followers of other religions, [and] mobilises and encourages Buddhist monks and novices as well as the priests of other religions to participate in activities that are beneficial to the country and people^[꯳]
↑ Laos is a one party Marxist–Leninist communist state. The most powerful political position is General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, not President. The general secretary controls the Politburo and the Secretariat, Laos's top decision-making bodies, making the officeholder as de facto leader of Laos.

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[1] "ꯑꯃꯥ The Languages spoken in Laos", ꯑꯃꯥ Studycountry, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯱꯶ ꯁꯦꯞꯇꯦꯝꯕꯔ ꯲꯰꯱꯸꯫

[Census2015-2] "ꯑꯃꯥ Results of Population and Housing Census 2015", Lao Statistics Bureau, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯱ ꯃꯦ ꯲꯰꯲꯰꯫

[4] "ꯑꯃꯥ Lao People's Democratic Republic's Constitution of 1991 with Amendments through 2003", ꯑꯃꯥ constituteproject.org, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯲꯹ ꯑꯣꯛꯇꯣꯕꯔ ꯲꯰꯱꯷, "ꯑꯃꯥ Article 9: The State respects and protects all lawful activities of Buddhists and of followers of other religions, [and] mobilises and encourages Buddhist monks and novices as well as the priests of other religions to participate in activities that are beneficial to the country and people."

[assets.pewresearch.org-6] ttps://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2012/12/globalReligion-tables.pdf

[PSS-7] ttps://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1244&context=cilj

[9] "ꯑꯃꯥ Laos", Lao Department of Statistics, ꯑꯁꯦꯡꯕꯗꯥ ꯱꯳ ꯅꯣꯚꯦꯝꯕꯔ ꯲꯰꯱꯶ꯗꯥ ꯁꯪꯒ꯭ꯔꯍꯤꯕ꯫

[IMF_database_2018-10] 1 2 3 4 "ꯑꯃꯥ World Economic Outlook Database, Laos", International Monetary Fund, ꯑꯄ꯭ꯔꯤꯜ ꯲꯰꯱꯸, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯲꯸ ꯑꯄ꯭ꯔꯤꯜ ꯲꯰꯱꯸꯫

[wb-gini-11] "ꯑꯃꯥ Gini Index", World Bank, ꯆꯤꯡꯊꯣꯔꯛꯄ ꯲ ꯃꯥꯔꯆ ꯲꯰꯱꯱꯫

[HDI-12] (15 December 2020) Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene. United Nations Development Programme, 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5.

[13] "ꯑꯃꯥ Laos" – The Free Dictionaryꯅ꯫

[3] Including over 100 smaller ethnic groups.

[5] The State respects and protects all lawful activities of Buddhists and of followers of other religions, [and] mobilises and encourages Buddhist monks and novices as well as the priests of other religions to participate in activities that are beneficial to the country and people^[꯳]

[8] Laos is a one party Marxist–Leninist communist state. The most powerful political position is General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, not President. The general secretary controls the Politburo and the Secretariat, Laos's top decision-making bodies, making the officeholder as de facto leader of Laos.

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