Laos

About Laos

Laos is a country in Southeast Asia, one of the 47 countries of Asia on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Lao People's Democratic Republic. In Arabic, the name is written لاوس, and the capital فيينتيان. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of Laos is Vientiane. Vientiane lies at about 18° north and 103° east. The official language of Laos is Lao. Its currency is the Laotian Kip, with the symbol ⁨₭⁩ and the international code LAK.

Laos covers about 236,800 square kilometres, which puts it 82nd by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 5 neighbours: China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The largest of these neighbours by area is China. Other countries in Southeast Asia include Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Asia quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Laos with the other countries of the same region.