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Fast Facts about Laos

Laos in a nutshell: Languages spoken in Laos, currency, Laotian demographics, travel tips in and around Vientiane...

The mighty Mekong in the west and the Annamite Mountains in the east offer natural borders with Thailand and Vietnam respectively, while Laos also shares borders with China in the north, Myanmar in the northwest and Cambodia in the south.

With over half of this landlocked country's 236,800sqkm densely forested, and 70% of it mountainous, it is hardly surprising that a profusion of rare flora and over 1,200 species of wildlife find a home beneath its tropical canopy.

All information about the different types of visas and where to get them to enter Laos...

One of the lowest population densities in Asia, at 19 persons per square km, and an estimated population of only 5.4 million people, belies the fact that Laos is home to 68 different ethnic groups. These fall into three groupings, based upon language, culture and traditions.

The fertile Mekong River valley and lowland plains are where 68% of the total population live and this group is classified as the Lao Loam.