Map of Laos
Open Laos on the map — framed on the country itself, not on every far-off island it holds — and look at it by population density, by the historical maps of its region, or with the open data below.
Facts
As the source states them, in the source’s own words.
| Capital | Vientiane |
|---|---|
| Area | 236,800 km² |
| Currency | LAK (Lao kip) |
| Languages | Lao |
Source: mledoze/countries, IANA Time Zone Database, Natural Earth admin-0. Licence: ODbL 1.0, public domain.
Historical maps
IntMap’s historical maps of the regions this outline lies in, on every date the map draws them. A region is a frame on the map, not a statement that Laos existed then: the names on each map are the ones the historical records give.
Dated events in this outline
Events of IntMap’s war record dated to a place inside today’s outline of Laos. Each links to the page of its calendar day, which opens the map on that day.
- 1965
Operation Steel Tiger — the air campaign against the Hồ Chí Minh trail in the Laotian panhandle
Vietnam War · IntMap’s war record
3 April → - 1968
Operation Commando Hunt — three and a half years of interdiction over the trail, and the traffic went on
Vietnam War · IntMap’s war record
15 November → - 1971
Lam Sơn 719 — the ARVN drives into Laos without American advisers and comes back broken
Vietnam War · IntMap’s war record
8 February →
Open data about Laos
The datasets IntMap may share about Laos, each under its own terms. The values are in one file: api/v1/countries/LAO.json
airports
Public domain, ODbL 1.0 · Requires: credit · share-alike
Credit: OurAirports, Country facts — mledoze/countries (capital, currency, languages, land borders, UN membership, demonym; ODbL 1.0, build time only)
country-facts
ODbL 1.0, public domain · Requires: credit · share-alike
Credit: mledoze/countries, IANA Time Zone Database, Natural Earth admin-0
health
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO, CC BY 4.0 · Requires: credit · share-alike · non-commercial
Credit: WHO Global Health Observatory — UHC service coverage index & IHR SPAR (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO), World Bank Open Data
language
public domain, CC BY 4.0 · Requires: credit
Credit: CIA World Factbook, Language identity, genealogical classification and endangerment status — Glottolog (CC BY 4.0)
mobility
ODbL 1.0, public domain, CC BY 4.0 · Requires: credit · share-alike
Credit: OpenFlights — airline route database (country-pair route counts for the pandemic simulator; snapshot of June 2014, no longer updated; ODbL 1.0), OurAirports, World Bank Open Data, Country facts — mledoze/countries (capital, currency, languages, land borders, UN membership, demonym; ODbL 1.0, build time only)
religion
public domain · Requires: nothing
What this page states
The outline, the name and the code are Natural Earth’s (admin-0, public domain), the set IntMap’s map draws countries from. The map opens on the frame the app’s country search uses for it: the country itself, not every far-off island it holds.
A historical map is listed when its region’s frame overlaps this outline. It is listed for the place, not for the country: the borders on it are what the historical records draw.
An event is listed when the point the war record gives it falls inside this outline — a fact about the point, not about which state held the place at the time.
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