Thursday, September 10, 2009

Amazing Facts

Laos is in South east Asia, and is 236,800 km sq. There is no coastal lines and is a Tropical monsoon. It is mostly rugged mountains and up on the mountain the temperature goes up to 15 degrees Celsius but is averagely 29 degrees. The GDP is about $3,403,670,000 and the growth rate is 7.5%. The Aid as a percent is about 16.4%. '

The population in Loas is 6,834,942.
The army is not that powerful and was found in 1975. To get in the army you would have to be 15 or older. They are trained by the CIA. There are 1.5 million people in the army.

Laos is a communist state and the leagal systems are still based on the traditional customs. Laos has a president.

The ethnic groups in Laos are Katu, Khamuic, Tibrto-Burman, Hmon-Mien, Tai, and Chinese.

Laos has 42 airports and only 10 of them have paved runways.The Laos airways is called Laos Airlines. There is only 21,716 km of highway and only 9,673.5 km are paved. The Mekong River is about 4,587km.

The main languages spoken in Laos are French, Lao, and English. They are descended from Tai people. Thank you in Lao is Khawp Jai Lao.