Laos
Names and codes: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0 · Boundary: Natural Earth, public domain · Refresh date not recorded · Sources and licenses
Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- LA
- ISO alpha-3
- LAO
- ISO numeric
- 418
- FIPS 10-4
- LA
- GeoNames ID
- 1655842
Key facts
- Capital
- Vientiane
- Area
- 236,800 km²
- Population
- 7,061,507
- Currency
- Kip (LAK)
- Calling code
- +856
- Top-level domain
- .la
- Official languages
- lo,fr,en
Continent
- Name
- Asia
- Code
- AS
- In this dataset
- 51 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 18
- Longitude
- 105
- Min latitude
- 13.915456645000106
- Min longitude
- 100.0970732020001
- Max latitude
- 22.496044007000094
- Max longitude
- 107.66436324000011
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/LA?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 236800,
"capital": "Vientiane",
"continent_code": "AS",
"currency_code": "LAK",
"iso3_code": "LAO",
"iso_code": "LA",
"name": "Laos",
"population": 7061507
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/LA/regions/v1/cities?country=LA/v1/postal-codes?country=LA/v1/timezones?country=LA
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- لاوس
- Chinese
- 老挝
- English
- Laos
- French
- Laos
- German
- Laos
- Hindi
- लाओस
- Italian
- Laos
- Japanese
- ラオス
- Korean
- 라오스
- Portuguese
- República Popular Democrática do Laos
- Russian
- Лаос
- Spanish
- Laos
- Total language variants
- 144
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Vientiane | UTC+07:00 | UTC+07:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- #####
- Pattern
^(\d{5})$
First-level administrative regions
- Khouèng Savannakhét
- Champasak
- Vientiane Prefecture
- Luang Prabang Province
- Vientiane Province
- Salavan
- Khammouan
- Xaignabouli
- Khouèng Oudômxai
- Bolikhamxai
- Houaphan
- Xiangkhouang
- Khouèng Bokèo
- Khouèng Phôngsali
- Attapu
- Louangnamtha
- Khouèng Xékong
- Xaisomboun Province
18 of 18 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Vientiane | 840,940 |
| Savannakhet | 125,760 |
| Thakhèk | 90,800 |
| Pakse | 77,900 |
| Ban Khoan | 65,348 |
| Xam Nua | 56,900 |
| Luang Prabang | 55,027 |
| Muang Phônsavan | 37,507 |
| Ban Xénô | 25,135 |
| Muang Xay | 25,000 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 15,217
- First-level regions
- 18
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 144
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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