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1、TheLaoPeople’sDemocraticRepublicCapital:VientianeOfficiallanguage:LaoOfficialcurrency:KipNationalflagThewhitedisksymbolizestheunityofthepeopleundertheleadershipoftheLaoPeople'sRevolutionaryPartyandthecountry'sbrightfuture.Theredstripesstandforthebloodshe
2、dbythepeopleintheirstruggleforfreedom.Thebluestripesymbolizestheirprosperity.LaosnationalfloweristhePlumeria(champa).GeographyLaoPDRisalandlockedcountryandliesamongThailand,Myanmar,China,VietnamandCambodia.Thetotallandareaisapproximately237,000sqkm—anare
3、asimilartothatoftheUnitedKingdom.GeographyThemainfeaturesofthecountryareitsmountainsandtheMekongRivervalley.OverhalfofLaosisforest.MekongRiverClimateLaoshasamonsoonclimatewithadryandawetseason.ThedryseasonlastsfromNovembertoMaywiththecoolerperiodinDecemb
4、erandJanuary.Therainyseasonandrainfallvariesaccordingtoaltitude.Generally,therainyseasonproducesheavyrainsthatlastforshortperiodsoftime.HistoryFormuchofitshistory,Laoshasbeenunderthethumbofitsneighbors—atvarioustimes,theCambodians,Burmese,Vietnamese,Chin
5、ese,andSiamese(Thais).Afterexperiencingmanywarescausedeitherbyforeigninvadersordomesticfighters,LaospeopledeclaredtheirindependenceandthefoundingoftheLaoPeople’sDemocraticRepubliconDecember2,1975.PopulationTheLaopeopleareknownfortheirgentlepolitenaturean
6、dfortheircharminghospitality.TherearethreemajorethnicgroupsinLaos:LaosLoum(老龙族),LaoTheung(老听族),andLaoSung(老松族),whicharefurtherdividedinto68ethnicgroupsEconomy1CNY=1206.0038LAKLaosisoneofthepoorestandleastvisitedcountriesintheworld.80%ofthecountry’sworkfo
7、rceisinvolvedinsubsistenceagriculture,whichmakesupabouthalfoftheGDP,withglutinousricethecountry’smainagriculturalproduct.EconomyHeavilyreliantonforeignaid—mainlyfromSweden,Japan,Thailand,TaiwanandAustralia—theLaoeconomyhahbeenmakingremarkableprogressupun
8、til1997.However,whenThailand—Laos’schieftradingpartner—wasbroughtlowbythe1997economiccrisis,Laoswasalsohardlyhit,withgrowthratesdroppingtojust1.5%.EconomyLaosstillstruggleswithaverybasicinfrastructure:Manyroadsareimpassabl
