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National Flag
Capital Vientiane
Government Communist state
Currency Kip (LAK)
Area total: 236,800 km2
water: 6,000 km2
land: 230,800 km2
Population 6,521,998 (July 2007 est.)
Language Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
Religion Buddhist
60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
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