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Laos
Index
Location and Size: Landlocked nation of
approximately
236,800 square kilometers in center of Southeast Asian
peninsula,
bordered by China to the north, Burma to the northwest,
Thailand to
the west, Vietnam to the east, and Cambodia to the south.
Land Boundaries: 5,083 kilometers total; Burma,
235
kilometers; Cambodia, 541 kilometers; China, 423
kilometers;
Thailand, 1,754 kilometers; Vietnam, 2,130 kilometers.
Most of
western border demarcated by Mekong River.
Topography and Drainage: Largely mountainous,
with
elevations above 500 meters typically characterized by
steep
terrain and narrow river valleys. Only about 4 percent of
total
land area arable.
Climate: Tropical monsoon; rainy season from May
through
October, cool dry season from November through February,
and hot
dry season March and April.
Data as of July 1994
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