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  2. Emblem of Laos - Wikipedia

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    The National Emblem of the Lao People's Democratic Republic shows the national shrine Pha That Luang. A dam is pictured, which is a symbol of power generation at the reservoir Nam Ngum . An asphalt street is also pictured, as well as a stylized watered field.

  3. National symbols of Laos - Wikipedia

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    Symbols. Flag. Coat of arms. National anthem. Laos portal. v. t. e. The national symbols of Laos are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Laos and of its culture.

  4. Flag of Laos - Wikipedia

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    Lao People's Democratic Republic. The flag of Laos (Lao: ທຸງຊາດລາວ; thungsad Lāo) consists of three horizontal stripes, with the middle stripe in blue being twice the height of the top and bottom red stripes. In the middle is a white disc, the diameter of the disc is 4⁄5 the height of the blue stripe. The flag ratio is 2:3.

  5. Laos - Wikipedia

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    Internet TLD. .la. Laos, [d] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), [e] is the sole landlocked country in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. [12]

  6. Culture of Laos - Wikipedia

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    The national symbol of Laos is the That Luang stupa, a stupa with a pyramidal base capped by the representation of a closed lotus blossom which was built to protect relics of the Buddha. The shrine has been rebuilt several times since being created in the thirteenth century by the Khmer , with the largest expansions by King Setthathirath in the ...

  7. List of flags of Laos - Wikipedia

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    Protectorate flag of Kingdom of Laos: Ratio is 2:3. Influences: 12 Oct. 1945 - 24 Apr. 1946: State flag and civil ensign of Kingdom of Laos [4] [5] Three horizontal stripes, with the middle stripe in blue being twice the height of the top and bottom red stripes. In the middle is a white disc, the diameter of the disc is 4⁄5 the height of the ...

  8. Pha That Luang - Wikipedia

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    Pha That Luang (Lao: ທາດຫຼວງ or ພຣະທາດຫລວງ; pronounced [pʰā.tʰâːt lǔa̯ŋ] "Great Stupa") is a large, gold-covered Buddhist stupa in the centre of the city of Vientiane, capital of Laos. [1] Since its initial establishment, suggested to be in the 3rd century AD, the stupa has undergone several ...

  9. History of Laos - Wikipedia

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    History of Laos. Evidence of modern human presence in the northern and central highlands of Indochina, which constitute the territories of the modern Laotian nation-state, dates back to the Lower Paleolithic. [1] These earliest human migrants are Australo-Melanesians —associated with the Hoabinhian culture—and have populated the highlands ...