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www.hantra.com/Laos |
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Laos1@hantra.com |
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Candidate wanted |
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Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam |
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total: 236,800 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km
land: 230,800 sq km |
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5,921,545 (July 2003 est.) |
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Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong ("Meo") and the Yao (Mien) 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1% |
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Buddhist 60%, animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%) |
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Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages |
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purchasing power parity - $10.4 billion (2002 est.) |
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tin and gypsum mining, timber, electric power, agricultural processing, construction, garments, tourism |
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