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Provinces
ແຂວງ
Khoeng
CategoryUnitary state
LocationLao People's Democratic Republic
Number17
Populations98,000 (Xaisomboun) – 1,004,000 (Savannakhét)
Areas3,920 km2 (1,510 sq mi) (Vientiane) – 21,774 km2 (8,407 sq mi) (Savannakhét)
Government
  • Marxist-Leninist single party provincial government
Subdivisions
  • District

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is divided into 17 provinces (Lao ແຂວງ, pronounced [kʰwɛ̌ːŋ], khoeng, qwang or khoueng) and one prefecture, the Vientiane capital city municipality (ນະຄອນຫຼວງ, nakhon louang, or Na Kone Luang Vientiane). The special administrative zone (ເຂດພິເສດ, khet phiset), Xaisomboun, created in 1994, was dissolved on 13 January 2006.[1] In 2013, parts of the former special administrative zone was reestablished as Xaisomboun province.

  1. ^ "Laos Provinces". Retrieved 2019-11-10.

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