Facts and Figures Official Name: Lao People's Democratic Republic Capital City: Vientiane Languages: Lao (official). English, French, local dialects Official Currency: New Kip Religions: Buddhist, Animisy, others Population: 5,580,000 Indigenous Population: ? Land Area: 230,800 sq km (89,112 sq miles) Number of Indigenous languages: 82 Number of Indigenous groups: ? Native Vascular plant species: Endemic Species: % Species endemism: Total no. threatened: % Species threatened:  Medicinal plant estimate:

Research Projects   Questions about Laos Medicinal Plants Contact - Regional Coordinator: seasia@cieer.org   References/Suggested Readings Bibliography         Links World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Threatened Plants 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Summer Institute of Linguistics - Ethnologue, 13th Edition

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