Subdivisions of Laos
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Laos is divided into 17 provinces (''khoueng'') and one prefecture (''kampheng nakhon'') which includes the capital city Vientiane (''Nakhon Louang Viangchan''). Provinces are further divided into districts (''muang'') and then villages (''ban''). An 'urban' village is essentially a town.


Administrative Units

Officially, Laos is divided into 3 administrative tiers, with different types of administrative unit on each tier:


Provinces of Laos


Districts of Laos

Each Laotian province is subdivided into districts ('' muang'') and then subdivided into villages (''baan'').


See also

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Geography of Laos Laos is an independent republic, and the only landlocked nation in Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam. It covers 236,800 square kilometers in the center of the Southeast Asian peninsula and it is surrounded by Myanmar (Burma) ...


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