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The Kingdom of Laos was the form of government in Laos from 1947 to 1975. Located in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, it was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest.
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Laos exists in truncated form from the thirteenth-century...
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The Lao People's Democratic Republic is the modern state...
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Królestwo Laosu (laot. ພຣະຣາຊອານາຈັກຣ໌ລາວ, fr. Royaume du Laos) – niepodległe państwo w Azji Południowo-Wschodniej, istniejące od lipca 1954 do grudnia 1975, kiedy siły Pathet Lao obaliły rząd i utworzyły Laotańską Republikę Ludowo-Demokratyczną [1].
Laos, oficjalnie Laotańska Republika Ludowo-Demokratyczna (Lao, Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxôn Lao) – państwo w Azji Południowo-Wschodniej, na Półwyspie Indochińskim. Stolicą jest Wientian (700 tys. mieszkańców), główna rzeka Mekong.
Laos exists in truncated form from the thirteenth-century Lao kingdom of Lan Xang, which existed as a unified kingdom from 1357 to 1707, divided into the three rival kingdoms of Luang Prabang, Vientiane, and Champasak, from 1707 to 1779.
Laos was occupied by Japan during World War II and regained independence in 1945 as a Japanese puppet state and was re-colonised by France, until it won autonomy in 1949. It gained independence in 1953 as the Kingdom of Laos, with a constitutional monarchy under Sisavang Vong.
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is the modern state derived from the final Kingdom of Laos. The political source of Lao history and cultural identity is the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang , which during its apogee emerged as one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia .
The Lao Issara government fled to Thailand and set up a government in exile in Bangkok. On 24 April the French occupied Viang Chan, and in mid May they arrived in Luang Phrabāng to rescue the grateful King. As a reward for his loyalty, in August the French proclaimed him King of Laos.
