Laos, inozivikanwa seLao People's Democratic Republic, inyika yakavharirwa iri munzvimbo yekuchamhembe kweIndochina Peninsula. Inogumira China kuchamhembe, Cambodia kumaodzanyemba, Vietnam kumabvazuva, Myanmar kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero, uye Thailand kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero. 80% yenzvimbo iyi ine makomo uye mapani, uye inowanzo kufukidzwa nemasango, ayo anozivikanwa se "Roof yeIndochina". Iyo nzvimbo iri kumusoro kuchamhembe uye yakadzika kumaodzanyemba.Iyo inoganhurana neWest Yunnan Plateau muYunnan, China kuchamhembe, gomo reChangshan pamuganhu wekare neVietnamese kumabvazuva, neMekong Valley nemabheseni nemapani madiki achitevedza Rwizi rweMekong nemitero yayo kumadokero. Nyika yakakamurwa kuita Shangliao, Zhongliao uye Xialiao kubva kuchamhembe kusvika kumaodzanyemba.Shangliao ine nzvimbo yepamusoro, uye Chuankhou Plateau iri 2000-2000 metres pamusoro pegungwa. Iyo yepamusoro soro, Bia Mountain, iri 2820 metres pamusoro pegungwa. Rwizi rweMekong, rwakatangira kuChina, ndirwo rwizi rukuru rwuchiyerera nemumakiromita 1,900 kumadokero. Iyo ine tropical uye subtropical monsoon climate, yakakamurwa kuita mwaka wemvura uye mwaka wakaoma.

Laos ine nhoroondo yakareba.Lancang Kingdom yakagadzwa muzana ramakore rechi 14. Yaimbove imwe yenyika dzakabudirira kwazvo muSoutheast Asia. Kubva 1707 kusvika 1713, iyo Luang Prabang Dynasty, Vientiane Dynasty uye Champasai Dynasty yakaumbwa zvishoma nezvishoma. Kubva muna 1779 kusvika pakati pezana ramakore rechi19, yakazokundwa zvishoma nezvishoma naSiam. Yakava dziviriro yeFrance muna 1893. Inotorwa neJapan muna 1940. Laos yakazivisa rusununguko muna 1945. Muna Zvita 1975, humambo hwakabviswa uye Lao People's Democratic Republic yakavambwa.

Mureza wenyika: Iyo yepakati yakatenderedzwa rectangle pamureza pamusoro pebhuruu, inogara hafu yenzvimbo yemureza, uye ekumusoro neepazasi mativi akatsvuka marangi, rimwe nerimwe riine kota yenzvimbo yemureza. Pakati pechikamu chebhuruu pane vhiri jena rakatenderera, uye dhayamita yevhiri iri mana-echishanu ehupamhi hwebhuruu chikamu. Bhuruu inomiririra kubereka, tsvuku inomiririra shanduko, uye vhiri jena rinomiririra mwedzi wakazara. Mureza uyu pakutanga waive mureza weLaotian Patriotic Front.

Huwandu hwevanhu hunosvika mamirioni matanhatu (2006). Kune madzinza anodarika makumi matanhatu munyika, ayo akapatsanurwa kunge mapoka matatu emadzinza: Laolong, Laoting neLaosong. 85% yevagari vanotenda muBuddhism uye vanotaura chiLao.

Laos yakafuma mune zviwanikwa zvemvura. Iyo yakafuma mumatanda akakosha senge teak uye tsvuku sandalwood.Nharaunda yenzvimbo yacho ingangoita mamirioni mapfumbamwe mahekita, uye nyika sango kufukidzwa chiyero chiri nezve 42%. Zvekurima ndiwo musana weupfumi hweLaos, uye huwandu hwevanhu vekurima vanosvika 90 muzana yevagari vemunyika. Zvirimwa zvikuru mupunga, chibage, mbatatisi, kofi, fodya, nzungu nedonje. Iyo nyika inorimika nzvimbo yenzvimbo ingangoita 747,000 mahekita. Laos ine isina kusimba maindasitiri.Mabhizimusi makuru emabhizimusi anosanganisira kugadzirwa kwemagetsi, kucheka sawha, kuchera, kugadzira simbi, zvipfeko uye chikafu, nezvimwewo, pamwe nezvitoro zvidiki zvekugadzirisa uye kuruka, bamboo uye huni hwekugadzirisa mashopu. Iko hakuna njanji muLaos, uye kutakurwa kunonyanya kunoenderana nemugwagwa, mvura nemhepo.

Vientiane : Guta guru reLaos, Vientiane (Vientiane) iguta rekare rezvakaitika kare.Ranga riri pano kubvira mambo weSeth Tila paakatamisa guta rake kubva kuLuang Prabang pakati pezana ramakore regumi nenomwe. Iyo yezvematongerwo enyika, zveupfumi uye zvetsika nzvimbo yeLaos. Vientiane akatumidzwa Saifeng munguva dzekare.Iyo yakambodaidzwa kunzi Wankan muzana ramakore regumi nematanhatu, zvichireva kuti Jincheng. Zita reVientiane rinoreva "guta rejecha" .Inonzi sandalwood yaive yakawanda pano.

Vientiane iri kumahombekombe ekuruboshwe epakati penzizi dzeRwizi rweMekong, yakatarisana neThailand kuyambuka rwizi.Nehuwandu hwevanhu vane 616,000 (2001), ndiro guta guru remaindasitiri nekutengeserana muLaos. Matembere akasiyana siyana uye shongwe dzekare dzinogona kuoneka kwese kwese muguta.

Pakutanga kwezana remakore rechi17 kusvika kune rechi18, Vientiane yakanga yatova nzvimbo yakabudirira yekutengeserana. Zvino Vientiane ndiro rakakura kwazvo maindasitiri uye ezvokutengeserana guta muLaos, riine nhamba huru kwazvo yemafekitori, mashopu nezvitoro munyika. Maindasitiri makuru ndeemasaha, simende, zvidhinha nematiles, machira, minda yekugaya, midzanga, machisi, nezvimwewo Kuruka negoridhe nesirivha zvishongo zvinozivikanwa. Kune matsime emunyu mumasabhabhu, ayo akapfuma munyu. Vientiane zvakare iri nzvimbo yehuni yekuparadzira matanda.