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Eye Health Status in Laos PDR
บทความจากราชวิทยาลัยจักษุแพทย์แห่งประเทศไทย
Laos People?s Democratic Republic (Laos PDR) is a landlocked country in the southeastern Asia. The country is bounded on the north by China, on the east by Vietnam, on the south by Cambodia, and on the west by Thailand and Myanmar. Laos has the total land area of 236,800 square-kilometers, and population of 5.8 million (2007 census). Eighty percent of the population live in the rural area. The economy is mainly on agriculture. The average gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is 700 US$. Laos is divided into 17 provinces, which are subdivided into 139 districts and 9,113 villages. Major cities include Vientiane, the capital city, with population of 640,000 (2000 estimate), (Louangphrabang, the former royal capital city with population around 68,000 (1995 estimate), Savannakh?t with population around 97,000 (1995 estimate), and Pakx? with population around 47,000 (1995 estimate).
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Laos People?s Democratic Republic (Laos PDR) is a landlocked country in the southeastern Asia. The country is bounded on the north by China, on the east by Vietnam, on the south by Cambodia, and on the west by Thailand and Myanmar. Laos has the total land area of 236,800 square-kilometers, and population of 5.8 million (2007 census). Eighty percent of the population live in the rural area. The economy is mainly on agriculture. The average gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is 700 US$. Laos is divided into 17 provinces, which are subdivided into 139 districts and 9,113 villages. Major cities include Vientiane, the capital city, with population of 640,000 (2000 estimate), (Louangphrabang, the former royal capital city with population around 68,000 (1995 estimate), Savannakh?t with population around 97,000 (1995 estimate), and Pakx? with population around 47,000 (1995 estimate).
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Laos People?s Democratic Republic (Laos PDR) is a landlocked country in the southeastern Asia. The country is bounded on the north by China, on the east by Vietnam, on the south by Cambodia, and on the west by Thailand and Myanmar. Laos has the total land area of 236,800 square-kilometers, and population of 5.8 million (2007 census). Eighty percent of the population live in the rural area. The economy is mainly on agriculture. The average gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is 700 US$. Laos is divided into 17 provinces, which are subdivided into 139 districts and 9,113 villages. Major cities include Vientiane, the capital city, with population of 640,000 (2000 estimate), (Louangphrabang, the former royal capital city with population around 68,000 (1995 estimate), Savannakh?t with population around 97,000 (1995 estimate), and Pakx? with population around 47,000 (1995 estimate).
Volume 22 No. 1 January-June 2009 0857-376X
Category: Original Articles
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