Kammala wannan jumlar: Laos kasa ce mai cin gashin kanta a kudu maso gabashin Asiya. Laos tana iyaka da Burma (Myanmar) da China a arewa maso yamma, Vietnam a gabas, Kambodiya a kudu, da Thailand a yamma. Laos ta gano tarihinta zuwa Masarautar "Lan Xang" ko "Land of a Million Elephants", wanda ya wanzu daga karni na sha huɗu zuwa na sha takwas. Bayan wani lokaci a matsayin mai kula da Faransa, ya sami 'yancin kai a shekara ta 1949. A tsawon
yakin basasa ya ƙare a hukumance lokacin da kwaminisanci Pathet Lao motsi ya hau mulki a 1975, amma rikici tsakanin factions tsakanin factions ci gaba da shekaru da dama.