Laos ƙasa ce, da take a nahiyar Asiya.Laos, a hukumance Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Jama'ar Lao (LPDR), ƙasa ce a cikin Babban Ƙasar Kudu maso gabashin Asiya, kuma ita ce kawai Ƙasar da ba ta da iyaka a kudu maso gabobin Asiya.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 1] Yana da iyaka da Myanmar da China a arewa maso yamma, Vietnam a gabas, Kambodiya a kudu maso gabas, da Thailand a yamma da kudu maso yamma. Laos tana da yawan jama'a sama da miliyan 7.5, kuma babban birninta da birni mafi yawan jama'awa shine Vientiane. Yana da wuraren tarihi na duniya guda uku na UNESCO: garin Luang Prabang, haikalin Vat Phou, da Filayen Jars.[1] Laos ta shiga cikin shirin hadin gwiwar tattalin arziki na yankin Mekong kuma memba ne na ASEAN, Yarjejeniyar Ciniki ta Asiya da Pacific, Taron Gabashin Asiya, La Francophonie, da Ƙungiyar Ciniki ta Duniya. [2][3]Masarautar Lan Xang ta wanzu daga ƙarni na 13 zuwa 18 kuma ta kasance cibiyar cinikayya ta ƙasa ta cikin yankinta.[1] A shekara ta 1707 ya rabu zuwa mulkoki uku: Luang Prabang, Vientiane, da Champasak. A shekara ta 1893, an haɗa waɗannan mulkoki a ƙarƙashin mulkin Faransa a matsayin wani ɓangare na Indochina na Faransa. Laos ta kasance a karkashin gwamnatin Japan a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, ta sami 'yancin kai a 1945 kafin ta koma gwamnatin Faransa har sai ta sami ikon cin gashin kanta a 1949. Ya sake samun cikakken 'yancin kai a 1953 a matsayin Masarautar Laos, tare da mulkin mallaka na tsarin mulki a karkashin Sisavang Vong. Yaƙin basasa daga 1959 zuwa 1975 ya ga kwaminisanci Pathet Lao (wanda China, Arewacin Vietnam, da Tarayyar Soviet suka goyi bayan) suna adawa da Sojojin Royal Lao (wanda Amurka ta goyi bayan). Ya ƙare tare da kafa Jam'iyyar Juyin Juya Halin Jama'ar Lao ta Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Jama'ar Laos a 1975.A cikin yaren Lao, ana kiran ƙasar da Muang Lao (waƙa, lit. ) ko Pathet Lao. Sunan hukuma shi ne Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Jama'ar Lao (Lao). A cikin Turanci, an rubuta sunan ƙasar a matsayin Lao, yayin da Lao ke aiki a matsayin babban aljanu da adjective; ana amfani da kalmar Laotian don nunawa ga 'yan ƙasa ko mazaunan ƙasar.[1][2] Masu mulkin mallaka na Faransa ne suka gabatar da tashar "s" a Laos a cikin 1893 don fadada sunan a duk fadin tsoffin masarautun Luang Prabang, Vientiane, da Champasak.[3]Tarihin gargajiya na Lao ya gabatar da bayani da yawa game da asalin kalmar Lao.[1] Ɗaya daga cikin ka'idar ta haɗa sunan da kalmar Pali lābu, tana nufin kwalban kwalba, wani muhimmin abu a cikin tatsuniyoyin gargajiya na Lao wanda bil'adama ya fito. Wani asusun ya gano sunan ga kabilun Tai-Lao da ke ƙaura zuwa kudu daga Yunnan, wanda aka fi sani da Kao Long (yana nufin dodanni tara ko manyan sarakuna), wanda aka taƙaita zuwa Luang kuma daga ƙarshe ya canza zuwa Lao. Wani ilimin gargajiya ya nuna cewa mazaunan kwarin 'yan asalin suna kiran bakin haure masu tsawo kamar yadda suke kusa da sama, kalmar da Dao baya ta sauya zuwa Lao.A cikin ilimin harshe na zamani, an haɗa sunan da tarihin daular Han na kasar Sin da ke ambaton ƙungiyar Ai Lao (Sinanci: 哀牢). [1] Masanin harshe na Faransa Michel Ferlus ya ba da shawarar cewa Lao ya samo asali ne daga tushen Austroasiatic, *k.raw, wanda ke nuna "mutum" ko "mutum".[2]Laos ita ce kadai Ƙasar da ba ta da iyaka a Kudu maso gabashin Asiya kuma tana tsakanin latitudes 14 ° da 23 ° N, da longitudes 100 ° da 108 ° E. Yankin gandun daji ya kunshi mafi yawan duwatsu, mafi girma daga cikinsu shine Phou Bia a mita 2,818 (9,245, tare da wasu filayen da filayen. Kogin Mekong ya zama wani ɓangare na iyakar yamma tare da Thailand, inda duwatsun Annamite Range suka zama mafi yawan iyakar gabashin tare da Vietnam da Luang Prabang Range iyakar arewa maso yamma tare da tsaunukan Thai. Akwai manyan tsaunuka guda biyu: Xiangkhoang a arewa da Bolaven Plateau a kudancin.[1]A shekara ta 1993, gwamnati ta ware kashi 21% na yankin don kiyaye mazaunin.[1] Laos tana da 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index na 5.59/10, wanda ya sanya shi na 98 a duniya daga cikin kasashe 172.[2] Yana daya daga cikin kasashe uku a cikin yankin opium poppy da aka sani da "Golden Triangle". [3] A cewar littafin gaskiya na UNODC na Oktoba 2007 Opium Poppy Cultivation a kudu maso gabashin Asiya, yankin noman poppy ya kasance kilomita 15 (5.8 sq, daga 'i kilomita 18 (6.9 sq a shekara ta 2006. [4]Yanayin yanayi galibi savanna ne na wurare masu zafi kuma yana rinjayar tsarin ruwan sama. Akwai lokacin ruwan sama daga Mayu zuwa Oktoba, sannan lokacin fari daga Nuwamba zuwa Afrilu. Watanni biyu na ƙarshe na lokacin bushewa da aka bayyana a yanayin yanayi sun fi zafi fiye da watanni huɗu da suka gabata.[1]Laos, tare da gandun daji da tsarin kogi, gida ne ga jerin namun daji.[1][2] Gidan shakatawa na kasa kamar Nam Et-Phou Louey da Nakai-Nam Theun mafaka ne, suna tallafawa nau'in da ke cikin haɗari kamar su gibbon mai fararen cheeked da saola.[3][4] Wadannan gandun daji suna kare fiye da nau'in dabbobi masu shayarwa 50 da kusan nau'in tsuntsaye 300, tare da nau'ikan dabbobi masu rarrafe da amphibians.[lower-alpha 1] Wasu daga cikin jinsunan asali an lissafa su a matsayin masu haɗari, daga giwaye na Asiya zuwa gibbons da tigers, kuma kokarin kiyayewa suna nan don kare su.[5]
| Asiya | |||
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Kazakystan • Kyrgystan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan |
Gabashin Asiya |
Sin • Japan • Mangolia • Koriya ta Arewa • Koriya ta Kudu • Jamhuriyar Sin | |
| Armeniya • Azerbaijan • Baharain • Georgia • Irak • Isra'ila • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Oman • Qatar • Saudiyya • Siriya • Turkiya • Taraiyar larabawa • Falasdinu • Yemen |
Kudu maso gabashin Asiya |
Brunei • Kambodiya • Indonesiya • Laos • Maleshiya • Myanmar • Filipin • Singafora • Thailand • Timor-Leste • Vietnam | |
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Tsakiya da kudancin Asiya |
Afghanistan • Bangladash • Bhutan • Indiya • Iran • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka | ||
