Vientiane (Laos)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:airport gptkb:Wattay_International_Airport
gptkbp:area 392 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Laos
gptkbp:climate tropical savanna climate
gptkbp:country gptkb:Laos
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Lao_kip
gptkbp:demonym Vientianese
gptkbp:distanceFromBangkok ~640 km
gptkbp:distanceFromHanoi ~470 km
gptkbp:distanceToLuangPrabang ~340 km
gptkbp:elevation 174 m
gptkbp:founded 9th century
gptkbp:historicalEvent Became capital of Laos in 1563
Destroyed by Siamese in 1827
Became French colonial administrative center in 1893
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vientiane (Laos)
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code LA-VT
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Vientiane_Prefecture
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver Mekong River
gptkbp:mayor Atsaphangthong Siphandone (as of 2023)
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:First_Thai–Lao_Friendship_Bridge
gptkbp:notableLandmark gptkb:Pha_That_Luang
gptkb:COPE_Visitor_Centre
gptkb:Patuxai
gptkb:Wat_Si_Saket
gptkbp:officialLanguage Lao
gptkbp:population ~948,477 (2023 est.)
gptkbp:postalCode 01000
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Theravada_Buddhism
gptkbp:sportsTeam gptkb:Lao_Toyota_FC
gptkb:New_Laos_National_Stadium
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:ICT_(Indochina_Time)
gptkbp:twinTown gptkb:Bangkok
gptkb:Hanoi
gptkb:Ho_Chi_Minh_City
gptkb:Phnom_Penh
gptkb:Siem_Reap
gptkb:Chengdu
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list That Luang-Vientiane
gptkbp:university gptkb:National_University_of_Laos
gptkbp:utcOffset +7
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode gptkb:ວຽງຈັນ
gptkbp:国际组织总部 ASEAN Centre for Sustainable Development Studies and Dialogue
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Metteyya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6