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    Laotian Americans (Lao: ຄົນລາວອາເມລິກາ) are Americans who trace their ancestry to Laos. Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian...
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    The Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) was a civil war in Laos waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December...
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    bans on Laotian companies receiving financing from the US Export-Import Bank. In 2016, China was the biggest foreign investor in the Laotian economy,...
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    the United States spent more per capita on foreign aid for Laos than it had on any other nation. That worked out as US$150 per Laotian, twice the average...
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    administrative language and is also widely present in commerce, and is also studied by over a third of students in Laos. Consequently, the language enjoys a...
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    France in 1954.[citation needed] On December 29, 1961, during the Laotian Civil War, President John F. Kennedy made the Ambassador to Laos the de facto...
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    the United States as refugees in the late 1970s. Over half of the Hmong population from Laos left the country, or attempted to leave, in 1975, at the...
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  • overwhelming majority of overseas Laotians live in just three countries: Thailand, the United States, and France. The Laotian diaspora can be categorized into...
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    sǎː láːw]), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand...
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  • The Laotian Chinese (Lao: ຄົນລາວຈີນ) are Laotian citizens of Han Chinese ancestry. They constitute one of the many Overseas Chinese residing in Southeast...
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  • The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. With the...
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    Islam is the third largest religion in the United States (1%), behind Christianity (63%) and Judaism (2%), and equaling the shares of Buddhism and Hinduism...
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    portal Laotian Canadians Laotian Americans Laotians in France 80% of Isan people are ethnically Lao. Hattaway, Paul, ed. (2004). "Lao". Peoples of the Buddhist...
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    Hinduism is the fourth-largest religion in the United States, comprising 1% of the population, the same as Buddhism and Islam. The majority of American...
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    the Indigenous peoples of the United States or portions thereof, such as American Indians from the contiguous United States and Alaska Natives. The United...
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    Christianity is the most prevalent religion in the United States. Estimates from 2021 suggest that of the entire U.S. population (332 million) about 63%...
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    longer in service). Militia self-defence forces number approximately 100,000 organised for local defence. The small arms utilised mostly by the Laotian Army...
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    Abortion is a divisive issue in the United States. The issue of abortion is prevalent in American politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans...
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    Protestantism is the largest grouping of Christians in the United States, with its combined denominations collectively comprising about 43% of the country's...
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  • Religion in the United States is widespread, diverse, and vibrant, with the country being far more religious than other wealthy Western nations. An overwhelming...
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    Institute, helped to assist in the resettlement of many Laotian and Hmong refugees and asylum seekers in the United States, especially former Hmong veterans...
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    leader from Laos, created an 81 symbol writing system called Pahawh. Yang was not previously literate in any language. Chao Fa, an anti-Laotian government...
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    existed in the United States. Most Jewish community relations agencies in the United States draw distinctions between antisemitism, which is measured in terms...
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    The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most...
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    Income in the United States is measured by the various federal agencies including the Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department...
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    The United States had an official estimated resident population of 334,914,895 on July 1, 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This figure includes...
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    nationals of the United States who are of Iranian ancestry. Most Iranian Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Iranian Revolution...
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    to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. In absolute numbers, the United States...
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    In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. In 2020, there were 37.2 million people in poverty. Some of the many causes...
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    The homeownership rate in the United States is the percentage of homes that are owned by their occupants. In 2009, it remained similar to that in some...
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