Administrative Division of Laos

	ISO-3166-2	Fips	GN	Name of Subdivision	Type	Capital	Population	area in km²	continent	From	Till
1	AT	01	01	Attapu	khouèng (province)	Attapu		8,243.2	AS
2	BK	22	22	Bokeo	khouèng (province)	Ban Houayxay			AS
3	BL	23	23	Bolikhamxai	khouèng (province)	Muang Pakxan			AS
4	CH	02	02	Champasak	khouèng (province)	Pakxé		14,572.5	AS
5	HO	03	03	Houaphan	khouèng (province)	Xam Nua	286,383	17,280.9	AS
6	KH	15	15	Khammouan	khouèng (province)	Muang Khammouan			AS
7	LM	16	16	Louang Namtha	khouèng (province)	Louang Namtha			AS
8	LP	17	17	Louangphabang	khouèng (province)	Louangphrabang			AS
9	OU	07	07	Oudomxai	khouèng (province)	Muang Xai		14,402.3	AS
10	PH	18	18	Phongsali	khouèng (province)	Phôngsali			AS
11	SL	19	19	Salavan	khouèng (province)	Salavan			AS
12	SV	20	20	Savannakhet	khouèng (province)	Savannakhét	769,177		AS
13	VI	27	27	Vientiane	khouèng (province)	Vientiane			AS
14	VT	24	24	Vientiane	kampèng nakhon (city)	Muang Phôn-Hông			AS
15	XA	13	13	Xaignabouli	khouèng (province)	Xaignabouli		16,468.0	AS
16	XE	26	26	Xekong	khouèng (province)	Lamam			AS
17	XI	14	14	Xiangkhoang	khouèng (province)	Xiangkhoang		17,640.7	AS
no longer exists:
18	XN	25	25	Xaisomboun	khétphisét (special zone)	Ban Mouang Cha			AS	1994.01.01	2006.01.13

Date	modification	fips	name	new fips	new name
1998.12.01	change	04	Khammouan	15	Khammouan
1998.12.01	change	05	Louang Namtha	16	Louangnamtha
1998.12.01	change	06	Louangphrabang	17	Louangphrabang
1998.12.01	change	08	Phongsali	18	Phôngsali
1998.12.01	change	09	Saravan	19	Salavan
1998.12.01	change	10	Savannakhet	20	Savannahkhét
1998.12.01	change	11	Vientiane	27	Viangchan
1998.12.01	change	13	Xiagnabouri	13	Xiagnabouli
1998.12.01	add	22	Bokéo
1998.12.01	add	23	Bolikhamxai
1998.12.01	add	24	Viangchan *
1998.12.01	add	25	Xaisômboun **
1998.12.01	add	26	Xékong

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