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Laos is divided into 17 provinces ( Laotian ແຂວງ Khwaeng , French Khoueng ) and a prefecture ( Laotian ນະ ຄອນ ຫຼວງ Nakhon Luang , French Nakhon Louang ). This is followed by a subdivision into about 140 districts ( Laotian ເມືອງ Mueang , French Muang ) and over 11,000 villages ( Laotian ບ້ານ Ban ).
From 1994 to 2006 there was the special zone ( Laotian ເຂດ ພິ ເສດ Khetphiset ) Saysomboun , which had been formed from parts of the provinces of Vientiane and Xieng Khouang and was divided into these again. In 2013, Saysomboun was rebuilt as a province.
The international codes of the administrative units are according to the table ISO 3166-2: LA assigned.