Kingdom of Luang Prabang (Japanese puppet state)
Kingdom of Luang Prabang | |||||||||
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| 1945 | |||||||||
| Anthem: "Pheng Xat Lao" (English: "Hymn of the Lao People") | |||||||||
Location of Kingdom of Luang Prabang (red) Territories annexed into Thailand (pink) | |||||||||
| Status | Puppet state of the Empire of Japan | ||||||||
| Capital | Luang Prabang | ||||||||
| Common languages | Japanese French Lao | ||||||||
| Religion | State Shinto Buddhism Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy under Japanese occupation | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1945 | Sisavang Vong | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1945 | Prince Phetsarath | ||||||||
| Historical era | World War II | ||||||||
| 9 March 1945 | |||||||||
• Independence | 8 April 1945 | ||||||||
• Unified Kingdom of Laos | 15 September 1945 | ||||||||
• Lao Issara takeover | 12 October 1945 | ||||||||
| Currency | French Indochinese piastre, Japanese military yen | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Laos | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Luang Prabang (Lao: ອານາຈັກຫຼວງພະບາງ, anachak ruangphabang; Japanese: ルアンプラバン王国) was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan, which existed from 8 April 1945 to 12 October 1945.