Asia · DX entity · DXCC 143

Laos

Laos is a DX entity in Asia, in CQ zone 26 and ITU zone 49. Its primary prefix is XW.

Flag of Laos.

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Figure 1. Laos and its provinces, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.009032 degrees, about 1 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 18.2° N 103.9° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	143
Name in the ADIF standard	LAOS
Continent	Asia
Primary prefix	XW
CQ zone	26
ITU zone	49

Prefixes

XW is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Laos.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.