.la
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| Introduced | 1996 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | LA Names Corporation |
| Sponsor | Lao National Internet Committee |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Laos
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| Actual use | Marketed as domain for Los Angeles |
| Registration restrictions | None; some names are reserved as "premium names" at extra cost |
| Structure | Registrations are taken directly at the second level |
| Documents | ICANN .la MoU |
| Dispute policies | UDRP |
| Website | www.la |
| DNSSEC | yes |
.la is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Laos.
Although the .la domain is officially assigned to the country of Laos, it has also been rented out to some businesses in the city of Los Angeles. No official or unofficial association exists between the .la domain and any government in the United States (see .gov and .org).
The .la domain is also used for domain hacks in the French language and the Chinese language. means "there" in French and in Italian, and in other Romance languages; "" (pinyin: ) is a common modal word at the end of a sentence or a phrase in Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese.
Mozilla Foundation's URL shortener uses it with the "mzl.la" domain hack.
Tesla Motors uses "ts.la" domain hack as a shortener and a redirect.
Digikala, the largest e-commerce startup in Iran and the Middle East uses "dgka.la" domain hack as a shortener.
Domain names registered with the .la top-level domain start at $50.00.
The Network information center of .la is oriented to pages based in Los Angeles.
Intel Latin America uses intel.la.
The Digital Public Library of America uses dp.la.
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