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Details About Thailand
- Geography of Thailand: Located in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
- Coordinates: 15 00 N, 100 00 E
- Area: 514,000 sq km (about double the size of Wyoming)
- Land boundaries: 4,863 km
- Border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km
- Coastline: 3,219 km
- Climate: Topical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
- Terrain: Central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere
- Elevation extremes: Gulf of Thailand 0 m; Doi Inthanon 2,576 m
- Population: 65,493,296 (July 2008 est.)
- Ethnic groups: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%
- Religions: Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1%
- Languages: Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
- Government type: Constitutional Monarchy
- Capital: Bangkok (Krung Thepp Maha Nakhon)
- Administrative divisions: 76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural)
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