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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)