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Useful Information

COUNTRY INFO

Location:

The Kingdom of Thailand borders Myanmar in the north-west and west, Laos in the north and north-east, Cambodia in the south-east, and Malaysia in the south.

Thailand is situated between 5 ° 37 'and 20 ° 27' north latitude and between 97 ° 22 'and 105 ° 37' east longitude.

The territory of Thailand occupies a considerable part of Southeast Asia's land area and extends southeast of the last foothills of the Himalayas to the Malay Peninsula, enclosing the Gulf of Thailand, an edge of the South China Sea. The land surface of Thailand is reminiscent of an elephant's head. The maximum extent in north-south direction is 1,770 km (1099,827 mile), in east-west direction at 780 km (484,67 mile). The total length is 5,326 km (3309,42 mile). The coast length in the Gulf of Thailand is 1,878 km (1166,93 mile) and the Andaman Sea 937 km (582,22 mile).

Area:

513.115 km² (198,117 square mile)

Population :

67.959.359 (2015)

Population Density :

133 Residents/qkm. (2015)

(342.1/sq mi)

Capital :

Bangkok (Thai: Krung Thep)

State form:

Hereditary monarchy, constitutional monarchy

Geography:

The northern region is mountainous, where the highest point of the country is: Doi Inthanon (2565 m = 1,59 mile). The north-east (Isan) consists of the Khorat high plateau, a landscape that is drippy in the summer and flooded in the rainy season, which does not permit intensive agriculture.

The central region is dominated by the Mae Nam Chao Phraya (Chao-Phraya River), which feeds the fertile land and flows south of Bangkok into the Gulf of Thailand. The eastern region is characterized by agriculture and is situated on the Gulf of Thailand.

The southern region is located on the elongated Malay Peninsula, which separates the Pacific Ocean from the Indian Ocean. The Isthmus of Kra forms the narrowest point between the two seas and is only 64 km (39,77 mile) wide. Therefore, it is also referred to as a "thin neck" in Thailand. Mountain landscapes (in the northern part the Tenasserim mountains on the border with Myanmar, the extreme south the border mountains Sankalakhiri to Malaysia), rainforest and dream beaches alternate.

Language :

Thai

Religion:

Theravada Buddhism is Thailand's dominant religion, with about 94% of the population professing it. There are also up to 5% Muslims (mainly Malay in southern Thailand), 0.6% Christians and 0.1% (about 65,000) Hindus (mostly Indians). Only 0.4% consider themselves as religions.

Currency :

Baht (THB)

CURRENCY CONVERTER

Local Time :

UTC+7

UTC Universal Time Coordinated, Formerly also officially designated as GMT Greenwich Mean Time.

Power supply:

220 V

Older sockets are type A, modern sockets are a combination of types B and C. They can accept the American plug connectors A and B and the euro flat plug C. The plug types E, F and EF can also be plugged in, whereby the types E and EF can also be grounded by an additional earthing pin.

Head of Goverment :

Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha

Head of State :

On 1 December 2016 crown prince Maha Vajiralongkorn was proclaimed the new king (Rama X).

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