Thailand
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| Basic Facts |
| Country name |
conventional long form: Kingdom of Thailand
conventional short form: Thailand local long form: Ratcha Anachak Thai local short form: Prathet Thai former: Siam |
| Gevernment type | constitutional monarchy |
| Capital |
name: Bangkok
geographic coordinates: 13 45 N, 100 31 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Flag description | five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double width), white, and red |
| Currency | baht (THB) |
| Internet country code | .th |
| Ports and terminals | Bangkok, Laem Chabang, Prachuap Port, Si Racha |
| Agriculture products | rice, cassava (tapioca), rubber, corn, sugarcane, coconuts, soybeans |
| Industries | tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry and electric appliances, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, automobiles and automotive parts; world's second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer |
| Geography |
| Location | Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma |
| Coordinates | 15 00 N, 100 00 E |
| Continent | Southeast Asia |
| Area |
total: 514,000 sq km
land: 511,770 sq km water: 2,230 sq km |
| Boundaries |
total: 4,863 km
border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km |
| Coastline | 3,219 km |
| Climate | tropical; 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 |
| Natural resources | tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land |
| Natural hazards | land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts |
| People |
| Population | 64,631,595
note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2006 est.) |
| Ethnic groups | Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11% |
| Religions | Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census) |
| Languages | Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects |
