Fact File - The World Factbook
- Capital: Bangkok.
- Area: 514,000 sq km.
- Population: 64.64 million.
- Nationality: Thai.
- Ethnic Groups: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%
- Languages: Thai, English, Ethnic & Regional Dialects.
- National Holiday: Birthday of His Majesty The King,
Dec. 5 (1927).
- GDP Per Capita: US$8,600.
- Currency: Baht (THB) = 100 satang.
- Internet TLD: .th.
- Country Calling Code: 66.
- 75 Provinces. 2 Districts (Bangkok & Pattaya)
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Synopsis
- One of most exotic & open countries in South East
Asia.
- A country that has almost anything & everything;
excellent food, shopping, sightseeing & people.
- One of S.E.A. top tourist destinations.
- Main Cities: Bangkok, Pattaya, Phuket, Chiang Mai,
Chiang Rai, Sukhothai, Surat Thani, Hat Yai, Songkhla.
- Main Tourism Sights: Capital Bangkok, Ancient Cities
of Ayutthaya & Sukhothai, Beaches of Pattaya, Phuket, Krabi & Ko Samui, Phi Phi Island & Pha Ngan Bay, Golden Triangle area surrounding Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai & Mae Hong Son.
- 5 World Heritage Sites: Ayutthaya, Sukothai, Thungyai-
Hai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries, Ban Chiang Archaeological Site, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest.
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