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World > Asia > Thailand
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Thailand |
Introduction:
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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy. In alliance with Japan during World War II, Thailand became a US ally following the conflict. Thailand is currently facing separatist violence in its southern ethnic Malay-Muslim provinces.
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| Official name: |
Kingdom of Thailand |
| Capital: |
name: Bangkok
geographic coordinates: 13 45 N, 100 31 E
time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Government type: |
constitutional monarchy |
| Population: |
65,068,149
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 2007 est.) |
| Languages: |
Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects |
| Official Currency: |
Thai Baht (THB)
Current Thai Baht Exchange Rates
Historical Thai Baht Exchange Rates
Chart Thai Baht Exchange Rates |
| Currency code: |
THB |
| Area: |
total: 514,000 sq km
land: 511,770 sq km
water: 2,230 sq 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 |
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Map of Thailand
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