The Kingdom of Thailand, referred to as Thailand for short, is located in the south-central Indochina Peninsula, bordering the Gulf of Thailand in the Pacific Ocean in the southeast and the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean in the southwest. It borders Myanmar in the west and northwest, Laos in the northeast, Cambodia in the east and Malaysia in the south. It has a tropical monsoon climate, high in the north and low in the south. With a total area of 510.3 million square kilometers and a coastline of 2,705 kilometers, the country is divided into five regions, with 77 prefectures. * * * There are more than 30 ethnic groups, mainly Thai, and the rest are Lao, Chinese and Malay.
In A.D. 1238, Thailand formed a relatively unified country, which successively experienced Sukhothai Dynasty, Dacheng Dynasty, Wuli Dynasty and Bangkok Dynasty, formerly known as Siam. /kloc-In the 6th century, colonists such as Portugal, Holland, Britain and France invaded successively. 1896, Britain and France signed a treaty, stipulating that Siam was the buffer state between British Burma and French Indian zhina, and Siam became the only country in Southeast Asia that was not colonized.
Major city
Bangkok is the capital of Thailand and an important port city. It is the national political, economic, cultural, educational and transportation center. It is located in the lower reaches of Chao Phraya River, 40 kilometers away from Siam Bay. Bangkok is the only government-level municipality directly under the central government in Thailand, and it is the economic center of Thailand, accounting for 44% of the total national economy and the economic center of Southeast Asia after Singapore. Service industry is a pillar industry in Bangkok, accounting for about half of the total service industry in the country.
Bangkok is a world-famous rice market with developed industry and commerce. Its main export commodities are rice, tobacco, rubber, beans, tin, teak, fruit, jute and handicrafts, while its import commodities mainly include machinery, steel, automobiles, medicines, textiles, food, petroleum products and chemicals. Bangkok is the center of higher education in Thailand, with famous universities including National Chulalongkorn University, National Hosei University, bangkok university and National Narixuan University.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Thailand