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The history of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, dates at least to the early 15th century, when it was under the rule of Ayutthaya.Due to its strategic location near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, the town gradually increased in importance, and after the fall of Ayutthaya King Taksin established his new capital of Thonburi there, on the river's west bank.
Bangkok, [a] officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon [b] and colloquially as Krung Thep, [c] is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 9.0 million as of 2021, 13% of the country's population.
According to one historian, the post-Ayutthaya monarchs were the real demolishers of the former capital, [131] they took apart most of the ruins that survived the Burmese sack for the construction of the new capital at Bangkok for symbolic and practical reasons; Bangkok was the successor of Ayutthaya in the eyes of the new Bangkok elite and ...
The old city is on an island formed by a bend of the Chao Phraya on the west and south sides, the Pa Sak on the east side and the Klong Muang canal on the northern side. The approximate centre of the old city is 14°20′N 100°34′E / 14.333°N 100.567°E / 14.333; 100
Rattanakosin is the proper term used by Thai historiography to cover the historical period of the first seven Chakri rulers, between the founding of Bangkok as the capital city of Thailand in 1782 and the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932, and was therefore never the official name of the country historically.
Bangkok: Ayutthaya Kingdom Thailand: Early 15th century AD The history of Bangkok dates at least back to the early 15th century, when it was a village on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River, under the rule of Ayutthaya. [179] Hải Dương: Đại Việt Vietnam: 1469 AD [180] Hội An: Đại Việt Vietnam: 1471 AD [181] Bogor: Sunda ...
Old capital city Country Today a part of From Until Change, reason Prague: Czechoslovakia: Czech Republic: 1918 1993 became capital in Czech Republic: Székesfehérvár and Esztergom: Hungary, Kingdom of: Hungary: 972 (or 973) 1256 The capital moved from Esztergom to Buda after most of the city was destroyed by the Mongols in 1242 Buda: Hungary ...
The Thai National Anthem is the title of Thailand's national anthem which was adopted on 10 December 1939. Officially proclaimed national symbols National animal: Thai elephant (Elephas maximus) ช้างไทย: Thai Elephant: One of three national symbols proclaimed in a declaration of the Office of the Prime Minister dated 26 October ...