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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.
In the same year he founded a new capital city across the Chao Phraya River in an area known as Rattanakosin Island. (While settlements on both banks were commonly called Bangkok, both the Burney Treaty of 1826 and the Roberts Treaty of 1833 refer to the capital as the City of Sia-Yut'hia. [35])
In 1783, the Bangkok city walls were constructed with part of the bricks taken from the Ayutthaya ruins. [12] [13] Lao and Cambodian [13] laborers were assigned to dig the city moat. The Grand Palace and the Wat Phra Kaew were completed in 1784 and the Emerald Buddha was transferred from Wat Arun to be placed in Wat Phra Kaew.
Buangkok includes public housing estates in the southern portion of Compassvale in Sengkang New Town.. Buangkok is a neighbourhood located in north eastern Singapore.The neighbourhood roughly encompasses the Trafalgar [1] and Compassvale subzones of the Hougang and Sengkang Planning Areas respectively, as designated by the URA.
Singapore celebrates the 200th Anniversary of the foundation of modern Singapore by Stamford Raffles. 17 April: Jewel Changi Airport opens after a week-long preview. 2020: 23 January: The first COVID-19 case in Singapore was confirmed involving a 66-year-old Chinese national from Wuhan. 10 July: The PAP wins 83 of 93 seats in the 2020 General ...
The ASEAN Declaration [1] or Bangkok Declaration is the founding document of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It was signed in Bangkok on 8 August 1967 by the five ASEAN founding members, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It states the basic principles of ASEAN: co-operation, amity, and non ...
On 8 August 1967, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was founded by Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. Since Cambodian admission into the union in 1999, East Timor is the only Southeast Asian country that is not part of ASEAN, although plans are under way for eventual membership.