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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.
Xianluo (Chinese: 暹羅) was the Chinese name for the Ayutthaya Kingdom, merged from Suphannaphum city-state, centered in modern-day Suphan Buri; and Lavo city-state, centered in modern-day Lop Buri. To the Thai, the name of their country has mostly been Mueang Thai. [1] The country's designation as Siam by Westerners likely came from the ...
Name Name (in Thai) Population (December 2024) [1] ... Bangkok, as part of the local ... Until 1922 four regions were established; however, in 1925 they were ...
The name includes 3 Welsh digraphs, so in Welsh it is only 15 letters long. Prachaksinlapakhom: 18 District in Udon Thani Province, Thailand: Thai: Named after Prince Prachaksinlapakhom, son of King Mongkut of Siam. Tauberbischofsheim: 18 City in Baden-Württemberg, Germany German "Home of the bishop (by the) Tauber (river)". Kaldrananeshreppur: 18
Thailand divides its settlements into three categories by size: city municipalities (thesaban nakhon), towns (thesaban mueang) and townships (or subdistrict municipality) (thesaban tambon). [1] There are 33 city municipalities as of November 2024. The national capital Bangkok and the special governed city Pattaya fall outside these divisions ...
The official foundation date of Bangkok is 21 April 1782 when the city pillar was consecrated in a ceremony. King Rama I underwent an abbreviated form of coronation in 1782. [12] He founded the Chakri dynasty and made his younger brother Chao Phraya Surasi the Wangna or Prince Sura Singhanat of the Front Palace. In 1783, the Bangkok city walls ...
District (Khet)Map Number Postal code Thai Name Popu-lation Number of Subdistricts (Khwaeng) Latitude Longitude Bang Bon: 50: 10150: บางบอน: 105,161: 4 13.6592