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The Gulf of Thailand, historically known as the Gulf of Siam, derives its name from the historical kingdom of Siam, the former name of modern-day Thailand. The term "Gulf of Siam" was widely used in Western cartography and geographical references up until the mid-20th century, reflecting the colonial-era practice of naming regions based on the ...
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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.
The grouping of Thai provinces into regions follow two major systems in which Thailand is divided into either four or six regions.In the six-region system, commonly used in geographical studies, central Thailand extends from Sukhothai and Phitsanulok Provinces in the north to the provinces bordering the Gulf of Thailand in the south, excluding the mountainous provinces bordering Myanmar to the ...
The Bay of Bangkok (Thai: อ่าวกรุงเทพ, RTGS: Ao Krung Thep, Thai pronunciation: [ʔàːw kruŋ tʰêːp], sometimes informally อ่าวตัว ก), also known as the Bight of Bangkok, is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Thailand, roughly extending from Hua Hin District to the west and Sattahip District to the east.
Jomtien Beach Jomtien Bearch. Jomtien [a] (จอมเทียน, RTGS: Chom Thian, pronounced [tɕɔ̄ːm tʰīan]) or Jomtien Beach (หาดจอมเทียน, RTGS: Hat Chom Thian, pronounced [hàːt tɕɔ̄ːm tʰīan]) is a town on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand about 165 km south-east of Bangkok in Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province.
It shortened the route by 13–14 km for ships from the Gulf of Siam to the then-capital city, Ayutthaya. [9] In 1542, a two kilometer-long canal, "Khlong Lat Bangkok", was completed. The Chao Phraya then diverted along the new canal, its old course becoming part of Khlong Bangkok Noi and Khlong Bangkok Yai. It is said to have shortened the ...
Siamese court at Bangkok was greatly alarmed by construction of this canal, suspecting that the canal was to facilitate mobilization of Vietnamese navy fleet into the Gulf of Siam, threatening Bangkok. In 1826–1827, King Anouvong of the Lao Kingdom of Vientiane arose to free his kingdom and his people from Siamese rule.