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The population began to grow explosively as the standard of living rose, and a flood of people began to move from the villages to the cities, and above all to Bangkok. Thailand had 30 million people in 1965, while by the end of the 20th century the population had doubled. Bangkok's population had grown tenfold since 1945 and had tripled since 1970.
The following table lists all closed railway stations in Thailand as of September 2021 in English alphabetical order. The list does not include stations of the Burma Railway Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi-Thanbyuzayat which was demolished at the end of World War II.
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Thailand has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and consulate-general offices in George Town and Kota Bharu. [1] Malaysia maintains an embassy in Bangkok [ 2 ] and a consulate-general in Songkhla . During Mahathir Mohamad 's second term as the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2018 to 2020, he made four visits to Thailand.
[14] [22] The Ayutthaya Kingdom is considered to be the precursor of modern Thailand, and its developments are an important part of the history of Thailand. [ 14 ] The Ayutthaya Kingdom emerged from the mandala or merger of three maritime city-states on the Lower Chao Phraya Valley in the late 13th and 14th centuries ( Lopburi , Suphanburi ...
Southern Thailand The Thai Meteorological Department divides the country into six regions for meteorological purposes. [ 2 ] It differs from the four-region system in that the east is regarded as a separate region, the south is divided into east and west coasts, and Nakhon Sawan and Uthai Thani are grouped in the central region.
The origins of Thai nationalist thought derive from the creation of the Thai nation-state in the mid-nineteenth century during the reigns of Vajiravudh's predecessors Mongkut (Rama IV, r. 1851–1868) and Chulalongkorn (Rama V, 1868–1910), whose reforms in response to colonial pressures resulted in the reconceptualization of the kingdom as a modern polity.
As of 31 December 2018 there were 878 districts in Thailand. [1] This table lists those districts, and the provinces ( changwat ) of Thailand and regions ( phak ) of Thailand in which they lie. This sortable table does not include districts in Bangkok.