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Official country name
Kingdom of Thailand
Short name
Thailand
Local names
Ratcha Anachak Thai (long)
Prathet Thai (short)
Prathet Thai (short)
Former name
Siam
Nationality
Thai (singular and plural) (noun) Prathet Thai (adjective)
Languages spoken
Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
Capital
Bangkok
Government type
constitutional monarchy
Population
65,493,296 ranked 22, (data 2008)
Geography
controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore. The lowest point is Gulf of Thailand 0 m.
Coastline
Coastline 3,219 km.
Land borders
4,863km, Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km.
Administrative divisions
76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural); Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep Mahanakhon (Bangkok), Lampang, Lamphun, Loei, Lop Buri, Mae Hong Son, Maha Sarakham, Mukdahan, Nakhon Nayok, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nan, Narathiwat, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nong Khai, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Pattani, Phangnga, Phatthalung, Phayao, Phetchabun, Phetchaburi, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket, Prachin Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Sara Buri, Satun, Sing Buri, Sisaket, Songkhla, Sukhothai, Suphan Buri, Surat Thani, Surin, Tak, Trang, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Uthai Thani, Uttaradit, Yala, Yasothon
Independence
1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)