Bangkok Places of Interest Phaya Thai Palace

Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of T…
Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 10 million people as of 2024, 13% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region as of the 2021 estimate, making Bangkok a megacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.
  • Country: Thailand
  • Region: Central Thailand
  • Founded by: Rama I
  • Elevation: 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
  • Area code: 02
  • First settlements: c. 15th century
  • Founded as capital: 21 April 1782

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