The Kingdom of Thailand, is located in Southeast Asia. Thailand borders Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Malaysia on the Indochina peninsula.
Thailand’s water boundaries are along the Gulf of Thailand, the Strait of Malacca, and the Andaman Sea.
Thailand, which used to be called Siam, has a population of about 66 million (2011 estimate). Thailand’s capital is Bangkok, which is also its largest city, with over eight million residents (2010 Census).
Thailand is governed by a constitutional monarchy, and is officially called the Kingdom of Thailand. The country is subdivided into seventy six provinces for administrative purposes, grouped into geographic regions. Bangkok, the capital, and Pattaya are special administrative districts of Thailand.
Geographic features of Thailand include mountains like the Thanon Thong Chai Range, the Chao Phraya River, MeKong River, and the Kra Isthmus, the southern leg of the country.
Province | Population | Area(km.²) | Area(mi.²) |
---|---|---|---|
Amnat Charoen | 356,556 | 3,161 | 1,221 |
Ang Thong | 269,419 | 968 | 374 |
Bangkok Metropolis | 6,355,144 | 1,569 | 606 |
Bueng Kan | 385,053 | 4,305 | 1,662 |
Buri Ram | 1,493,359 | 10,323 | 3,986 |
Chachoengsao | 635,153 | 5,351 | 2,066 |
Chai Nat | 359,829 | 2,470 | 954 |
Chaiyaphum | 1,095,360 | 12,778 | 4,934 |
Chanthaburi | 480,064 | 6,338 | 2,447 |
Chiang Mai | 1,500,127 | 20,107 | 7,763 |
Chiang Rai | 1,129,701 | 11,678 | 4,509 |
Chon Buri | 1,040,865 | 4,363 | 1,685 |
Chumphon | 446,206 | 6,009 | 2,320 |
Kalasin | 921,366 | 6,947 | 2,682 |
Kamphaeng Phet | 674,027 | 8,608 | 3,323 |
Kanchanaburi | 734,394 | 19,483 | 7,523 |
Khon Kaen | 1,733,434 | 10,886 | 4,203 |
Krabi | 336,210 | 4,709 | 1,818 |
Lampang | 782,152 | 12,534 | 4,839 |
Lamphun | 413,299 | 4,506 | 1,740 |
Loei | 607,083 | 11,425 | 4,411 |
Lop Buri | 745,506 | 6,200 | 2,394 |
Mae Hong Son | 210,537 | 12,681 | 4,896 |
Maha Sarakham | 947,313 | 5,292 | 2,043 |
Mukdahan | 310,718 | 4,340 | 1,676 |
Nakhon Nayok | 241,081 | 2,122 | 819 |
Nakhon Pathom | 815,122 | 2,168 | 837 |
Nakhon Phanom | 684,444 | 5,513 | 2,128 |
Nakhon Ratchasima | 2,556,260 | 20,494 | 7,913 |
Nakhon Sawan | 1,090,379 | 9,598 | 3,706 |
Nakhon Si Thammarat | 1,519,811 | 9,943 | 3,839 |
Nan | 458,041 | 11,472 | 4,429 |
Narathiwat | 662,350 | 4,475 | 1,728 |
Nong Bua Lam Phu | 482,207 | 3,859 | 1,490 |
Nong Khai | 498,651 | 3,027 | 1,169 |
Nonthaburi | 816,614 | 622 | 240 |
Pathum Thani | 677,649 | 1,526 | 589 |
Pattani | 595,985 | 1,940 | 749 |
Phangnga | 234,188 | 4,171 | 1,610 |
Phatthalung | 498,471 | 3,425 | 1,322 |
Phayao | 502,780 | 6,335 | 2,446 |
Phetchabun | 965,784 | 12,668 | 4,891 |
Phetchaburi | 435,377 | 6,225 | 2,404 |
Phichit | 572,989 | 4,531 | 1,749 |
Phitsanulok | 792,678 | 10,816 | 4,176 |
Phrae | 492,561 | 6,539 | 2,525 |
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | 727,277 | 2,557 | 987 |
Phuket | 249,446 | 543 | 210 |
Prachin Buri | 406,732 | 4,762 | 1,839 |
Prachuap Khiri Khan | 449,467 | 6,368 | 2,459 |
Ranong | 161,210 | 3,298 | 1,273 |
Ratchaburi | 791,217 | 5,197 | 2,006 |
Rayong | 522,133 | 3,552 | 1,371 |
Roi Et | 1,256,458 | 8,299 | 3,204 |
Sa Kaeo | 485,632 | 7,195 | 2,778 |
Sakon Nakhon | 1,040,766 | 9,606 | 3,709 |
Samut Prakan | 1,028,401 | 1,004 | 388 |
Samut Sakhon | 466,281 | 872 | 337 |
Samut Songkhram | 204,177 | 417 | 161 |
Saraburi | 575,053 | 3,577 | 1,381 |
Satun | 247,875 | 2,479 | 957 |
Sing Buri | 232,766 | 823 | 318 |
Si Sa Ket | 1,405,500 | 8,840 | 3,413 |
Songkhla | 1,255,662 | 7,394 | 2,855 |
Sukhothai | 593,264 | 6,596 | 2,547 |
Suphan Buri | 855,949 | 5,358 | 2,069 |
Surat Thani | 869,410 | 12,892 | 4,977 |
Surin | 1,327,901 | 8,124 | 3,137 |
Tak | 486,146 | 16,407 | 6,335 |
trang | 595,110 | 4,918 | 1,899 |
trat | 219,345 | 2,819 | 1,088 |
Ubon Ratchathani | 1,691,441 | 15,745 | 6,079 |
Udon Thani | 1,467,158 | 11,730 | 4,529 |
Uthai Thani | 304,122 | 6,730 | 2,599 |
Uttaradit | 464,474 | 7,839 | 3,027 |
Yala | 415,537 | 4,521 | 1,746 |
Yasothon | 561,430 | 4,162 | 1,607 |
77 divisions | 60,913,637 | 513,120 | 198,117 |