Information about Thailand
| Geography |
Thailand has a land area of 513,115
square kilometres bordered by Malaysia in the South, Myanmar (Burma)
on the West and North, Laos on the North and East and Cambodia on
the South-East. |
| Population |
Approximately 62 million people |
| Language |
Thai is the national language,
however English is widely understood in cities and French and German
are spoken in many tourist areas. |
| Religion |
Buddhist 92.4%, Muslim 4.6%,
Christian 0.8%, Others 0.4% |
| Government |
A constitutional monarchy headed by
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, with 76 provinces, each sub-divided into
amphoe (district), tambon (sub-district) and muban (village) |
| National Flag |
The
red, white and blue bands symbolize the nation, Buddhism and the
monarch respectively. |
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