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» Location of Thailand :

Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.

 

General Information of Thailand:

 

Location:                            Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma

 

Capital:                               Bangkok

 

Geographic coordinates:   15 00 N, 100 00 E

 

Area total:                          513,120 km2

 

Population:                         2010 estimate 66,404,688

 

Time zone:                          (UTC+7)

 

Calling code  :                     +66

 

Thailand Currency:             Thai Baht – ฿

 

Official language:               Thai

 

Religion:                              Buddhism, Muslims, Christianity

 

Major exports:                   Thai rice, textiles and footwear, fishery products, rubber, jewellery, cars, computers and electrical                                            appliances.

 

Major Cities:                       Chiang Mai, Korat, Khon Kaen, Pattaya, Phuket

 

Important industries :     Tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural products, beverages, tobacco, cement, jewelry, electric                                          appliances and components, computer and computer accessories, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, tin

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History:

The Thais moved from their ancestral home in southern China into mainland southeast Asia around the 10th century AD. Prior to this, Indianized kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer and Malay kingdoms ruled the region. The Thais established their own states starting with Sukhothai, Chiang Saen and Chiang Mai as Lanna Kingdom and then Ayutthaya kingdom.

 

These states fought each other and were under constant threat from the Khmers, Burma and Vietnam. Much later, the European colonial powers threatened in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but Thailand survived as the only Southeast Asian state to avoid colonial rule. After the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932, Thailand endured sixty years of almost permanent military rule before the establishment of a democratic elected-government system.

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Geography:

Located in the center of Southeast Asia, Thailand is truly at the heart of the region.  Looking over a map of Thailand will reveal a country whose borders form the rough shape of an elephant’s head: the head and ears forming the mostly landlocked northern and eastern provinces and the trunk extending down the Malaysian peninsula between the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand.

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