Thailand
Thailand (Thai: ประเทศไทย), umwhile Siam (Thai: สยาม), an offeecially the Kinrick o Thailand, is an independent kintra that lies in the hert o Sootheast Asie. It is bordered tae the north bi Burma an Laos, tae the aest bi Laos an Cambodie, tae the sooth bi the Gulf o Thailand an Malaysie, an tae the wast bi the Andaman Sea an the soothren extremity o Burma. Its maritime boondaries include Vietnam in the Gulf o Thailand tae the sootheast an Indonesie an Indie in the Andaman Sea tae the soothwast.
Kinrick o Thailand ราชอาณาจักรไทย Ratcha Anachak Thai | |
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Motto: (unofficial) ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์ (Thai) Chat, Satsana, Phra Maha Kasat "Naition, Releegions, Keeng" | |
Ryal anthem: Sansoen Phra Barami Thai Ryal Anthem (instrumental) | |
Caipital | Bangkok 13°45′N 100°29′E / 13.750°N 100.483°E |
Lairgest ceety | capital |
Offeecial leids | Thai[1] |
Official script | Thai alphabet |
Ethnic groups (2009[5]) | |
Demonym(s) | Thai |
Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Keeng | Rama X |
• Actin Prime Meenister | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
Legislatur | Naitional Assembly |
• Upper house | Senate |
• Lower house | Hoose o Representatives |
Formation | |
• Sukhothai Kinrick | 1238–1448 |
• Ayutthaya Kinrick | 1351–1767 |
• Thonburi Kinrick | 1768–1782 |
• Rattanakosin Kinrick | 6 Aprile 1782 |
• Constitutional monarchy | 24 Juin 1932 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 513,120 km2 (198,120 sq mi) (51st) |
• Water (%) | 0.4 (2,230 km2) |
Population | |
• 2011 estimate | 66,720,153[6] (20t) |
• 2010 census | 65,479,453[7] |
• Density | 132.1/km2 (342.1/sq mi) (88t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2013 estimate |
• Total | $701.554 billion[8] |
• Per capita | $10,849[8] |
GDP (nominal) | 2013 estimate |
• Tot | $424.985 billion[8] |
• Per capita | $6,572[8] |
Gini (2010) | 39.4[9] medium |
HDI | 0.690[10] medium · 103rd |
Currency | Baht (฿) (THB) |
Time zone | UTC+7 |
Drivin side | left |
Cawin code | +66 |
ISO 3166 code | TH |
Internet TLD |
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Etymology
The kintra's offeecial name wis Siam (Thai: สยาม RTGS: Sayam, IPA: [sàjǎːm]) until Juin 23, 1939,[11] when it wis chynged tae Thailand. It wis then renamed Siam frae 1945 tae Mey 11, 1949, efter which it wis again renamed Thailand. An aa spelled Sayam, Syâm or Syâma, it haes been identified wi the Sanskrit Śyâma (श्याम, meanin "daurk" or "brown"). The names Shan an A-hom seem tae be variants o the same wird, an Śyâma is possibly no its oreegin but a learned an artificial distortion.[12]
The wird Thai (ไทย) is no, as commonly believed derived frae the wird Tai (ไท) meanin "freedom" in the Thai leid; it is, housomeivver, the name o an ethnic group frae the central plains (the Thai fowk). A famous Thai scholar argued that Tai (ไท) simply means "fowk" or "human being" syne his investigation shows that in some rural auries the wird "Tai" wis uised instead o the uisual Thai wird "khon" (คน) for fowk.[13] The Thai uise the phrase "land o the free" tae express pride in the fact that Thailand is the ae kintra in Sootheast Asie niver colonized bi an ootside pouer.
While the Thai fowk will aften refer tae thair kintra uisin the polite form Prathet Thai (Thai: ประเทศไทย), thay maist commonly uise the mair colloquial wird Mueang Thai (Thai: เมืองไทย) or simply Thai (Thai: ไทย); the wird mueang (Thai: เมือง) meanin naition but maist commonly uised tae refer tae a ceety or toun. Ratcha Anachak Thai (Thai: ราชอาณาจักรไทย) means "Kinrick o Thailand".
Etymologically, its components are: -Ratcha- (frae Sanskrit raja, meanin "keeng, royal, realm") ; -ana- (frae Pāli āṇā, "authority, command, pouer", itself frae Sanskrit ājñā, same meanin) -chak (frae Sanskrit cakra or cakraṃ meanin "wheel", a seembol o pouer an rule). The Thai Naitional Anthem (Thai: เพลงชาติ) refers tae the Thai naition as: prathet-thai (Thai: ประเทศไทย). The first line o the naitional anthem is: prathet thai ruam lueat nuea chat chuea thai (Thai: ประเทศไทยรวมเลือดเนื้อชาติเชื้อไทย) an wis translatit in 1939 bi Colonel Luang Saranuprabhandi as: “Thailand is the unity o Thai blood an body.”
Administrative divisions
Thailand is dividit intae 76 provinces (จังหวัด, changwat), which are gathered intae 5 groups o provinces bi location. Thare are an aa 2 special governed destricts: the caipital Bangkok (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon) an Pattaya, o which Bangkok is at provincial level an sicweys aften coontit as a 77t province.
Each province is dividit intae destricts an the destricts are further dividit intae sub-destricts (tambons). As o 2010 thare are 878 destricts (อำเภอ, amphoe) an the 50 destricts o Bangkok (เขต, khet). Some pairts o the provinces borderin Bangkok are an aa referred tae as Greater Bangkok (ปริมณฑล, pari monthon). Thir provinces include Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Nakhon Pathom an Samut Sakhon. The name o each province's caipital ceety (เมือง, mueang) is the same as that o the province. For example, the caipital o Chiang Mai province (changwat Chiang Mai) is Mueang Chiang Mai or Chiang Mai. The 76 provinces are as follaes:
Central
- Ang Thong
- Bangkok (Krung Thep Maha Nakhon), Special Governed Destrict o
- Chai Nat
- Kamphaeng Phet
- Lopburi
- Nakhon Nayok
- Nakhon Pathom
- Nakhon Sawan
- Nonthaburi
- Pathum Thani
- Phetchabun
- Phichit
- Phitsanulok
- Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Samut Prakan
- Samut Sakhon
- Samut Songkhram
- Saraburi
- Sing Buri
- Sukhothai
- Suphan Buri
- Uthai Thani
East
- Chachoengsao
- Chanthaburi
- Chonburi
- Prachinburi
- Rayong
- Sa Kaeo
- Trat
North
Northeast (Isan)
- Amnat Charoen
- Buri Ram
- Chaiyaphum
- Kalasin
- Khon Kaen
- Loei
- Maha Sarakham
- Mukdahan
- Nakhon Phanom
- Nakhon Ratchasima
- Nong Bua Lamphu
- Nong Khai
- Roi Et
- Sakon Nakhon
- Si Sa Ket
- Surin
- Ubon Ratchathani
- Udon Thani
- Yasothon
Sooth
- Chumphon
- Krabi
- Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Narathiwat
- Pattani
- Phang Nga
- Phatthalung
- Phuket
- Ranong
- Satun
- Songkhla
- Surat Thani
- Trang
- Yala
Wast
Lairgest Metropolitan Auries o Thailand | |||||||
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Rank | Metropolitan aurie | Population | |||||
1 | Bangkok | 11,971,000 | |||||
2 | Pattaya-Chon Buri | 1,183,604 | |||||
3 | Chiang Mai | 960,906 | |||||
4 | Hat Yai-Songkhla | 801,747 | |||||
5 | Nakhon Ratchasima | 439,546 |
References
Freemit airtins
- Govrenment
- Thaigov.go.th Ryal Govrenment o Thailand
- Chief o State an Cabinet Members Archived 2008-12-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Mfa.go.th Thailand Meenistry o Foreign Affairs
- Thailand Internet Information Naitional Electronics an Computer Technology Center
- Meenistry o Cultur Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- General information
- Thailand Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine frae UCB Libraries GovPubs
- Thailand at Curlie
- Wikimedia Atlas o Thailand
- Longdo Map On-line Thailand maps in Inglis an Thai
- Thailand Laws Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine - Thailand acts an legal information, baith in Inglis an Thai leid.
- Traivel
- Tourism Authority o Thailand Offeecial tourism wabsteid
- Travel guide tae Thailand frae Wikivoyage
- Ither
- Flickr: Photos tagged wi "Thailand"
- Thailand Country Fact Sheet frae the Common Language Project