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OFFICIAL NAME
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Kingdom of Thailand |
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GEOGRAPHY
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Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Myanmar (Burma) | |
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AREA
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517,000 sq km / 199,614 sq miles | |
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COMPARATIVE
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roughly the size of both California + Louisiana | |
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POPULATION
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65,000,000 | |
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CAPITAL
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Bangkok | |
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LITERACY
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98% (age 15+ and can read and write) | |
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LANGUAGE
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Thai | |
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RELIGION
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Buddhist - 95% |
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POLITICS
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Founded in 1238, Thailand has never been colonized. The country is now a constitutional monarchy with a king (head of state) and a prime minister (head of government). | |
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INCOME
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Per capita income = US$ 2,540 per year | |
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CURRENCY
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Baht (Bht) | |
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TIME ZONE
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GMT/UTC +7 | |
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SOURCES
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Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News. |
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