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Bangkok
กรุงเทพมหานคร
Krung Thep Maha Nakhon

Special administrative area

A composite image, consisting of the following, in clockwise fashion: a skyline with several skyscrapers; a tall gate-like structure, painted in red; a monument featuring bronze figures standing around the base of an obelisk, surrounded by a large traffic circle; a cable-stayed bridge with a single pylon on one side of the river it spans; a temple with a large stupa surrounded by four smaller ones on a river bank; and a stately building with a Thai-style roof with three spires

Clockwise from top: Si Lom–Sathon business district, the Giant Swing, Victory Monument, Rama VIII Bridge, Wat Arun, and the Grand Palace

A green rectangular flag with the seal of Bangkok in the centre

A round seal bearing the image of Indra riding Airavata among clouds, with the words "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" (in Thai) across the top

Seal

Map of Thailand, with a small highlighted area near the centre of the country, near the coast of the Gulf of Thailand

Location within Thailand

Coordinates: 13°45′09″N 100°29′39″E / 13.75250°N 100.49417°ECoordinates: 13°45′09″N 100°29′39″E / 13.75250°N 100.49417°E

Country

Central Thailand

Settled

c 15th century

Founded as capital

21 April 1782

Re-incorporated

13 December 1972

Founded by

King Rama I

Governing body

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Government

• Type

Special administrative area

• Governor

Aswin Kwanmuang

Area

• City

1,568.737 km² (605.693 sq mi)

• Metro

7,761.6 km² (2,996.8 sq mi)

Elevation

1.5 m (4.9 ft)

Population (2010 census)

• City

8,280,925

• Density

5,300/km² (14,000/sq mi)

• Metro

14,626,225

• Metro density

1,900/km² (4,900/sq mi)

Bangkokian (Exonym)
Khon Krung Thep (Native)

Postal code

10###

02

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Website

www.bangkok.go.th

Bangkok (UK: /bæŋˈkɒk/,US: /ˈbæŋkɒk/) is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (กรุงเทพมหานคร, pronounced [krūŋ tʰêːp mahǎː nákʰɔ̄ːn] ( listen)) or simply Krung Thep ( listen ). The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in Central Thailand, and has a population of over 8 million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) lived within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region at the 2010 census, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, significantly dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of importance.

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