Bangkok City
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Bangkok กรุงเทพมหานคร Krung Thep Maha Nakhon |
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| Special administrative area | |||
Clockwise from top: Si Lom–Sathon business district, the Giant Swing, Victory Monument, Rama VIII Bridge, Wat Arun, and the Grand Palace
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 Location within Thailand |
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| Coordinates: 13°45′N 100°28′E / 13.750°N 100.467°ECoordinates: 13°45′N 100°28′E / 13.750°N 100.467°E | |||
| Country |
 Thailand
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| Region | 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 | 14,565,547 | ||
| • Metro density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Bangkokian (Exonym) Khon Krung Thep (Native) |
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| Time zone | ICT (UTC+7) | ||
| Postal code | 10### | ||
| Area code(s) | 02 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | TH-10 | ||
| Website | www |
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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) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, significantly dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of importance.
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