 Thailand
Facts and Figures
Source: CIA World Factbook |
| Coordinates |
15 00 N, 100 00 E |
| Area |
total: 514,000 sq km land: 511,770 sq km water: 2,230 sq km |
| Climate |
tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid |
| Terrain |
central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere |
| Population |
65,068,149 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality and death rates, lower population and growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects |
| Imports |
capital goods, intermediate goods and raw materials, consumer goods, fuels |
| Exports |
textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances |
| Hazards |
land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts |
| Resources |
tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land |
| Geography |
controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore |
| Nationality |
noun: Thai (singular and plural) adjective: Thai |
| Capital |
name: Bangkok geographic coordinates: 13 45 N, 100 31 E time difference: UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Internet Country Code |
.th |
| Internet Users |
8.42 million (2005) |
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