Official name
of country: Muang Thai (means
'Land of the Free') Capital city: Bangkok, population eight million
Official language: Thai
Type of government: Constitutional monarchy
Head of state: King
Head of government: Prime Minister
Facts in Brief
Official name
of country: Muang Thai (means
'Land of the Free')
Capital city: Bangkok, population eight million
Official language: Thai
Type of government: Constitutional monarchy
Head of state: King
Head of government: Prime Minister
Go here to hear the National Anthem of Thailand
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8106/Anthems/thailand.htm
Population: 60 million
Main ethnic
groups: Karen, Padaung, Hmong,
Lahu, Yao, Akha, Lisu.
Main religions: 95 per cent Buddhism, also Brahminism,
Hinduism, Islam,Christianity, Animism
When Thai buddhists pray at a temple, they sometimes first ring a bell to wake the gods
Area: 514 000 square kilometres, 1640 kilometres
north to south
Currency:
Baht (B)
Highest mountain: Doi Inthanon, 2595 metres
Longest river: Mekong, which forms Thailand's north-eastern
border
Time difference
from Australian Eastern Standard Time:
Five hours behind
Main agricultural
products: Rice, coffee, salt,
coconuts, rubber, sugar
Industries: Fishing, paper products, silk and cotton
cloth, tourism, food processing, handicrafts, jewellery, and mining
of petroleum, coal, tin, sapphires and rubies .
Exports (things sold to other countries) include: computers, office machine parts, transistors, rubber, vehicles (cars and trucks), plastic, and seafood
Thailand imports
(buys from other countries) natural
gas, machinery and parts, vehicles, electronic integrated circuits,
chemicals, crude oil and fuels, and iron and steel.
Thailand is in South-east Asia, stretching 1640 kilometres north to south. Thailand has borders with Malaysia, Burma, Laos and Cambodia. Two oceans border the southern coastline of Thailand, the Gulf of Thailand in the east and the Andamen Sea in the west.
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Thomas, R. & Sydenham, S. Thailand [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au (2008)
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