Thailand

Thailand is an independent country, located in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered in the north to Burma and Laos to the east by Laos and Cambodia, south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and west by the Andaman Sea and the southern tip of Burma. Their maritime boundaries to include Vietnam, the Gulf of Thailand and Indonesia and southeast India in the Andaman Sea in the southwest.

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The country is a kingdom, a constitutional monarchy with King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the ninth king of the House of Chakri, who reigned from 1946, making it the world's oldest head of state and the current longest reigning monarch in Thai history. The king is officially known as head of state, the military, a defender of the Buddhist religion, and defender of all faiths.

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The largest city in Thailand Bangkok, the capital, which is also the center of the country in political activities, commercial, industrial and cultural.

Thailand is a country of the world's top 50 in terms of total area (slightly smaller than Yemen and slightly larger than Spain), with an area of approximately 513 000 km2 (198,000 m²), and the country's 21 most populous, with about 64 million people. approximately 75% of the population of ethnic Thais, 14% are of Chinese origin, and 3% are ethnic Malay, the rest belong to minority groups, including Mons, Khmer and various tribes. There are about 2.2 million legal and illegal immigrants in Thailand. Thailand has also attracted a number of foreigners from developed countries. The official language is Thai. Their main religion is Buddhism which is practiced by about 95% of all Thais.

Thailand has experienced rapid economic growth between 1985 and 1995 and is a newly industrialized country with tourism, because of the famous tourist destinations like Pattaya, Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai and Ko Samui, and exports, contributing significantly to the economy..

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