| Official name: |
Kingdom of Thailand
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| Capital: |
Bangkok
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| Area: |
total: 514,000 sq km
water: 2,230 sq km
land: 511,770 sq km
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| 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
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| Location: |
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
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| Geographic coordinates: |
15 00 N, 100 00 E
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming
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| Land boundaries: |
total: 4,863 km
border countries: Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km
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| Coastline: |
3,219 km
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| Terrain: |
central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m
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