STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON THAILAND
July 01, 2008
July 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Electronic Affairs Publication Office issued the following Background Note:
PROFILE
OFFICIAL NAME:
Kingdom of Thailand
Geography
Area: 513,115 sq. km. (198,114 sq. mi.); equivalent to the size of France, or slightly smaller than Texas. Cities: Capital-Bangkok (population 9,668,854); Nakhon Ratchasima (pop. 437,386 for Muang distr . . .
PROFILE
OFFICIAL NAME:
Kingdom of Thailand
Geography
Area: 513,115 sq. km. (198,114 sq. mi.); equivalent to the size of France, or slightly smaller than Texas. Cities: Capital-Bangkok (population 9,668,854); Nakhon Ratchasima (pop. 437,386 for Muang distr . . .
