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Southeast Asia > Thailand > Geography

THAI GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
slightly more than twice the size of Wyoming
Capital city with population Bangkok - 5,882,000
Forested Land 28.9% [86th of 193]
Largest city Bangkok
Largest city population 6,547,000 [20th of 174]
Largest city with population Bangkok - 5,882,000
Map references
Southeast Asia
Maritime claims > Continental shelf
200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nm [105th of 121]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nm [170th of 190]
Natural hazards
land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts
Natural resources
tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land
northernmost point > Latitude 20°27'N
Population density 118.43 people per sqkm [86th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 125.73 people/m² ... [72nd of 204]
Precipitation 1,498 mm [16th of 95]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 304.62 people/km² of arable lan ... [86th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 513,120 km² ... [49th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Doi Inthanon
Terrain
central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; FAO; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand

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