The Bangkok Metropolitan Area (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล) is the urban area of Bangkok, Thailand and its surrounding provinces. Altogether it covers an area of 7,761.50 km² and with a population of 9,942,150 (as of December 16, 2006) it has a population density of 1,280.95 per km². The Bangkok Skytrain at sunset on Thanon Narathiwat Ratcha Nakharin with Empire Tower at the back. ...
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A new special administrative area of Nakhon Suvarnabhumi is planned to be formed from two districts of Bangkok and three districts of Samut Prakan. The new city will cover area 521.29 km² and a population of around 520,000. The Bangkok Skytrain at sunset on Thanon Narathiwat Ratcha Nakharin with Empire Tower at the back. ... Nonthaburi (Thai นนทบุรี) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Samut Prakan (Thai ) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Pathum Thani (Thai ปทุมธานี) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Samut Sakhon (Thai สมุทรสาคร) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Nakhon Pathom (Thai นครปà¸à¸¡) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ... Nakhon Suvarnabhumi (Thai นครสุวรรณภูมิ) is a proposed new province of Thailand in the southeast of Bangkok around the new Bangkok airport. ...
The BangkokMetropolitanArea (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล) is the urban area of Bangkok, Thailand and its surrounding provinces.
Altogether it covers an area of 7,761.50 km² and with a population of 9,942,150 (as of December 16, 2006) it has a population density of 1,280.95 per km².
A new special administrative area of Nakhon Suvarnabhumi is planned to be formed from two districts of Bangkok and three districts of Samut Prakan.
Bangkok began as a small trading center and port community, called Bang Makok ("place of olive plums"), serving Ayutthaya, which was the capital of the nation (then known as Siam) until it fell to Burma in 1767.
Bangkok is one of two special administrative areas in Thailand (the other being Pattaya) in which citizens vote to choose their Governor, unlike in Thailand's 75 other provinces (changwat).
Bangkok is one of Asia's most important air transport hub, as of 2005 more than 80 airlines served the airport Don Mueang International Airport and over 38,000,000 passengers, 160,000 flights and 700,000 tons of cargo were handled at this airport per year.
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