Bangkok Metropolitan Area
The Bangkok Metropolitan Region, may refer to a government-defined "political definition" of the urban region surrounding the metropolis of Bangkok, or the built-up area, i.e, urban agglomeration of Bangkok, Thailand, which varies in size and shape, and gets filled in as development expands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Bangkok and Sukhumvit.
Bangkok
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Bangkok is the capital and largest city of Thailand. With a population of over eleven million inhabitants, Bangkok is by far Thailand's main city, with the urban sprawl comprising nearly half of Thailand's population, and the largest city on the Southeast Asian mainland.
Sukhumvit
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Sukhumvit is a high-end area in Bangkok with fancy condominiums, hotels, restaurants, bars and clubs. It has attracted affluent Thais and expats from all over the world.
Silom
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Silom is the closest Bangkok gets to Wall Street, with glistening skyscrapers all boasting the names of financial institutions. However, the character of the area changes after nightfall: the small sois between Silom Road and Surawong Road come alive with people who are out for a good time, and Patpong's well-known "red light" district is often a sought-out location.
Bangkok Metropolitan Area
- Type: region of Thailand with 15,600,000 residents
- Description: Metropolis in Thailand
- Also known as: “Bangkok Metropolitan Region” and “BMR”
- Location: Central Thailand, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
14.7855° or 14° 47′ 8″ northLongitude of center
100.5029° or 100° 30′ 11″ eastPopulation
15,600,000Wikidata ID
Q806484
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bangkok Metropolitan Area” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم بانكوك متروبوليتن”
- Bengali: “মেট্রোপলিটন”
- Burmese: “ဘန်ကောက်မက်ထရိုပိုလီတန်ဧရိယာ”
- Chinese: “曼谷区”
- Chinese: “曼谷區”
- Chinese: “曼谷大都會區”
- Chinese: “曼谷大都會地區”
- Chinese: “曼谷都会区”
- Chinese: “曼谷都會區”
- Danish: “Bangkok Metropolitaanse Region”
- Dutch: “Bangkok Metropolitaanse Region”
- Dutch: “Metropoolregio Bangkok”
- Esperanto: “Bangkoka Metropola Regiono”
- Esperanto: “BMR”
- Esperanto: “Metropola Regiono Bangkoko”
- Finnish: “Bangkokin metropolialue”
- French: “région métropolitaine de Bangkok”
- French: “Région métropolitaine de Bangkok”
- German: “Bangkok Metropolitan Region”
- German: “BMR”
- German: “Metropolregion Bangkok”
- Greek: “Μητροπολιτική Περιοχή της Μπανγκόκ”
- Gujarati: “બેંગકોક મેટ્રોપોલિટન પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “מטרופולין בנגקוק”
- Hindi: “बैंकाक मेट्रोपोलिटन प्रदेश”
- Indonesian: “Bangkok Raya”
- Indonesian: “Greater Bangkok”
- Indonesian: “Kawasan Metropolitan Bangkok”
- Indonesian: “กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล”
- Italian: “Area metropolitana di Bangkok”
- Italian: “regione metropolitana di Bangkok”
- Italian: “Regione metropolitana di Bangkok”
- Japanese: “バンコク首都圏”
- Kannada: “ಬ್ಯಾಂಕಾಕ್ ಮಹಾನಗರ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Khmer: “តំបន់ទីប្រជុំជនក្រុងបាងកក”
- Korean: “방콕 도시권”
- Latvian: “Bangkokas īpašās pārvaldes apbabals”
- Lithuanian: “Bankoko metropoliteno regionas”
- Malay: “Kawasan Metropolitan Bangkok”
- Marathi: “बँकॉक मेट्रोपॉलिटन प्रदेश”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bankok Metropolitan Region”
- Polish: “Region Stołeczny Bangkoku”
- Portuguese: “Região Metropolitana de Bangkok”
- Portuguese: “Região metropolitana de Banguecoque”
- Russian: “Большой Бангкок”
- Shan: “ပိုၼ်ႉတီႈ ဝဵင်းလူင် ၵုင်းထဵပ်ႈ”
- Sinhala: “බැංකොක් මෙට්රොපොලිටන් කලාපය”
- Spanish: “Región metropolitana de Bangkok”
- Spanish: “Region Metropolitana de la Bangkok”
- Spanish: “Región Metropolitana de la Bangkok”
- Swedish: “Bankok Metropolitan Region”
- Tamil: “பாங்காக் மெட்ரோபொலிட்டன் பகுதி”
- Telugu: “బ్యాంకాక్ మెట్రోపాలిటన్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล”
- Thai: “กรุงเทพและปริมณฑล”
- Thai: “กรุงเทพฯ และปริมณฑล”
- Thai: “กรุงเทพฯและปริมณฑล”
- Turkish: “Bangkok Metropolitan Bölgesi”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Бангкок”
- Urdu: “بنکاک میٹروپولیٹن ریجن”
- Urdu: “بنکاک میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
- Urdu: “بینکاک میٹروپولیٹن علاقہ”
- Vietnamese: “Vùng đô thị Băng Cốc”
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