Eastern Thailand
Eastern Thailand comprises the seven provinces that lie south of Isaan and east of the Central Plains, sandwiched between Bangkok and Cambodia.Photo: N 3 14 15 92 65, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Pattaya and Ko Chang.
Pattaya
Pattaya is a seaside resort on the Eastern Gulf Coast of Thailand, about 150 km southeast of Bangkok. Pattaya is mostly famous for its go-go and beer bars, but local authorities have made some efforts to provide more family-friendly attractions and activities.
Ko Chang
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Ko Chang is an island in Trat Province, Eastern Thailand. It is the third biggest island in Thailand…
Ko Samet
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Ko Samet, also spelled Koh Samed, is a small island off the Eastern Gulf Coast in Rayong province, within easy reach of Bangkok and Pattaya.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Eastern Gulf Coast and Trat Province.
Eastern Gulf Coast
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The Eastern Gulf Coast has the popular beachside resorts closest to Bangkok in Eastern Thailand. However, it also has highly industrialised sections with pollution problems.
Trat Province
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Trat Province is a popular travel region in Eastern Thailand, mostly for Ko Chang and the surrounding islands.
Inner Eastern Thailand
Inner Eastern Thailand is a mountainous region in Thailand, close to the Cambodian border.
Eastern Thailand
- Type: region of Thailand
- Description: region of Thailand
- Location: Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude of center
13.1865° or 13° 11′ 11″ northLongitude of center
101.7004° or 101° 42′ 2″ eastWikidata ID
Q1045682
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Yue Chinese—“Eastern Thailand” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Усходні Тайланд”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕۆژھەڵاتی تایلەند”
- Chinese: “泰国东部地区”
- Chinese: “泰國東部”
- Dutch: “Oost-Thailand”
- Esperanto: “Orienta Tajlando”
- Finnish: “Itä-Thaimaa”
- French: “Thaïlande orientale”
- Galician: “Tailandia do Leste”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ტაილანდი”
- German: “Ostthailand”
- Hebrew: “מזרח תאילנד”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी थाईलैण्ड”
- Italian: “Thailandia dell’Est”
- Japanese: “タイ東部”
- Korean: “태국 동부”
- Persian: “تایلند خاوری”
- Persian: “تایلند شرقی”
- Persian: “شرق تایلند”
- Portuguese: “Leste”
- Russian: “Восточный Таиланд”
- Shan: “မိူင်းထႆး ပွတ်းဢွၵ်ႇ”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna Tajska”
- Spanish: “Tailandia del Este”
- Swedish: “östra Thailand”
- Thai: “ภาคตะวันออก”
- Ukrainian: “Східний Таїланд”
- Urdu: “مشرقی تھائی لینڈ”
- Vietnamese: “Miền Đông Thái Lan”
- Yue Chinese: “泰國東部”
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