Sukhothai

Sukhothai is a small city in , 427 km north of Bangkok. Its attraction lies in the ruins of the ancient city Sukhothai, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The name translates as "the dawn of happiness".
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  • Type: Locality with 37,000 residents
  • Description: town in Sukhothai province, Thailand
  • Also known as: Amphoe Muang Sukhothai”, “Amphoe Mueang Sukhothai”, “Amphoe Sukhodhai”, “Amphoe Sukhothai”, “Ban Thani”, “Changwat Sukhobhai”, “Changwat Sukhodhai”, “Changwat Sukhothai”, “Muang Soukotai”, “Muang Sukotai”, “Sukanthai”, “Sukauthai”, “Sukhobhai”, “Sukhodhai”, “Sukhothai Thani”, “Sukhothat”, and “Sukodhai

Places in the Area

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Town
was the capital of the Kingdom. is 12 km west of the modern city of Thani.

Sukhothai

Latitude
17.0078° or 17° 0′ 28″ north
Longitude
99.823° or 99° 49′ 23″ east
Population
37,000
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
IATA airport code
THS
Open location code
7M9X2R5F+45
Geo­Names ID
1150533
Wiki­data ID
Q986737
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Sukhothai” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Sukhothai
  • Catalan: Sukhothai Thani
  • Catalan: Sukhothai
  • Cebuano: Sukhothai
  • Czech: Sukhotaj Thani
  • Czech: Sukhothaj
  • Danish: Sukhothai Thani
  • Dutch: Sukhothai Thani
  • Dutch: Sukhothai
  • Finnish: Sukhothai Thani
  • French: Sukhothaï Thani
  • French: Sukhothai
  • French: Sukhothaï
  • French: Sukothai
  • French: Sukothaï
  • Galician: Sukhothai Thani
  • Galician: Sukhothai
  • German: Sukhothai Thani
  • German: Sukhothai
  • Hebrew: סוקהוטהאי
  • Indonesian: Sukhothai
  • Italian: Sukhothai Thani
  • Italian: Sukhothai
  • Japanese: スコータイ
  • Korean: 뉴수코타이
  • Korean: 수코타이
  • Lithuanian: Sukhotajus
  • Lithuanian: Sukhothai
  • Lithuanian: Sukhothajus
  • Lithuanian: Sukotajus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sukhothai Thani
  • Norwegian: Sukhothai
  • Polish: Sukhothai Thani
  • Polish: Sukhothai
  • Portuguese: Sucotai
  • Portuguese: Sukhothai Thani
  • Portuguese: Sukhothai
  • Romanian: Sukhothai Thani
  • Romanian: Sukhothai
  • Russian: Сукотаи
  • Russian: Сукхотай
  • Russian: Сукхотхай
  • Russian: Сукхотхайтхани
  • Shan: သုၶူဝ်းထႆး
  • Slovenian: Suhotaj
  • Slovenian: Sukhothai Thani
  • Slovenian: Sukhothai
  • Spanish: Sukhotai
  • Spanish: Sukhothai Thani
  • Spanish: Sukhothai
  • Thai: เทศบาลเมืองสุโขทัยธานี
  • Thai: สุโขทัย
  • Ukrainian: Сукхотхай
  • Vietnamese: Sukhothai Thani
  • Vietnamese: Sukhothai
  • Waray (Philippines): Sukhothai Thani
  • Waray (Philippines): Sukhothai

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sukhothai”. Photo: Orcrist, CC0.