Thailand

Thailand is among the most visited countries on Earth, and for good reason. You can find thick jungle as green as can be, crystal blue waters that feel more like a warm bath than a swim in the ocean, and food that can curl your nose hairs while tap dancing across your taste buds.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Bangkok and Chiang Mai.

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is the capital and largest city of Thailand. With a population of over eleven million inhabitants, 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.

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is the hub of northern Thailand. On a plain at an elevation of 316 m, surrounded by mountains and lush countryside, it is much greener and quieter than the capital and has a cosmopolitan air and a significant expatriate population, all factors which have led many from Bangkok to settle permanently in this "rose of the north".

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is a seaside resort on the of Thailand, about 150 km southeast of . 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.

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Central Thailand and Southern Thailand.

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, also known as the Central Plains, is the low-lying central region of Thailand. It is centered around the giant urban agglomeration of .

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includes many of Thailand's most famous resorts on both the west-facing Andaman Sea coastline, and the east-facing Gulf of Thailand coast south of .

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shares borders with and , as well as with the Central Plains and .

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is Thailand's largest region, consisting of 20 provinces. Despite having 30% of Thailand's population, this region receives less than 3% of Thailand's tourist dollars.

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comprises the seven provinces that lie south of and east of the Central Plains, sandwiched between and .

Thailand

  • Type: Country with 69,500,000 residents
  • Description: country in Southeast Asia
  • Also known as: “Baleng Tái”, “Katáyan”, “Kerajaan Negara Thai”, “Kerajaan Thailand”, “Kingdom of Siam”, “Kingdom of Thailand”, “Kongeriket Thailand”, “Königreich Thailand”, “Koninkrijk Thailand”, “Królestwo Tajlandii”, “Kungadömet Thailand”, “Kungariket Thailand”, “Muang-Thai”, “negara Thai”, “Prades Thai”, “Prathet Thai”, “Ratcha Anachak Thai”, “Ratcha-anachak Thai”, “Reeriaght y Çheer Thai”, “Regne de Tailàndia”, “Regno di Thailandia”, “Regnu di Tailandia”, “Regnu di Thailandia”, “Reino de Tailandia”, “Renju tat-Tajlandja”, “Reyaume de Thaïlande”, “Riyâome dé Thaïlaunde”, “Rouoyaume de Thaïlaunde”, “Royaume de Thailande”, “Royaume de Thaïlande”, “Sayam”, “Seeam”, “Siamo”, “Sieng”, “Syjam”, “Tai Kuningriik”, “Tailandan Kunigahuz”, “Tailandiah Weyitlahtohkayotl”, “Tailang”, “Tajanma”, “th”, “TH”, “THA”, “Thaieatnama gonagasriika”, “Thaieennâm kunâgâskodde”, “Thaiföldi Királyság”, “Thaijânnam koonǥõskåʹdd”, “Thaïl”, “Thaïl.”, “Thailande”, “Thaimaan kuningaskunta”, “Thajské království”, “Thajské kráľovstvo”, “The Kingdom of Siam”, “The Kingdom of Thailand”, “Vương quốc Thái Lan”, “y Cheer Thai”, “Βασίλειο της Ταϊλάνδης”, “Σιάμ”, “Королевство Таиланд”, “Королівство Таїланд”, “Кралство Тајланд”, “Сиам”, “Сијам”, “Тай”, “სიამი”, “სიამიშ ომაფე”, “ტაილანდიშ ომაფე”, “סיאם”, “تايلند”, “طايلوند”, “مملكة تايلاند”, “श्यामदेश”, “स्याम”, “তাইরাজ্য”, “তাইল্যান্ড”, “থাইরাজ্য”, “சியாம்”, “சீயம்”, “ประเทศสยาม”, “เมืองไทย”, “ราชอาณาจักรสยาม”, “สยาม”, “ໄທແລນ”, “ເມືອງໄທ”, “ລາຊະອານາຈັກໄທ”, “ᨈᨕᨗ”, “ᨈᨕᨗᨒ”, “ᨔᨗᨕᨛ”, “ၸိုင်ႈထႆး”, “ထာဲလာန်”, “ប្រទេសថៃ”, “ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រថៃ”, “ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រសៀម”, “រាជអាណាចក្រថៃ”, “សៀម”, “타이 왕국”, “タイランド”, “暹羅”, “暹逻”, and “泰王國”
  • Languages: Thai and English
  • Neighbors: , , , and
  • Categories: constitutional monarchy, sovereign state, unitary state, and locality
  • Location: ,
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Latitude of center
14.8972° or 14° 53′ 50″ north
Longitude of center
100.8327° or 100° 49′ 58″ east
Population
69,500,000
Area
514,000 km² (198,457 miles²)
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
Capital
Currency
Baht (THB)
Phone code
66
Internet domain
.th
Open­Street­Map ID
node 437146363
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
1605651
Wiki­data ID
Q869
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Thailand” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Таиланд”
  • Achinese: “Muang Thai”
  • Adyghe: “Тайланд”
  • Afrikaans: “Thailand”
  • Akan: “Taeland”
  • Albanian: “Tajlanda”
  • Albanian: “Tajlandë”
  • Amharic: “ታይላንድ”
  • Amis: “Thailand”
  • Angika: “थाईलैंड”
  • Arabic: “تايلاند”
  • Aragonese: “Tailandia”
  • Armenian: “Թաիլանդ”
  • Armenian: “Թայլանդ”
  • Arpitan: “Tayilanda”
  • Arpitan: “Tayilande”
  • Assamese: “থাইলেণ্ড”
  • Asturian: “Tailandia”
  • Asturian: “Thailandia”
  • Atayal: “Thailand”
  • Awadhi: “थाइल्याण्ड”
  • Aymara: “Taylandya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tailand”
  • Balinese: “Thailand”
  • Bambara: “Tayilandi”
  • Banjar: “Thailand”
  • Bashkir: “Таиланд”
  • Basque: “Tailandia”
  • Basque: “Thailandia”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Thailand”
  • Batak Toba: “Thailand”
  • Bavarian: “Thailand”
  • Belarusian: “Тайланд”
  • Belarusian: “Тайлянд”
  • Bengali: “থাই”
  • Bengali: “থাইল্যান্ড”
  • Betawi: “Muang-Tay”
  • Betawi: “Siam”
  • Bhojpuri: “थाइलैंड”
  • Bishnupriya: “টাইলান্ডিয়া”
  • Bislama: “Taelan”
  • Bislama: “Thailand”
  • Bosnian: “Tajland”
  • Brahui: “Táílaenđ”
  • Breton: “Thailand”
  • Buginese: “Tai”
  • Buginese: “ᨈᨕᨗᨒᨊᨉ”
  • Bulgarian: “Тайланд”
  • Burmese: “ထိုင်း”
  • Burmese: “ထိုင်းနိုင်ငံ”
  • Burmese: “ယိုးဒယား” (historical)
  • Catalan: “Tailàndia”
  • Cebuano: “Taylandiya”
  • Central Bikol: “Tailandya”
  • Central Kanuri: “Thailand”
  • Central Kurdish: “تایلەند”
  • Chavacano: “Tailandia”
  • Chechen: “Таиланд”
  • Cherokee: “ᏔᏯᎴᏂ”
  • Cherokee: “ᏔᏱᎦᏙᎯ”
  • Cheyenne: “Thailand”
  • Chinese: “泰国”
  • Chinese: “泰國”
  • Chuvash: “Таиланд”
  • Cornish: “Pow Tay”
  • Corsican: “Thailandia”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Tayland”
  • Croatian: “Tajland”
  • Czech: “Thajsko”
  • Dagbani: “Thailan”
  • Dagbani: “Thailand”
  • Danish: “Thailand”
  • Dhivehi: “ސިޔާމު”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Tayland”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Taylanda”
  • Dotyali: “थाइल्याण्ड”
  • Dutch: “Thailand”
  • Dzongkha: “ཐཱའི་ལེནཌ”
  • Eastern Mari: “Таиланд”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تايلاندا”
  • Erzya: “Тайланд Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “Tajlando”
  • Estonian: “Tai”
  • Ewe: “Thailand nutome”
  • Ewe: “Thailand”
  • Extremaduran: “Tailándia”
  • Faroese: “Tailand”
  • Faroese: “Teiland”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Thailand”
  • Fijian: “Tailadi”
  • Fijian: “Thailand”
  • Finnish: “Thaimaa”
  • French: “Thaïlande”
  • Friulian: “Tailandie”
  • Fulah: “Tailannde”
  • Fulah: “Taylannda”
  • Gagauz: “Tailand”
  • Galician: “Tailandia”
  • Gan Chinese: “泰國”
  • Ganda: “Tayirandi”
  • Georgian: “ტაილანდი”
  • German: “Thailand”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Thailand”
  • Gilaki: “تایلند”
  • Goan Konkani: “Thailand”
  • Goan Konkani: “थायलंड”
  • Gorontalo: “Thailand”
  • Greek: “Ταϊλάνδη”
  • Guarani: “Tailandia”
  • Guarani: “Tailándia”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Taylann”
  • Gujarati: “થાઇલેંડ”
  • Gujarati: “થાઇલેન્ડ”
  • Haitian: “Tayilann”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Thai-koet”
  • Hausa: “Tailan”
  • Hausa: “Thailand”
  • Hawaiian: “Tailani”
  • Hebrew: “תאיילנד”
  • Hebrew: “תאילנד”
  • Hiligaynon: “Taylandiya”
  • Hindi: “थाईलैंड”
  • Hindi: “थाईलैण्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Thaiföld”
  • Iban: “Thailand”
  • Icelandic: “Taíland”
  • Ido: “Tailando”
  • Igbo: “Thailand”
  • Iloko: “Tailandia”
  • Inari Sami: “Thaieennâm”
  • Indonesian: “Thailand”
  • Ingush: “Таиланд”
  • Interlingua: “Thailanda”
  • Interlingua: “Thailandia”
  • Interlingue: “Thailand”
  • Inupiaq: “Tailan”
  • Inupiaq: “Thailand”
  • Irish: “an Téalainn”
  • Irish: “An Téalainn”
  • Italian: “Tailandia”
  • Italian: “Thailandia”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Tailan”
  • Japanese: “タイ”
  • Japanese: “タイ王国”
  • Javanese: “Tanah Thai”
  • Javanese: “Thai”
  • Javanese: “Thailand”
  • Jèrriais: “Thaïlaunde”
  • Kabardian: “Тайлэнд”
  • Kabiyè: “Tayilandɩ”
  • Kabuverdianu: “Tailándia”
  • Kabyle: “Tayland”
  • Kabyle: “Ṭayland”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Thailand”
  • Kalaallisut: “Thailandi”
  • Kalmyk: “Тагилмудин Нутг”
  • Kannada: “ಥೈಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Tailand”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Тайланд”
  • Kashmiri: “تھایلینٛڈ”
  • Kashmiri: “تھایلینڑ”
  • Kashmiri: “थाइलैंड”
  • Kashubian: “Tajlandiô”
  • Kazakh: “Таиланд”
  • Kazakh: “Тайланд”
  • Khmer: “ថៃ”
  • Kikuyu: “Tailandi”
  • Kikuyu: “Thailand”
  • Kinaray-A: “Banwatay”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Tayilande”
  • Kirghiz: “Таиланд”
  • Kirghiz: “Тайланд”
  • Komering: “Thailand”
  • Komi: “Таиланд”
  • Kongo: “Thailand”
  • Korean: “타이”
  • Korean: “태국”
  • Kurdish: “Tayland”
  • Kurdish: “Taylenda”
  • Kurdish: “تایلەند”
  • Ladin: “Thailandia”
  • Ladino: “Tailandia”
  • Lao: “ໄທ”
  • Lao: “ປະເທດໄທ”
  • Latin: “Thailandia”
  • Latvian: “Taizeme”
  • Lezghian: “Таиланд”
  • Ligurian: “Thailandia”
  • Limburgan: “Thailand”
  • Lingala: “Tailandɛ”
  • Lingala: “Thaïlande”
  • Lingala: “Thailandi”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Tai”
  • Literary Chinese: “泰國”
  • Lithuanian: “Tailandas”
  • Livvi: “Thaimua”
  • Lojban: “tais”
  • Lombard: “Thailandia”
  • Low German: “Thailaand”
  • Low German: “Thailand”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Thailandska”
  • Luba-Katanga: “Tayilanda”
  • Luxembourgish: “Thailand”
  • Macedonian: “Тајланд”
  • Madurese: “Thailand”
  • Magahi: “थाइलेण्ड्”
  • Magahi: “थाइलैण्ड”
  • Maithili: “थाइल्याण्ड”
  • Malagasy: “Tailandy”
  • Malagasy: “Thailandy”
  • Malay: “Thailand”
  • Malay: “تهايلند”
  • Malayalam: “തായ് ലാന്റ്”
  • Malayalam: “തായ്‌ലാൻഡ്”
  • Malayalam: “തായ്‌ലാന്റ്”
  • Maltese: “it-Tajlandja”
  • Maltese: “Tajlandja”
  • Manipuri: “ꯊꯥꯢꯂꯦꯟ”
  • Manx: “y Çheer Thai”
  • Manx: “Yn Çheer Thai”
  • Maori: “Tairana”
  • Maori: “Tairanga”
  • Marathi: “थायलंड”
  • Mazanderani: “تایلند”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Tái-guók”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thài-kok”
  • Minangkabau: “Thailand”
  • Mingrelian: “ტაილანდი”
  • Mirandese: “Tailándia”
  • Moksha: “Таймастор”
  • Mon: “ကၟိန်ဍုင်သေံ”
  • Mon: “သေံ”
  • Mongolian: “Тайланд”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “طايلاند”
  • Mossi: “Thailand”
  • Nauru: “Thailand”
  • Navajo: “Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Chʼídadeeldlóóhí Bikéyah”
  • Neapolitan: “Thailandie”
  • Nepali: “थाइल्याण्ड”
  • Nepali: “थाइल्यान्ड”
  • Newari: “थाइल्याण्ड”
  • Newari: “थाइल्यान्द”
  • Nias: “Thailand”
  • North Ndebele: “Thayilandi”
  • Northern Frisian: “Thailun”
  • Northern Luri: “تایلأند”
  • Northern Sami: “Thaieana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thailand”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thailand”
  • Norwegian: “Thailand”
  • Novial: “Tailande”
  • Nupe-Nupe-Tako: “Thailand”
  • Nyanja: “Thailand”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Tailàndia”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Tæġland”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Thailand”
  • Oriya: “ଥାଇଲାଣ୍ଡ”
  • Oriya: “ଥାଇଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ”
  • Oromo: “Taayilaand”
  • Ossetian: “Таиланд”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ထုဲင်ꩻခမ်းထီ”
  • Pali: “थाइलैंड”
  • Pali: “देय्यरट्ठ”
  • Pampanga: “Balentái”
  • Pampanga: “Tailandia”
  • Pampanga: “Tailandya”
  • Panjabi: “ਥਾਈਲੈਂਡ”
  • Papiamento: “Tailandia”
  • Papiamento: “Thailand”
  • Persian: “تایلند”
  • Picard: “Thaïlinde”
  • Piemontese: “Thailandia”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Tailan”
  • Polish: “Tajlandia”
  • Portuguese: “Tailândia”
  • Pushto: “تايلنډ”
  • Pushto: “تایلنډ”
  • Pushto: “تهايلنډ”
  • Quechua: “Tailandia”
  • Quechua: “Thaysuyu”
  • Rakhine: “ထိုင်းဘုရင့်နိုင်ငံ”
  • Romanian: “Tailanda”
  • Romanian: “Tailândia”
  • Romanian: “Thailanda”
  • Romansh: “Tailanda”
  • Rundi: “Tayilandi”
  • Russia Buriat: “Таиланд”
  • Russia Buriat: “Тайланд”
  • Russian: “Таиланд”
  • Russian: “Тайланд”
  • Rusyn: “Таїланд”
  • Sakizaya: “Thailand”
  • Samoan: “Taialani”
  • Samogitian: “Tailands”
  • Sango: “Tailânde”
  • Sanskrit: “थाइलैंड”
  • Sanskrit: “थाईलेण्ड्”
  • Sanskrit: “थैलेण्ड्”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱷᱟᱭᱞᱮᱱᱰ”
  • Sardinian: “Tailàndia”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Thailound”
  • Scots: “Thailand”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dùthaich nan Tàidh”
  • Serbian: “Tajland”
  • Serbian: “Тајланд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tajland”
  • Shan: “မိူင်းထႆး”
  • Shona: “Thailand”
  • Sicilian: “Thailandia”
  • Silesian: “Tajlandyjo”
  • Sindhi: “ٿائيليند”
  • Sindhi: “ٿائيلينڊ”
  • Sinhala: “තායිලන්තය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Thaijânnam”
  • Slovak: “Thajsko”
  • Slovenian: “Tajska”
  • Somali: “Taylaand”
  • Somali: “Tayland”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تایلند”
  • Spanish: “Siam”
  • Spanish: “Tailandia”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Taikondre”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⴰⵢⵍⴰⵏⴷ”
  • Sundanese: “Thailand”
  • Swahili: “Tailandi”
  • Swahili: “Uthai”
  • Swati: “IThayilandi”
  • Swedish: “Thailand”
  • Swiss German: “Thailand”
  • Sylheti: “ꠕꠣꠁꠟꠦꠘ꠆ꠒ”
  • Tagalog: “Taylandiya”
  • Tagalog: “Thailand”
  • Tai Nüa: “ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥗᥭᥰ”
  • Tajik: “Таиланд”
  • Talysh: “Tailənd”
  • Tamil: “தாய்லாந்து”
  • Taroko: “Thailand”
  • Tatar: “Таиланд”
  • Tatar: “Тайланд”
  • Telugu: “థాయిలాండ్”
  • Telugu: “థాయ్ లాండ్”
  • Tetum: “Tailándia”
  • Thai: “ไทย”
  • Thai: “ประเทศไทย”
  • Thai: “ราชอาณาจักรไทย”
  • Tibetan: “ཐའི་ལེན།”
  • Tigrinya: “ታይላንድ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Tailan”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “Tailani”
  • Tsonga: “Thailand”
  • Tswana: “Thailand”
  • Tulu: “ಥೈಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್”
  • Tumbuka: “Thailand”
  • Tunisian Arabic: “تايلاندا”
  • Turkish: “Tayland”
  • Turkmen: “Taýland”
  • Twi: “Thailand”
  • Tyap: “Tailan”
  • Udmurt: “Таиланд”
  • Uighur: “تايلاند”
  • Ukrainian: “Таїланд”
  • Ukrainian: “Тайланд”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Thailandska”
  • Urdu: “تھائی لینڈ”
  • Uzbek: “Tailand”
  • Venetian: “Taiłàndia”
  • Venetian: “Thailandia”
  • Veps: “Tailand”
  • Vietnamese: “Thái Lan”
  • Vlaams: “Thailand”
  • Vlax Romani: “Thailand”
  • Volapük: “Tayän”
  • Võro: “Tai”
  • Walloon: “Taylande”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Taylandya”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thailand”
  • Welsh: “Gwlad Tai”
  • Welsh: “Gwlad Thai”
  • West Coast Bajau: “Thailand”
  • Western Armenian: “Թայլանտ”
  • Western Frisian: “Tailân”
  • Western Frisian: “Thailân”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھائی لینڈ”
  • Wolof: “Taaylaand”
  • Wolof: “Taylànd”
  • Wu Chinese: “泰国”
  • Yakut: “Тайлаан”
  • Yiddish: “טיילאנד”
  • Yiddish: “טיילאַנד”
  • Yoruba: “Tailandi”
  • Yoruba: “Tháílàndì”
  • Yue Chinese: “泰國”
  • Zeeuws: “Thailand”
  • Zhuang: “Daigoz”
  • Zulu: “i-Thailand”
  • Zulu: “IThailande”
  • “ma Tawi”
  • “Tailandiah”
  • “Tajland”
  • “थाइलैंड”

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