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Bangkok at a glance
This City of Angels is a thriving commercial center set in the heart of Southeast Asia. Famous for its Buddhist temples, tasty Thai cuisine and wonderful service, it is easy to understand why so many visitors keep coming back to the Land of Smiles.
Bangkok history
In just over 200 years, Bangkok has grown from a small collection
of villages scattered among canals and rice paddies alongside the
Chao Phraya River to an enormous sprawl of a capital. Extending
upward and outward to become Thailand's dominant city, Bangkok
mirrors the long, continuing reign of the Chakri dynasty that
founded it. The seeds of this growth were sown back in 1767, when
invading Burmese armies razed the old capital of Ayutthaya, tearing
down temples and carting off most of the population that survived,
including the royal family, as slaves. Out of this chaos, a Thai
general named Phraya Thaksin founded a new capital at Thonburi on
the western bank of the Chao Phraya River, opposite modern Bangkok,
proclaimed himself king and immediately set about recapturing much
of the surrounding country. One of the few surviving legacies from
this period is Wat Arun, or "Temple of the
Dawn". It has been enlarged and reconstructed since, but originally
formed part of Thaksin's royal temple.
Bangkok local information
Province: Bangkok Country: Thailand
Bangkok By The Numbers:
6.3 million city; 9.9 million metro areaLand Area: 612 square miles/ 1585 sq kilometers Average Annual Rainfall: 59 inches/ 150 centimeters Average January Temperature: 79 degrees F/ 26 degrees C; Average July Temperature: 84 degrees F/ 29 degrees C Quick Facts:
Major Industries: Electronics, Textiles, Tourism Electricity: 220
volts, 50 Hz; standard two-pin plug Time Zone: + 7 Country Dialing
Code: 66 Area Code: 02 Did You Know?
Bangkok is sinking at the alarming rate of 2 inches/5 centimeters
per year. Orientation:
Bangkok is located in south-central Thailand, just north of the
Gulf of Thailand. Cambodia lays directly east, Myanmar west and
northwest, and Laos northeast.
Bangkok weather
Average Temperatures
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Cel
Rainy Days
Average Annual
Rainfall:
45.9" / 116.6 cm
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