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 | Kingdom of Thailand
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| Location: |
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
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| Area: |
514,000 sq km
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| Climate: |
tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid |
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| Terrain: |
central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere |
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| Population: |
60,609,046 (July 1999 est.)
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| Religions: |
Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)
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| Languages: |
Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
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| Capital: |
Bangkok |
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