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Capital Thailand : |
Bangkok .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Thailand :
| Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km .
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| Climate Thailand :
| 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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| Life expectancy Thailand :
| 71.41 years .
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| Fertility rate Thailand :
| 1.89 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Thailand :
| constitutional monarchy .
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| Population Thailand :
| 64 865 523.
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| Area Total Thailand :
| 514,000 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Thailand :
| 6.6 million (2003) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Thailand :
| 16.117 million (2002) .
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| International Country Code Thailand :
| 66.
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| Current account balance Thailand :
| $9.44 billion (2003) |
| HIV Thailand :
| 1.5% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Thailand :
| 10.4% (2002 est.) |
| Literacy Thailand :
| 92,60% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Thailand :
| 2,80% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Thailand :
| 32.4% (1998) |
| Inflation Thailand :
| 1.8% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Thailand :
| 2.2% (2003 est.) |
| Internet Users Thailand :
| 6,031,300 (2003) |
| Location Thailand :
| Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma |
| Geographic Coordinates Thailand :
| 15 00 N, 100 00 E |
| Religion Thailand :
| Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism 0.1%, other 0.6% (1991) |
| Administrative region Thailand :
| 76 provinces (changwat, singular and plural); Amnat Charoen, Ang Thong, Buriram, Chachoengsao, Chai Nat, Chaiyaphum, Chanthaburi, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Chon Buri, Chumphon, Kalasin, Kamphaeng Phet, Kanchanaburi, Khon Kaen, Krabi, Krung Thep Mahanakhon ( |
| Terrain Thailand :
| central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere |
| Elevation extremes lowest Thailand :
| Gulf of Thailand 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Thailand :
| Doi Inthanon 2,576 m |
| Natural resources Thailand :
| tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land |
| Land use arable land Thailand :
| 29,36% |
| Land use permanentcrops Thailand :
| 6,46% |
| Irrigated land Thailand :
| 47,490 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards Thailand :
| land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts |
| Environment current issues Thailand :
| air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from organic and factory wastes; deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by illegal hunting |
| Geography note Thailand :
| controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore |
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