The full ceremonial name of Bangkok is:
"The city of angels, the great city, the eternal jewel city, the impregnable city of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarma." (กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุทธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์).
Thailand's king is the longest reigning monarch in the world. He assumed his kingship on June 6, 1946.
Bangkok receives about 60 inches of rain per year.
The average monthly income per person in Bangkok is 7,716 Baht (about $257).
Thailand's population is about 66.5 million, around 10 million living in Bangkok.
Thailand has a literacy rate of about 94%.
76 provinces make up Thailand.
75 different languages are used throughout Thailand, Thai being the official language.
Thailand covers about 198,456 square miles in Southeast Asia (about the size of Nevada and Utah put together.)
Much of Thailand is fertile agricultural land. Its top three exports are rice, sugar, and rubber.
Siam was the previous name of Thailand.
Thailand borders Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and the Gulf of Thailand.
Facts from Operation World and Bangkok Bangkok.
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