Bangkok

Bangkok กรุงเทพมหานคร
Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Clockwise from top: Si Lom – Sathon business district, Wat Arun, Giant Swing, Victory Monument, and Wat Phra Kaew
Flag Seal
Bangkok
Coordinates: 13°45′8″N 100°29′38″E
Country	Thailand
Settled	Ayutthaya Period
Founded as capital	21 April 1782
Government
• Type	Special administrative area
Area
• City	1,568.737 km^2 (605.693 sq mi)
• Metro	7,761.50 km^2 (2,996.73 sq mi)
Population  (2010 (Census))
• City	12,000,000
• Density	5,258.60/km^2 (13,619.7/sq mi)
• Metro	14,565,520
• Metro density	1,876.64/km^2 (4,860.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+7 (Thailand)
Area code	+66-2
ISO 3166-2	TH-10
Airport Suvarnabhumi	IATA: BKK – ICAO: VTBS
Airport Don Muang	IATA: DMK – ICAO: VTBD
Website	http://www.bangkok.go.th

Bangkok (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร) is the capital city of Thailand. In 2010, the city had a population of 9,100,000 people. Since Bangkok has more than 55 times as many people as the second largest city, Nonthaburi, it is a primate city.^[1]

Bangkok has a tropical savanna climate (Aw in the Koeppen climate classification).

Bangkok is the world's most popular tourist destination; 23 million visitors stay overnight there per year. The main airport is Suvarnabhumi, 30 kilometers east of Bangkok.

Names

Krung Thep Maha Nakhon is [an] official name;^[2] "However, the name Bangkok is still recognised", media says.^[3] Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok)^[2] is [another form of] the official name.

In Thailand, the city is called Krung Thep ('city of angels'); The name is short form of a ceremonial name from the rule of one king between 1851 and 1868; The full ceremonial name is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. A nickname for Bangkok, is The Big Mango.

Sister cities

• Washington, D.C., United States^[4]
• Beijing, China (PRC)
• Moscow, Russia
• Manila, Philippines (1997)^[5]
• Saint Petersburg, Russia (1997)^[6]
• Chaozhou, China (PRC) (2005)^[7]
• Seoul, South Korea (2006)
• Ankara, Turkey (2006)
• Hanoi, Vietnam (2006)
• Ulanbator, Mongolia (2006)
• Brisbane, Australia (2007)
• Milan, Italy (2007)
• Liverpool, United Kingdom (2007)
• Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (2007)
• Budapest, Hungary (2007)
• Sydney, Australia (2007)
• Perth, Australia (2007)
• Stjørdal, Norway (2009)^[8]
• Istanbul, Turkey (2009)^[9]
• Gdańsk, Poland (2009) ^[source?]
• Ragunda, Sweden^[10][11]

References

1. "Biggest Cities In Thailand". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
2. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2265291/city-name-row-stings-orst. Retrieved 17 February 2022
3. https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2265087/bangkok-will-be-officially-called-krung-thep-maha-nakhon. Bangkok Post. Retrieved 16 February 2022
4. "Protocol and International Affairs". DC Office of the Secretary. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
5. "Existing Sister Cities". City of Manila. Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
6. "St. Petersburg in figures > International and Interregional Ties". Archived from the original on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
7. ""Agreement of Sister City Relations"". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
8. "Bangkok er ny vennskapsby" Archived 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine. Adresseavisen. Retrieved on 29 May 2009.
9. ">Istanbul and Bangkok Become Sister Cities". Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
10. "Bangkok besöker Ragunda" Archived 2013-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. Ragunda kommun. Retrieved on 14 november 2009. (in Swedish)
11. "Ragunda kommun får besök från sin vänort Bangkok" Archived 2013-08-25 at the Wayback Machine. Ragunda kommun. Retrieved on 14 november 2009. (in Swedish)

Other websites

• Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Bangkok Tourism Division Archived 2017-05-12 at the Wayback Machine