Name: | Thailand (Kingdom of Thailand) |
Local name (Thai): | ประเหศ โหย (ราชนาฉะก โหย) |
Former name: | Siam - until 1939, 1945-1949 |
Bordering countries: | Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia |
Status: | sovereign state |
Surface: | 514 ths. sq. km |
Population (2003): | 64 265 ths. |
Capital: | Bangkok (กรุฆเทพฯ) |
Official language: | Thai (Siamese) |