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
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Bangkok
Coordinates: 13°45′8″N 100°29′38″E / 13.75222°N 100.49389°E / 13.75222; 100.49389
Country	Thailand
Settled	Ayutthaya Period
Founded as capital	21 April 1782
Government
• Type	Special administrative area
Area
• City	1,568.737 km2 (605.693 sq mi)
• Metro	7,761.50 km2 (2,996.73 sq mi)
Population  (2010 (Census))
• City	12,000,000
• Density	5,258.60/km2 (13,619.7/sq mi)
• Metro	14,565,520
• Metro density	1,876.64/km2 (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.

1. ↑ "Biggest Cities In Thailand". WorldAtlas. Retrieved 2018-11-30.