Thailand Geography

Country Name: Kingdom of Thailand

Capital City: Bangkok

Population: 10% (2004 est.)

Population Growth: 0.663% (2007 est.)

Currency: baht (THB)

Languages: Thai, English (secondary language of the elite)

Area: 514,000 sq km

Inflation Rate: 5.1% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 2.1% (2006)

Domain extension:

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF THAILAND

Location:

Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma

Geographic Co-ordinates:

15 00 N, 100 00 E

Area - total:

514,000 sq km

Area - total:

514,000 sq km

Area - land:

511,770 sq km

Area - water:

2,230 sq km

Land Boundaries:

4,863 km

Border Countries:

Burma 1,800 km, Cambodia 803 km, Laos 1,754 km, Malaysia 506 km

Terrain:

central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere

Elevation - highest point:

Doi Inthanon 2,576 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Gulf of Thailand 0 m

Natural Resources:

tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite, arable land

Arable Land:

27.54%

Permanent Crops:

6.93%

Other Land Use:

65.53% (2005)

Natural Hazards:

land subsidence in Bangkok area resulting from the depletion of the water table; droughts