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- In Thai the name is Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
- Became the capital of Thailand in 1768
- A financial and cultural center of Asia
- Often called a true global city
- One of the world’s top tourist destinations
Expert summary
Bangkok is the capital as well as the most important city of Thailand. In the last two hundred years it has been the political, social and economic center of Thailand as well as much of South East Asia. Here one will find a mix of Thai, Chinese, Indian, Buddhist, Muslim and Western cultures. It is now a really big city with a population of more than eight hundred thousand. Greater Bangkok has about 15 million people. It was King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke who in 1782 reconstructed the old capital and gave the name which in Thai means ‘city of angels’. Bangkok has become one of the world’s top tourist hotspots. Travel and Leisure magazine named it Asia’s best tourist destination.
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