| Area |
total: 513,120 sq km (198,115 sq mi) land: 510,890 sq km water: 2,230 sq km |
| Capital | Bangkok |
| Largest city | Bangkok (6,320,174 - Info. 2000) or (11,971,000 - Wikipedia) |
| Other large cities |
Nonthanburi (304,700);Chiang Mai (175,500) (2000) Pattaya-Chon Buri (1,183,604) (Wikipedia) Chiang Mai (960,906), Hat Yai-Songkhla (801,747,) Nakhon Ratchasima ( 439,546) |
| Climate |
Tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid. Terrain: central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere. |
| Time Difference | UTC+7 (12 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |