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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.



Location:

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


Geographic coordinates:

15 00 N, 100 00 E


Area:

total: 514,000 sq km
land: 511,770 sq km
water: 2,230 sq km


Land Boundaries:

total: 4,863 km

 

border countries:

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

 

Coastline:

 

3,219 km

 

Maritime claims:

 

territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

 

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

 

Elevation extremes:

 

lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m

 

Natural resources:

 

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

 

Land use:

 

arable land: 27.54%
permanent crops: 6.93%
other: 65.53% (2005)

 

Irrigated land:

 

49,860 sq km (2003)

Natural hazards:

 

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

 

Environment - current issues:

 

air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from organic and factory wastes; deforestation; soil erosion; wildlife populations threatened by illegal hunting

 

Environment - international agreements:

 

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

 

Geography - note:

 

controls only land route from Asia to Malaysia and Singapore



 
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