73 Facts About Thailand

Thailand was succeeded in 1782 by Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, the first monarch of the current Chakri dynasty.

Thailand became a major ally of the United States, and played an anti-communist role in the region as a member of the failed SEATO, but from 1975 sought to improve relations with Communist China and Thailand's neighbours.

Apart from a brief period of parliamentary democracy in the mid-1970s, Thailand has periodically alternated between democracy and military rule.

Thailand is a middle power in global affairs and a founding member of ASEAN, and ranks very high in the Human Development Index.

Thailand is classified as a newly industrialised economy, with manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism as leading sectors.

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Thailand was renamed Siam from 1946 to 1948, after which it again reverted to "Thailand".

Thailand later crowned himself the first king of Sukhothai Kingdom in 1238.

Thailand is believed have invented Thai script and Thai ceramics were an important export in his era.

Thailand unified the surrounding area and his dynasty would rule the kingdom continuously for the next two centuries.

Thailand created a network of states through political alliances to the east and north of the Mekong.

Thailand's forces engaged in wars with Burma, Laos, and Cambodia, which successfully drove the Burmese out of Lan Na in 1775, captured Vientiane in 1778 and tried to install a pro-Thai king in Cambodia in the 1770s.

Thailand created suzerainty over large portions of Laos and Cambodia.

Thailand established twelve krom in 1888, which were equivalent to present-day ministries.

Thailand is the only Southeast Asian nation never to have been colonised by a Western power, in part because Britain and France agreed in 1896 to make the Chao Phraya valley a buffer state.

Thailand's government adopted nationalism and Westernisation, anti-Chinese and anti-French policies.

In 1941, Thailand was in a brief conflict with Vichy France resulting in Thailand gaining some Lao and Cambodian territories.

Thailand joined the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization to become an active ally of the United States in 1954.

Thailand's rule was autocratic; he built his legitimacy around the god-like status of the monarch and by channelling the government's loyalty to the king.

Thailand's policies were successful in reducing rural poverty and initiated universal healthcare in the country.

The Gulf of Thailand covers 320, 000 square kilometres and is fed by the Chao Phraya, Mae Klong, Bang Pakong, and Tapi Rivers.

The eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand is an industrial centre of Thailand with the kingdom's premier deepwater port in Sattahip and its busiest commercial port, Laem Chabang.

Thailand's climate is influenced by monsoon winds that have a seasonal character.

Southern Thailand is characterised by mild weather year-round with less diurnal and seasonal variations in temperatures due to maritime influences.

Thailand is among the world's ten countries that are most exposed to climate change.

Thailand's protected areas include 156 national parks, 58 wildlife sanctuaries, 67 non-hunting areas, and 120 forest parks.

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Thailand has a mediocre but improving performance in the global Environmental Performance Index with an overall ranking of 91 out of 180 countries in 2016.

Thailand has had 20 constitutions and charters since 1932, including the latest and current 2017 Constitution.

The current King of Thailand is Vajiralongkorn, who has reigned since October 2016.

Some academics outside Thailand, including Duncan McCargo and Federico Ferrara, noted extraconstitutional role of the monarch through a "network monarchy" behind the political scenes.

In 2017, the military court in Thailand sentenced a man to 35 years in prison for violating the country's lese-majeste law.

Human rights in Thailand has been rated not free on the Freedom House Index since 2014.

Thailand is a unitary state; the administrative services of the executive branch are divided into three levels by National Government Organisation Act, BE 2534: central, provincial and local.

Thailand is composed of 76 provinces, which are first-level administrative divisions.

Thailand's provinces are sometimes grouped into four to six regions, depending on the source.

Siam and Thailand is known for making concessions, such as signing unequal treaties since the Bowring Treaty and giving up its protectorates in Malaya, Laos and Cambodia to this end.

Thailand is one of the five founding members of Association of Southeast Asian Nations, initially to safeguard against communism.

Thailand remains an active member of ASEAN and seek to project its influence in it.

Thailand has developed increasingly close ties with other members, with progressing regional co-operation in economic, trade, banking, political, and cultural matters.

In 2000s period, Thailand had taken an active role on the international stage and participated fully in international and regional organisations.

Thailand joined the US-led invasion of Iraq, sending a humanitarian contingent until September 2004.

The armed forces are managed by the Ministry of Defence of Thailand, which is headed by the Minister of Defence and commanded by the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, which in turn is headed by the Chief of Defence Forces of Thailand.

Thailand ranked 16th worldwide in the Military Strength Index based on the Credit Suisse report in September 2015.

In 2017, Thailand signed and ratified the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Economy of Thailand is heavily export-dependent, with exports accounting for more than two-thirds of gross domestic product.

Thailand is an emerging economy and is considered a newly industrialised country.

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Thailand is the second largest economy in Southeast Asia after Indonesia.

Thailand experienced the world's highest economic growth rate from 1985 to 1996 – averaging 12.

In 2016, Thailand was ranked 87th in Human Development Index, and 70th in the inequality-adjusted HDI.

In 2014, Credit Suisse reported that Thailand was the world's third most unequal country, behind Russia and India.

Economy of Thailand is heavily export-dependent, with exports accounting for more than two-thirds of gross domestic product.

Thailand was the most visited country in Southeast Asia in 2013, according to the World Tourism Organisation.

Rice is the most important crop in the country and Thailand had long been the world's leading exporter of rice, until recently falling behind both India and Vietnam.

Thailand has a diverse and robust informal labour sector—in 2012, it was estimated that informal workers comprised 62.

The informal sector in Thailand has grown significantly over the past 60 years over the course of Thailand's gradual transition from an agriculture-based economy to becoming more industrialised and service-oriented.

Many migrant farmers found work in Thailand's growing manufacturing industry, and took jobs in sweatshops and factories with few labour regulations and often exploitative conditions.

Thailand has made significant advances technology in the development of Medical Robotics.

Thailand was ranked 43rd in the Global Innovation Index in 2021 The Thai government is developing newgrowth hubs by starting with theEastern Economic Corridor of Innovation to accelerating human resource and research development.

Thailand is a large producer of natural gas, with reserves of at least 10 trillion cubic feet.

Thailand's population is largely rural, concentrated in the rice-growing areas of the central, northeastern and northern regions.

Thailand has the second-largest number of Buddhists in the world after China.

Thailand has the second highest number of English-medium private international schools in Southeast Asian Nations.

Thailand is the third most popular study destination in ASEAN.

The official calendar in Thailand is based on the Eastern version of the Buddhist Era.

Buddhist temples in Thailand are known as "wats", from the Pali vata, meaning an enclosure.

Each region of Thailand has its specialities: kaeng khiao wan in the central region, som tam (green papaya salad) in the northeast, khao soi in the north, and massaman curry in the south.

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Thailand had more dishes on the list than any other country.

Staple food in Thailand is rice, particularly jasmine rice which forms part of almost every meal.

Thailand is the world leader in edible insect industry and well-known for its street food; Bangkok is sometimes called the street food capital of the world.

Thailand generally uses the metric system, but traditional units of measurement for land area are used, and imperial units of measurement are occasionally used for building materials, such as wood and plumbing fixtures.

Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the late-20th to 21st century, when Westernized practitioners from Thailand began competing in kickboxing and mixed rules matches as well as matches under muay Thai rules around the world, Famous practitioners such as Buakaw Banchamek, Samart Payakaroon, Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn and Apidej Sit-Hirun.

Thailand became the first country in the world to host an international 80 welterweight rugby tournament in 2005.

Thailand has been called the golf capital of Asia as it is a popular destination for golf.

The Chang Thailand Slammers won the 2011 ASEAN Basketball League Championship.