About thailand country

The Kingdom of Thailand, Convering an area of 514,000 square kilometers, lies in the heart of southeast Asia, halfway between India and China.It shares borders with Myanmar to the west and north, Lao P.D.R. to the north and northeast,Cambodia to the east and Malaysia to the south,and therefore is considered to be an international Gateway to Indochina

"Siam" is the name by which the country was known to the world until 1939 and agam between 1945 and 1949 . on May 11. 1949. an official proclamation changed the name of the country to Prathet Thai.or Thailand.by which it has since been known.The word Thai means free.and therefore Thailand means Land of The Free

The Chao Phraya River Basin had always been an area with an ethnic Monk,Khmers. and Lawas.Towards the end of the 13th century.Khmer power in the area waned and new kingdoms.dominates by the Thai race

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