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Bangkok is the capital, largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai as Krung Thep Mahanakhon. Bangkok has a population of approximately 6,355,144 residents while the greater Bangkok area has a population of 11,971,000 (Januuary 2008). This has in turn shifted the country from being a rather homogeneous Thai population to an increasingly vibrant mix of Western, Indian and Chinese people, giving the city a cosmopolitan status. The capital is part of the heavily urbanized triangle of central and eastern Thailand which stretches from Nakhon Ratchasima along Bangkok to the industrialized eastern seaboard, It is the most built-up area in South East Asia.
Bangkok is located in the centralpart of the country on the low-fl at plain of the Chao Phraya River, which is the most important river in the country and can be considered to be the main artery of the nation.
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