Thailand

Thailand

Thailand ranks 68th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Jamaica, Paraguay, and Venezuela. Memorable people born in present day Thailand include Vajiralongkorn, Chulalongkorn, and Mongkut. Memorable people who died in Thailand include Bhumibol Adulyadej, David Carradine, and Chulalongkorn. Thailand has been the birth place of many politicians and singers and the death place of many politicians and singers.

Thailand, historically known as Siam and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi), with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Read more on Wikipedia