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Bangkok is the capital of Thailand and with over 8 million inhabitants its largest city. The city is also known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon , Th-Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep in short. Originally a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, it became the capital of Thailand in 1768 following the sacking and burning of Ayutthaya, Thailand's former capital. In the following 200 years Bangkok evolved as the political, social and economic centre not only of Thailand but also for much of Indochina. Greater Bangkok today has close to 15 million inhabitants and is the major industrial and business centre of Thailand. Bangkok attracts a large number of tourists every year and is a major regional travel hub.
Thailand is a very centralised country, with the bulk of infrastructure and commercial and business activity located in and around the capital. As a consequence Bangkok is a huge town with a chaotic traffic. The situation has improved recently with the Skytrain - an elevated monorail which has vastly shortened the time it takes to move around the city.
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Grand Palace
37 photos of the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the major tourist attraction of Bangkok
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Wat Phra Kaew
24 photos of Wat Phra Kaew, a beautiful temple on the site of the Grand Palace in Bangkok
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Wat Saket
8 photos of Wat Saket, a Buddhist temple in the Pom Prap Sattru Phai district of Bangkok
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Wat Po
35 photos of Wat Po, a major temple in Bangkok known to the Thais as Wat Phra Chetupon
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Wat Arun
10 photos of Wat Arun, a Buddhist temple in the Yai district of Bangkok known for its central spire
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Wat Intharawihan
13 photos of Wat Intharawihan, a Buddhist temple in the Nakhon district of Bangkok with a giant 32m Buddha statue
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Bangkok
28 photos of old and new Bangkok, including the MBK shopping mall and temples
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Thai food
18 photos of Thai food offered in the streets in Bangkok
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Suvarnabhumi airport
19 photos of Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok's new international airport which opened in September 2006
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