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|name = Bangkok
|official_name = Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
|native_name = กรุงเทพมหานคร
|nickname =
|motto =

|image_skyline = Bangkok montage 2.jpg
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|image_caption = Clockwise from top: [[Si Lom]] – [[Sathon]] business district, [[Wat Arun]], [[Giant Swing]], [[Victory Monument (Bangkok)|Victory Monument]], and [[Wat Phra Kaew]]
|image_flag =Flag of Bangkok.svg
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|image_seal = Seal_Bangkok.png
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|pushpin_map = Thailand

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[Thailand]]

|government_footnotes =
|government_type = [[Administrative divisions of Thailand|Special administrative area]]
|leader_title = [[Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|Governor]]
|leader_name = M.R. [[Sukhumbhand Paribatra]]
|established_title = Settled
|established_date = [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Ayutthaya Period]]
|established_title2 = Founded as capital
|established_date2 = 21 April 1782
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|established_date3 =

|area_footnotes =
|area_total_km2 = 1568.737
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|area_metro_km2 = 7761.50
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|population_as_of = 2010 (Census)
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|population_note =
|population_total = 12000000
|population_density_km2 = 5258.60
|population_metro = 14565520
|population_density_metro_km2 = 1876.64
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|population_blank2_title=[[Demonym]]
|population_blank2=Bangkokian, Bangkoker
| demographics_type1      = [[Human Development Index]]
| demographics1_footnotes =
| demographics1_title1    = HDI (2009)
| demographics1_info1     = 0.933&nbsp;(<span style="color:#090;">very high</span>) ([[Provinces of Thailand|1st]])

|timezone = Thailand
|utc_offset = +7
|coordinates = {{coord|13|45|8|N|100|29|38|E||display=title,inline}}
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|postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... -->
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|area_code = +66-2
|blank_name = [[ISO 3166-2:TH|ISO 3166-2]]
|blank_info = TH-10
|blank1_name = Airport Suvarnabhumi
|blank1_info =[[Suvarnabhumi Airport|IATA: BKK – ICAO: VTBS]]
|blank2_name = Airport Don Muang
|blank2_info = [[Don Mueang International Airport|IATA: DMK – ICAO: VTBD]]
|website = http://www.bangkok.go.th
|footnotes =
}}
'''Bangkok''' ([[Thai language|Thai:]] กรุงเทพมหานคร) is the most populous and [[capital (city)|capital city]] of [[Thailand]]. In 2010, the [[city]] had a [[population]] of 9,100,000 people. Since Bangkok has more than 55 times as many people as the second largest city, [[Nonthaburi (province)|Nonthaburi]], it is a [[primate city]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/biggest-cities-in-thailand.html|title=Biggest Cities In Thailand|work=WorldAtlas|access-date=2018-11-30|language=en}}</ref>

In Thailand Bangkok is known as ''Krung Thep'' or, its full name; Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit. Nicknames for Bangkok are the City of Angels and the Big Mango.

Bangkok has a [[tropical savanna climate]] (''Aw'' in the [[Koeppen climate classification]]).

Bangkok is the world's most popular tourist destination; 23 million visitors stay overnight there per year. The main [[airport]] is Suvarnabhumi, located 30&nbsp;kilometers east of Bangkok.

== Sister cities ==
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]] (1962)<ref name="Washington DC">{{cite web|url=http://os.dc.gov/os/cwp/view,a,1206,q,522336.asp|title=Protocol and International Affairs|publisher=DC Office of the Secretary|accessdate=2008-07-12|archive-date=2008-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513185356/http://os.dc.gov/os/cwp/view%2Ca%2C1206%2Cq%2C522336.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Beijing]], [[People's Republic of China|China (PRC)]] (1993)
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] (1997)
* {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] (1997)<ref name="manila1">{{cite web|url=http://www.manila.gov.ph/localgovt.htm#sistercities|title=Existing Sister Cities|publisher=City of Manila|accessdate=2009-09-02|archive-date=2009-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806191943/http://www.manila.gov.ph/localgovt.htm#sistercities|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] (1997)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eng.gov.spb.ru/figures/ities |title=St. Petersburg in figures > International and Interregional Ties |access-date=2010-01-31 |archive-date=2009-02-24 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20090224073839/http://eng.gov.spb.ru/figures/ities |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|China}} [[Chaozhou]], [[People's Republic of China|China (PRC)]] (2005)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://office.bangkok.go.th/iad/eng/viewpage.php?page_id=38 |title="Agreement of Sister City Relations" |access-date=2010-01-31 |archive-date=2011-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501041551/http://office.bangkok.go.th/iad/eng/viewpage.php?page_id=38 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] (2006)
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]] (2006)
* {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Hanoi]], [[Vietnam]] (2006)
* {{flagicon|Mongolia}} [[Ulanbator]], [[Mongolia]] (2006)
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]] (2007)
* {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Milan]], [[Italy]] (2007)
* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom]] (2007)
* {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Fukuoka Prefecture]], [[Japan]] (2007)
* {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] (2007)
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Sydney]], [[Australia]] (2007)
* {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], [[Australia]] (2007)
* {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Stjørdal]], [[Norway]] (2009)<ref>[http://stjordal.adressa.no/index.php?option=com_content_lokal&task=view&id=1852&Itemid=5 "Bangkok er ny vennskapsby"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106131744/http://stjordal.adressa.no/index.php?option=com_content_lokal&task=view&id=1852&Itemid=5 |date=2015-01-06 }}. ''[[Adresseavisen]]''. Retrieved on 29 May 2009.</ref>
* {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] (2009)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://haber.turk.net/ENG/2298708/-gen--Istanbul-and-Bangkok-Become-Sister-Cities |title=>Istanbul and Bangkok Become Sister Cities |access-date=2010-01-31 |archive-date=2009-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711124631/http://haber.turk.net/ENG/2298708/-gen--Istanbul-and-Bangkok-Become-Sister-Cities |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Gdańsk]], [[Poland]] (2009) {{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}
* {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Ragunda kommun|Ragunda]], [[Sweden]]<ref>[http://www.ragunda.se/nyheter2005/bangkokbesokerragunda.5.d2883b1069c9064f6800034.html "Bangkok besöker Ragunda"]. Ragunda kommun. Retrieved on 14 november 2009. {{in lang|sv}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ragunda.se/nyttigt/mediaservice/pressmeddelanden/ragundakommunfarbesokfransinvanortbangkok.5.69d68f47121308e50de800091.html "Ragunda kommun får besök från sin vänort Bangkok"]. Ragunda kommun. Retrieved on 14 november 2009. {{in lang|sv}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.bma.go.th/ Bangkok Metropolitan Administration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200720/http://www.bma.go.th/ |date=2007-09-27 }}
* [http://www.bangkoktourist.com Bangkok Tourism Division] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512184003/http://www.bangkoktourist.com/ |date=2017-05-12 }}

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