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Thailand
Thailand is a country in South-Eastern Asia with its capital in Bangkok.
- Capital
- Bangkok
- Region
- South-Eastern Asia, Asia
- Population
- 65.9 million
- Languages
- Thai
- Currency
- Thai baht (ΰΈΏ)
- Area
- 513,120 kmΒ²
- Borders
- π°π Cambodia π±π¦ Laos π²πΎ Malaysia π²π² Myanmar
π‘ Only Southeast Asian nation never colonized by Europeans; means 'land of the free'.
About the flag
The Trairanga, or tricolour, was adopted in 1917 by King Vajiravudh, replacing a flag with a white elephant. A popular story says he changed it after seeing the elephant flag hung upside down.
How to spot it: Five horizontal stripes: red, white, a double-height blue, white, red; Costa Ricaβs swaps red and blue.
Often confused with: π¨π· Costa Rica