Thailand in Brief. [Part 1 Location]

Thailand is a Southeast Asian, predominantly Buddhist kingdom almost equidistant between India and China. For centuries known by outsiders as Siam, Thailand has been something of a Southeast Asian migratory, cultural and religious crossroads.

With an area of some 510,000 square kilometres and a population of some 60 million,
Thailand is approximately the same size as France. Thailand shares borders with Myanmar
to the west and north, Laos to the northeast, Cambodia to the east, and Malaysia to the
south.

Geographically speaking, Thailand is divided into six major regions: the mountainous north where elephants work
forests and winter temperatures are sufficiently cool to
permit cultivation of temperate fruits such as strawberries
and peaches; the sprawling northeast
plateau, largely bordered by the Mekong River, where the
world's oldest Bronze Age
civilisation flourished some 5,000 years ago,- the central
plain, one of the world's most fertile rice and fruit-growing
areas; the eastern coastal plain, where fine sandy beaches
support the growth of summer resorts', western
mountains and valleys, suitable for the
development of hydro-electric power; and the peninsular
south where arresting scenic beauty complements
economically vital tin mining, rubber cultivation and fishing.



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