Thailand is located in South-East Asia, overlaying a sphere of almost 513,115 square kilometers. It's approximately the size of the French Republic. It shares land borders with the Union of Burma (Burma) northwards and west, the Andaman Sea in the west, Lao People's Democratic Republic in the north and north-east, the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Gulf of Siam in the east, and Malaysia in the south.
The figure of the land is similar to the profile of an elephant with a long trunk extending down the peninsular. At school, pupils are schooled that their nation resembles the form of an old axe with the peninsular being the handgrip.
Geography :
Thailand covers a land area of 513,115 square kilometres (198,114 square miles), extends about 1,620 kilometres (1,007 miles) from north to south and 750 kilometres (482 miles) at its widest point from east to west, or approximately the same size as France, with a coastline of approximately 2,700 kilometres (1,143 miles) on the Gulf of Thailand and 865 kilometres (537 miles) along the Indian Ocean.
Lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m
Highest point: Doi Inthanon 2,576 m
Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 100 00 E
Natural resources: tin, rubber, natural gas, tungsten, tantalum, timber, lead, fish, gypsum, lignite, fluorite
Climate: The climate is sub-tropical with long hours of sunshine and high humidity. There are three seasons. The hot season lasts from March to June. The rainy season, from July to October. The cool season from November to February. Average low temperature is 20c and high temperature is 37c. The geographic and climatic conditions make the country suitable for the cultivation of a wide range of tropical and semi-tropical agricultural crops.
Land use: arable land: 34%, permanent crops: 6%, permanent pastures: 2%, forests and woodland: 26%, other: 32%.
Irrigated land: 49,000 sq km
Thailand is divided into four geographical regions : Central Thailand (including Bangkok), Northern Thailand, Northeastern Thailand, and Southern Thailand. The country has also an Eastern Region which is often included into the Central Region. 
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People:
Population 65,493,298
Note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2008 est.)
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 21.2% (male 7,104,776/female 6,781,453)
15-64 years: 70.3% (male 22,763,274/female 23,304,793)
65 years and over: 8.5% (male 2,516,721/female 3,022,281) (2008 est.)
Median Age:
total: 32.8 years
male: 32 years
female: 33.7 years (2008 est.)
Birth Rate:
13.57 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death Rate:
7.17 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Infant mortality rate 20.48 deaths/1,000 live births ; total fertility rate 1.64 born/woman (higher in provinces, lower in Bangkok).
Ethnic groups : Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%
Religions : Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)
Languages : Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects( Lao,Kmer…ect.)
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