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Capital and largest city of Thailand
Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and largest city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 9.1 million people as of 2024, 15.9% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region as of the 2021 estimate, making Bangkok a megacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.
More on Wikipedia ↗Thai Airways, Thailand's national carrier, confirmed that approximately 5,600 pieces of luggage were stranded at Suvarnabhumi Airport as severe Bangkok flooding led to staff shortage, and said it aims to clear the backlog within 72 hours.