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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.
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As persistent downpours have been sweeping through many areas in Thailand in recent days, with capital Bangkok and surrounding areas particularly affected, Bangkok authorities declared the city a disaster-affected zone and activated flood response measures, while the Chinese Embassy in Thailand urged Chinese nationals…
Bangkok declared a disaster area after nearly 300mm of rain triggered widespread flooding, waterlogged roads and major traffic disruption, as authorities launch emergency drainage, shelters and relief efforts
Bangkok was hit by downpours much of Friday and heavy rain persisted into Saturday.