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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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Floodwaters have affected 1,177,404 households and 3,352,395 people, with levels rising in much of central and eastern Thailand.
Floods have killed at least 16 people in Thailand and Myanmar, with Bangkok battling a fourth day of severe flooding.
BANGKOK, Thailand – Flooding remains across 31 provinces and Bangkok following heavy rainfall and water flowing from the North into the Central region. As of 6:00 a.m. on September 30, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reported flooding in 195 districts, 1,196 subdistricts, and 8,249…