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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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Thailand is battling one of its worst floods in a decade, and as the waters continue to rise, they have begun swallowing parts of Bangkok, including the city’s
Thai Airways aims to clear massive luggage backlog within 72 hours
BANGKOK: About 8,000 pieces of baggage remain stranded at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport after flooding disrupted airport operations, with authorities expecting to clear the backlog within three to four days as additional personnel are deployed.