Thailand is located in the middle of Indochina. The northeastern part is adjacent to Laos, the eastern is bound on Cambodia, the western and north-western interface Myanmar, and Malaysia is the southern neighbor. Southeast borders on Gulf of Thailand, southwest is close to Andaman Sea. The area is about 513,115 square kilometers.
The country has more than 30 nationalities. Thais as the main ethnic groups, accounting for 40%, Lao national accounted for 35%, Malay accounted for 3.5%, Khmer 2%, in addition to Miao, Yao, Guangxi, Timor, Karen, Shan and other mountain people. Buddhism is the state religion; more than 90% of the population believes in Buddhism, Malay believes in Muslim. There are a small number of Protestant Christianity, Catholic, and Hindus. The official language is Thai. All ethnic groups have their own national language.
From the geographical division, Thailand has four main areas:
North: The northern of Thailand is mainly the mountains and jungles that rolling with an elevation of about 1000 meters. In the mountains, the daily work operations mainly depend on elephants. Here the climate in winter is cool, so it’s cultivable of cherries, strawberries and peaches. Mountains are also home to many ethnic minorities, and these people still maintain their unique customs and culture.
Northeast: The northeast of Thailand belongs to Mekong River, as a mountainous highland, the land is much more barren. Here is the world’s oldest Bronze Age of ancient cultural riches of the region, already through 5,600 years of history.
South: The southern part of Thailand is a peninsula, eastern is Gulf of Siam, and the west is the Andaman Sea. There are many fine white beaches, azure sea. In addition to beautiful scenery, but also reserves of natural resources such as tin, rubber and fishery products.
Central: The central of Thailand is a plain. Since the Taisei Dynasty, here is the Thai nation’s place of residence. The delta on both sides of Chao Phraya River, bringing this piece of the central plains fertile land, is rich in rice and fruit. In addition, here the mountains and valleys are criss-crossed, is an ideal place for the development of hydropower. In the central plains of the southern sea areas, there are countless beautiful beaches of various sizes and become a base for summer travel.

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