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Thailand is an emerging economy and is considered a newly industrialized country. Thailand had a 2013 GDP of US$673 billion (on a purchasing power parity [PPP] basis). Thailand is the 2nd largest economy in Southeast Asia after Indonesia. Thailand ranks midway in the wealth spread in Southeast Asia as it is the 4th richest nation according to GDP per capital, after Singapore, Brunei, and Malaysia.
Transport in Thailand is varied and chaotic. Plans are underway to expand services with high-speed rail lines extending to several major regions of Thailand. An overwhelming number of taxis can also be found in Bangkok. Private automobiles have risen in popularity, especially among upper class, and the growing middle class. A motorway network across Thailand has been gradually implemented in Bangkok. Domestic air transport, such as Thai Air Asia and Nok Air.
Thailand bordered by Malaysia (South), Myanmar (West & North), Laos (North & East) and Cambodia (Southeast). The country's east coast borders the Gulf of Thailand and the west coast abuts the Andaman Sea. The country is divided geographically into four main zones-the fertile central plains, dominated by the Chao Phraya River; the 300-meter-high northeast plateau, the kingdom's most barren region ; the mountainous North; and the tropical southern peninsula.
Thai cuisine is the national cuisine of Thailand. Balance, detail, and variety are of paramount significance to Thai chefs. Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic components and a spicy edge. It is known for its complex interplay of at least three and up to four or five fundamental taste senses in each dish or the overall meal: sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and spicy. Thai cuisine is one of the most popular cuisines in the world.
The Thai unit of currency is the Baht. The baht is divided into loo satang. "Copper" coins are valued at 25 and 50 satang. "Silver" coins are in denominations of 1' 2 and 5 baht. A 10 baht coin is composed of both "silver" and "copper". Banknotes are valued at 10 baht (brown), 20 baht (green), 50 baht (blue), 100 baht (red), 500 baht (purple) and 1,000 baht (khaki).
Major exports including vehicles, refrigerators, rice and agricultural products, garments and textile products, fish and seafood, transistors and computer parts.
The flag of the Kingdom of Thailand shows five horizontal stripes in the colors red, white, blue, white and red, with the central blue stripe being twice as wide as each of the other four.
Thai culture is deeply influenced by religion. With around 95% of the country being Theraveda Buddhist, the belief system and values of Buddhism play a huge role in day-to-day life. Throughout the country, the most important values that Thai people hold to are respect, self-control, and a non-confrontational attitude.
Thailand's prevalent religion is Theravada Buddhism, which is an integral part of Thai identity and culture. Active participation in Buddhism is among the highest in the world. According to the 2000 census, 94.6% of the country's population self-identified as Buddhists of the Theravada tradition. Thailand's prevalent religion is Theravada Buddhism, which is an integral part of Thai identity and culture. Muslims constitute the second largest religious group in Thailand, comprising 4.6% of the population.
The agriculture in Thailand is highly competitive, diversified and specialized and its exports are very successful internationally. Rice is the country's most important crop. Thailand is a major exporter in the world rice market.
Thailand officially the Kingdom of Thailand formerly known as Siam is a country at the center of the Indochinese peninsula in Southeast Asia. With a total area of approximately 513,000 km. Thailand is the world's 51st-largest country. It is the 20th-most-populous country in the world, with around 66 million people. The capital and largest city is Bangkok.
Thailand's population is about 65,493,298 and their language is Thai. more than 10 million Of these people living in Bangkok, Thailand in addition to its native Thai, consist of some other Races, including Chinese, Laotian, Malay, Persian and Hindi. About 75% of its population are Thai, 14% Chinese, and 11% of other races such as Malay, Hindi and Burmese.
The largest ethnic group is Chinese which had constituted an important influence in Thai history and live in Bangkok's Chinatown.
Thai is a member of the Tai group of the Tai–Kadai language family. Over half of the words in Thai are borrowed from Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer. It is a tonal and analytic language. Thai also has a complex orthography and relational markers.
In Thai language, every syllable is pronounced in one of five tones: low, mid, high, falling, or rising. The tone must be spoken correctly for the intended meaning of a word to be understood.
Major imports including fuel (oil and gas), Mineral fuels including oil, material, plastics, iron or steel, medical apparatus, Organic chemicals
