LOCATION: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma.

AREA: Total: 514,000 sq km
Land: 511,770 sq km
Water: 2,230 sq km
ALTITUDE: 15 00 N, 100 00 E
CAPITAL: Bangkok (Krung Thep)
POPULATION: 65,493,298

LANGUAGE: Thai, English
(secondary language of the elite),
ethnic and regional dialects.

TIME: time difference: UTC+7
(12 hours ahead of Washington, DC
during Standard Time).