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Wikipedia: Bangkok is the capital, largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai as Krung Thep Mahanakhon, or กรุงเทพฯ Krung Thep (meaning "City of the Deity") for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom. It came to the forefront of Siam when it was given the status as the capital city in 1768 after the burning of Ayutthaya.
![[Siam Square is Central Bangkok's shopping district, combining several large malls and side shops with both local...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SIAM_SQUARE_2_s.jpg "Siam Square is Central Bangkok's shopping district, combining several large malls and side shops with both local...")
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![[View of Bangkok from the Baiyoke Tower II]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bangkok_from_the_sky_s.jpg "View of Bangkok from the Baiyoke Tower II")
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![[Siege of Bangkok in 1688]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Siege_of_Bangkok_s.jpg "Siege of Bangkok in 1688")
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![[Travelers are being scanned at Suvarnabhumi Airport to prevent the spreading of swine flu]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Suvarnabhumi_Therml_Scan_s.jpg "Travelers are being scanned at Suvarnabhumi Airport to prevent the spreading of swine flu")
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![[Bangkok's Chao Phraya River cuts the city between Thon Buri and Krung Thep core, and is at times referred to as...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Chao_Phraya_River1_Photo_D_Ramey_Logan_s.jpg "Bangkok's Chao Phraya River cuts the city between Thon Buri and Krung Thep core, and is at times referred to as...")
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![[The Sukhumvit area of Bangkok]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Sukhumvit_area_Photo_D_Ramey_Logan_s.jpg "The Sukhumvit area of Bangkok")
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![[Thai Airbus A340 (HS-TLA) at Suvarnabhumi Airport]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bangkok_Suvarnabhumi_4_s.jpg "Thai Airbus A340 (HS-TLA) at Suvarnabhumi Airport")
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![[Full name of Bangkok, written in front of Bangkok Administrative Building]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Full_name_of_Bangkok_s.jpg "Full name of Bangkok, written in front of Bangkok Administrative Building")
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![[Bangkok's Democracy Monument at Rattanakosin Island, the historical zone in Bangkok]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Democracy_Monument_Bangkok_001_s.jpg "Bangkok's Democracy Monument at Rattanakosin Island, the historical zone in Bangkok")
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![[Bangkok International Hospital in Thailand]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bangkok_international_hospital_2_s.jpg "Bangkok International Hospital in Thailand")
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![[A typical Corolla taxi operated among the Bangkok taxi services.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bangkok_Taxi_2_s.jpg "A typical Corolla taxi operated among the Bangkok taxi services.")
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![[BTS, Skytrain over Sala Daeng Intersection]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/BTS_Skytrain_over_Sala_Daeng_Intersection_2_s.jpg "BTS, Skytrain over Sala Daeng Intersection")
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![[Bangkok traffic]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bangkok_traffic_by_g_hat_2_s.jpg "Bangkok traffic")
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![[Departures Hall Suvarnabhumi Airport]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Suvarnabhumi_Airport_Departures_Hall_Bangkok_Thailand_s.jpg "Departures Hall Suvarnabhumi Airport")
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![[Bhumibol Bridge]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bhumibol_Bridge_At_Night__s.jpg "Bhumibol Bridge")
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![[Rajamangala National Stadium]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/RajamangalaStadium_s.jpg "Rajamangala National Stadium")
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![[Central district of Bangkok]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bangkok_central_district_2_s.jpg "Central district of Bangkok")
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![[Sathorn's Robot Building completed in 1986, currently houses Singaporean]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Robot_building_s.jpg "Sathorn's Robot Building completed in 1986, currently houses Singaporean")
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![[contemporary artwork, Bangkok]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bangkokcontemporaryartkjfmartin_s.jpg "contemporary artwork, Bangkok")
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![[Thai Grand Palace]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Thaigrandpalacebangkokkjfmartin_s.jpg "Thai Grand Palace")
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from Kjfmartin |
![[Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link Makkasan to the airport, planned opening March 2010]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Suvarnabhumi_express_train_s.jpg "Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link Makkasan to the airport, planned opening March 2010")
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![[Dome Building of Thammasat University ]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Dome_of_Thammasat_University_2_s.jpg "Dome Building of Thammasat University")
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![[Thai Airways International headquarters]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Thai_Airways_Building_s.jpg "Thai Airways International headquarters")
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![[The Stock Exchange of Thailand in Ratchadaphisek Road, Bangkok]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Thai_stock_exchange_s.jpg "The Stock Exchange of Thailand in Ratchadaphisek Road, Bangkok")
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