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| Mayy 2001 - S J Bettinson at www.physed.co.uk - Thailand 2002 |
| FACTS about Thailand |
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| Main language |
| Geography |
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| Bangkok |
| 6.7 million visitors each year |
| UTC plus 7 hours |
| 220V, 50 Hz |
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| Budget meal: �2 Mod restaurant meal: �4 Top-end restaurant: �8-15 Budget room: �2-7 Moderate hotel: �10-30 Top-end hotel: �100 and up |
| Thailand shares borders with Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Cambodia. The country's east coast borders the Gulf of Thailand and the west coast abuts the Andaman Sea. The country is divided into four main zones: the fertile, central plains of the Chao Phraya River; the poorer region of the 300m (985ft) high northeast plateau; the fertile valley and mountains of Northern Thailand; and the rainforested southern peninsula. The highest peak is the 2596m (8512ft) Doi Inthanon in Chiang Mai province. |
| Environment |
| A quarter of Thailand is covered by monsoon forest or rainforest, and the country has an incredible array of fruit trees, bamboo and tropical hardwoods. There are 66 national parks and 32 wildlife sanctuaries, covering 11 per cent of the country. They contain more than 850 resident and migratory species of birds and dwindling numbers of tigers, leopards, elephants and Asiatic black bears. |
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