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Bangkok
Capital and largest city of Thailand
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Eurovision (1) · Asia (1) · Bangkok (1) · host city (1) · music contest (1) · cultural exchange (1) · inaugural (1)
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Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 11.4 million people as of 2024, 15.9% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people (25% of Thailand's population) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region as of the 2021 estimate, making Bangkok a megacity and an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in both size and importance to the national economy.
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🇺🇸 Eurovision Song Contest Set to Launch in Asia With Bangkok as Host CityThe Eurovision Song Contest is set to launch in Asia for the first time, with Bangkok chosen as the inaugural host city. The show’s grand final will t...
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