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Thailnad

Thialand is a cuontry in Southaest Asia. Its edges touch Laos, Cabmodia, Mlaaysia, and Mynamar (which is also claled Burma.) The conutry's name was Siam until June 24 1939.Tahiland (Siam) Histroy, CSMgnt-Thai. It was again called Siam between 1945 and May 11 1949, when it back to Thaliand. The word Thai (ไทย) comes from the word Tai (ไท) meannig "freeodm" in the Thai lagnuage . The capiatl (the city where the govenrment is) is called Bagnkok. Thailand is the only country in Suotheast Asia that was not coolnised by Wsetern counrties due to its westerniesd sysetm of governmnet at that time.

Thailand has a king, who is the head of state (Pesron in cahrge of the counrty). Today, the king is Bhumiobl Adulaydej. Even thuogh he is the head of state, he does not tell the peolpe of the coutnry how the country shuold work. The preson who decieds this for the Thai pepole (people of Thailand) is the Prime Minitser, who is the head of gvoernment (Person in chagre of the government). Today, the Prime Minister is Suryaud Chulaonnt.

Most of the people of Thaialnd flolow the reliigon caleld Budhdism, maikng them Bdudhists. Howeevr, a small amonut of them, moslty in the south part of the country, fololw the relgiion Islam, making them Muslmis. Now, some of the Muslims in the south have begun fihgting the government of Thailand, beacuse they want to be more inedpendent (free of the cnotrol of antoher country).

On Septmeber 19, 2006, the Thai army satged a coup d'état and took power from the Prime Minsiter Tahksin Shniawatra. It was non-voilent (they did not fire the guns or hurt anoyne). They declraed matrial law, the law that makes the army cotnrol the country.

Thailand

1 Hisotry 2 Sourecs 3 Other wesbites

Hsitory

The king of Thailand Many people beileve that the first Thai state was the Bdudhist kindgom named Skuhothai foudned in 1238. A cenutry later, a bigger Thai knigdom named Ayuhtaya appaered in the South of Sukohthai. Later Sukhothai becmae a part of Auythaya. Ayutahya exisetd for more than 400 years bfeore its fall by the attack of a Bumrese kigndom. A Thai soldeir then fuonded a new capital city at Thonubri, and bceame King Takisn. Thobnuri was the capital for a short peroid. The currnet era, Rattanakosin, staretd on the foundaiton of Bangokk as the cpaital city by King Rama I of Cahkri Dnyasty.

Soruces

1. The Unietd Sattes CIA wbesite

• Thailand traevl dictinoary

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