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                 Bangkok, known in Thai as Krung Thep (กรุงเทพฯ (help?info)), is the capital and largest city of Thailand, with an official 2000 census population of 6,355,144. Bangkok is located at 13?45?N 100?31?E, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand.

Krung Thep has been the proper name of the city for more than two centuries. However, the city's original name of Bangkok (which now is used locally to refer only to a district of the city) persists in being used by most foreigners. (See History and Full Name below.)

Bangkok is a fast growing, economically and culturally dynamic city in Southeast Asia. The World Meteorological Organization has dubbed Bangkok the world's hottest large city. Moreover, it is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. Bangkok is the wealthiest and most populated city in Thailand. The city is ranked as the 21st most populated city in the world

 

 
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                  Bangkok began as a small trading center and port community, called Bang Makok ("place of olive plums"), serving Ayutthaya, which was the capital of the nation (then known as Siam) until it fell to Burma in 1767. A new capital was then established at Thonburi (now part of Bangkok) on the west side of the river, before King Rama I built his palace on the east bank in 1782 and renamed his city Krung Thep, meaning the "City of Angels". The name Bangkok (บางกอก (help?info)) now refers only to an old district on the Thonburi side of the river, but continues to be used to refer to the entire city by most foreigners.

During the last couple years of World War II Bangkok was bombed several times by the allied forces because Thailand was allied with Japan.

 

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  Bangkok is considered to be the world's top tourist hotspot and is currently Asia's top tourist destination and the third top in the world according to Travel and Leisure magazine. It is considered one of the most hospitable places in the world moreover with its unique skyline where at the bottom lies a hidden treasure visually possible only if one is present. The city combines its hundreds of temples and tens of mosques with the modernity of a dynamic metropolis. Above all is the service orientation within Bangkok which creates any tourists trip convenient and untroubling. The city boasts some of the country's most magnificent historical venues not only due to the religious based institutions but its presence in periods of transition. There are numerous projects to maintain Bangkok's post-modern historic sites such as the Rattanakosin area, the entire island is designated to artifacts of old and to Bangkok's 224 year history. The entire city receives equal recognition through the 'district' system. It is Thailands gateway not to mention South East Asia's and has received wide recognition for the fascinating displays of hospitality.