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Bangkok (Thailand)

กรุงเทพมหานคร (ประเทศไทย)


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    • Bangkok Metropolis (Thailand)
    • Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (Thailand)
    • Bangkok-Thonburi Metropolis (Thailand)
    • Banguecoque (Thailand)
    • Bankok (Thailand)
    • Groong Têp (Thailand)
    • Kō̜thō̜mō̜. (Thailand)
    • Krung Thēp Mahā Nakhō̜n (Thailand)
    • Krung Thēp (Thailand)
    • Krungdeb (Thailand)
    • Krungthep Maha Nakhorn (Thailand)
    • Krungthep Mahanakhon Bovorn Ratanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchanivetmahasathan Amornpiman Avatarnsathit Sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit (Thailand)
    • Krungthēpmahānakhō̜n ʻAmō̜nrattanakōsin Mahintharāyutthayā Mahādilokphop Noppharatrātchathānībūrīrom ʻUdomrātchaniwētmahāsathān ʻAmō̜nphimānʻawatānsathin Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit ʻAmō̜nrattanakōsin Mahintharāyutthayā Mahādilokphop Noppharatrātchathānībūrīrom ʻUdomrātchaniwētmahāsathān ʻAmō̜nphimānʻawatānsathin Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit (Thailand)
    • Kung Thēp (Thailand)
    • Man-ku (Thailand)
    • Metropolitan Municipal (Thailand)
    • Mư̄ang Kō̜k (Thailand)
    • Nakhō̜n-Lūang Krung Thēp-Thon Burī (Thailand)
    • Phra Nakhon (Thailand)
    • Thētsabān Nakhō̜n Lūang (Thailand)
    • กรุงเทพมหานคร (ประเทศไทย)
    • กรุงเทพฯ (ประเทศไทย)
    • กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์ (ประเทศไทย)
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              • found: Phone call to BGN-10-28-83(Krung Thep= new BGN official form; Bangkok= conventional form; PPL, 13°45ʹN; 100°31ʹE; full name: Krungthep Mahanakhon Bovorn Ratanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokpop Noparatratchathani Burirom Udomratchanivetmahasathan Amornpiman Avatarnsathit Sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit)
              • found: Chalœ̄m rat chat kǣo kao phǣndin, 1982:t.p. (Krung Thēp Mahā Nakhō̜n; Bangkok Metropolitan Administration)
              • found: Siam dir., 82-83, p. I-124 (Krung Thēp Mahā Nakhō̜n; Bangkok Metropolitan Administration)
              • found: Bible. N.T. Lao. Samākhom Phrakhrittatham Pathēt Thai læ Pathēt Lāo. 1973. Phrakhrittathamkhamphī, phāk Phrasanyā Mai, 1973:t.p. (Kung Thēp)
              • found: Sawāng Khwanbun. Rattanakōsin līlā, 1982:14th prelim. p. (in the reign of King Bhumiphol, the present king, the parlement [sic] agreed to combine Bangkok and Thonburi together; therefore, on 12/21/81, the Revolution Council proposed the announcement no. 21 to combine the two cities and it was called Nakhō̜n-Lūang Krung Thēp-Thon Burī [in Thai] = Bangkok-Thonburi Metropolis; later, Thētsabān Nakhō̜n Lūang [in Thai] = Metropolitan Municipal; the name was changed to Krungthep Maha Nakhorn on 2/29/82 by announcement no. 218)
              • found: Phone call to BGN, 2-1-88(Bangkok; now includes Thon Buri; 13°45ʹN 100°31ʹE)
              • found: Rāingān samrūat thurakit thāng .. 1986:t.p. (Krung Thēp Mahā Nakhǭn = Bangkok Metropolis [in rom.])
              • found: Čhamlō̜ng Fangchonlačhit. Khanam nō̜i klāng thungnā, 1981:t.p. verso (Kō̜thō̜mō̜.)
              • found: ʻArun Wongrat. Khrāosō̜ nirāt Mư̄ang Kō̜k, 1981.
              • found: Num Thai where to sànòok ... c1991:map (Groong Têp)
              • found: Bangkok Guide Ltd. Man-ku shih ti tʻu, 1989.
              • found: High-Level Consultation on the G20 Cannes Summit, Perspectives from Asia-Pacific, 2011:t.p. (Banguecoque, Tailândia)
              • found: The world factbook, via WWW, September 8, 2015(under Thailand: capital: Bangkok; geographic coordinates: 13 45 N, 100 31 E)
              • found: GNS, April 27, 2026(Bangkok (conventional); capital of an independent state, Thailand; approved: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon; Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintarayutthaya Maha Dilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Buri Rom Udom Ratchaniwet Maha Sathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakka Thattiya Witsanukam Prasit; approved non-roman script: กรุงเทพมหานคร = Krung Thēp Mahā Nakhō̜n; กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยา มหาดิลกภพ นพรัตนราชธานีบูรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์มหาสถาน อมรพิมานอวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยวิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์ = Krungthēpmahānakhō̜n ʻAmō̜nrattanakōsin Mahintharāyutthayā Mahādilokphop Noppharatrātchathānībūrīrom ʻUdomrātchaniwētmahāsathān ʻAmō̜nphimānʻawatānsathin Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit ʻAmō̜nrattanakōsin Mahintharāyutthayā Mahādilokphop Noppharatrātchathānībūrīrom ʻUdomrātchaniwētmahāsathān ʻAmō̜nphimānʻawatānsathin Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit; variants: Amphoe Phra Nakhon; Bangkok Metropolis; Bankok; Changwat Phra Nakhon; Krungdeb; Krung Thep; Phra Nakhon; Siayuthia; The City of Angels; variant non-roman script: กรุงเทพฯ = Krung Thēp ...)
              • notfound: RTG dir., 1981.
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              • [Thai script references evaluated.]
              • [Old catalog heading: Bangkok, Thailand]
              • [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]
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              • 1979-08-08: new
              • 2026-04-29: revised
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