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International Student Association
THAILAND
Location: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of
Thailand, southeast of Burma
Climate: tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to
September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March);
southern isthmus always hot and humid
Terrain: central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains
elsewhere
People
Population: 58,024,000 million
19% Urban
Ethnic groups: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%, other 11%
Religions: Buddhism 95%, Muslim 3.8%, Christianity 0.5%, Hinduism
0.1%, other 0.6% (1991)
Languages: Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and
regional dialects
Currency: Baht
Main Industries: tourism; textiles and garments, agricultural
processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing, such as
jewelry; electric appliances and components, computers and parts,
integrated circuits, furniture, plastics; world's second-largest
tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer
Languages: Thai.
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