City Details: Bangkok
A few alternate names for Bangkok are: Amphoe Phra Nakhon, BKK, Ban'nkok, Bancac, Bancocum, Bancoque, Bancác, Banghok, Bangkok, Bangkok Metropolis
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 10 million people as of 2024, 13% of the country's population. Over 17.4 million people 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.
General Information
- Official Name: Thailand
- Common Name: Thailand
- Population: 5104476
- Timezone: Asia/Bangkok
- Coordinates: 13.75398, 100.50144
- Country Code: THA
- Continent: Asia
Closest Airports to Bangkok
- 1. Don Mueang International Airport (DMK), distance from city center: 21.00 km
- 2. Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), distance from city center: 27.74 km
- 3. Kamphaeng Saen Airport (KDT), distance from city center: 73.98 km
Location of Bangkok
Country Details
- Country: Thailand
- Official Name: Kingdom of Thailand
- Capital: Bangkok
- Region: Asia
- Subregion: South-Eastern Asia
- Population: 69,799,978
- Area: 513,120 km²
- Languages: Thai
- Currency: Thai baht (฿)
- Timezones: UTC+07:00
- Flag:
Has borders with:
- Myanmar
- Cambodia
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Malaysia
Museums in Bangkok, Thailand
พิพิธภัณฑ์บ้านจิม ทอมป์สัน
6, Soi Kasem San 2, Pathum Wan District, 10330, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7492° N, 100.5283° E
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-18:00
มิวเซียมสยาม
Soi Setthakan, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7440° N, 100.4939° E
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00
สวนผักกาด
Si Ayutthaya Road, Ratchathewi District, 10400, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7567° N, 100.5372° E
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-16:00
พิพิธภัณฑ์ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย
Wisut Kasat Road, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7683° N, 100.4995° E
Hours: Sat-Sun 09:30-16:30
พิพิธภัณฑ์ผ้าในสมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ พระบรมราชินีนาถ
ถนนรัตนพิศาล, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7520° N, 100.4907° E
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-16:30
พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ พระนคร
Na Phra That Road, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7582° N, 100.4915° E
Hours: We-Su 09:00-16:00 • PH off
พิพิธภัณฑ์ชาวบางกอก
Trok Spaphan Yao, Bang Rak District, 10500, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7281° N, 100.5181° E
Hours: Tu-Su,PH 09:00-16:00 • Mo closed
พิพิธบางลำพู
Lamphu Road, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7638° N, 100.4964° E
Patpong Museum
Thanon Phat Phong 2, Bang Rak District, 10500, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7288° N, 100.5321° E
Hours: Mo-Tu 12:00-21:00 • Th-Su 12:00-21:00
พิพิธภัณฑ์วัดพระศรีรัตนศาสดาราม
ถนนเขื่อนขันธ์นิเวศ, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7510° N, 100.4901° E
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-15:30
พิพิธภัณฑ์ราชทัณฑ์
463, Maha Chai Road, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7488° N, 100.5035° E
Hours: closed
พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ เรือพระราชพิธี
Rotfai Road, Bangkok Noi District, 10700, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7620° N, 100.4846° E
พิพิธภัณฑ์ศิริราชพิมุขสถาน
Rotfai Road, Bangkok Noi District, 10700, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7598° N, 100.4869° E
พิพิธภัณฑ์ศิริราช
Rotfai Road, Bangkok Noi District, 10700, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7597° N, 100.4872° E
ศาลาเครื่องราชอิสริยยศ เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์ และเหรียญกษาปณ์
Chakri Charan Road, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7510° N, 100.4917° E
พิพิธภัณฑ์มหาวิทยาลัย
ลานพิพิธศิลป์, Pathum Wan District, 10330, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7397° N, 100.5324° E
พิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติ หอศิลป
Somdet Phra Pinklao Road, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7592° N, 100.4940° E
พิพิธภัณฑ์พระบาทสมเด็จพระปกเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว
Damrong Rak Road, Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, 10100, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7561° N, 100.5064° E
Jim Thompson House Museum
Soi Kasem San 2, Pathum Wan District, 10330, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7493° N, 100.5282° E
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
พิพิธภัณฑ์เหรียญกษาปณานุรักษ์
Chakrabongse Road, Phra Nakhon District, 10200, Thailand
Coordinates: 13.7590° N, 100.4947° E