Local time
Sun, 9:01 AM GMT+7Asia/BangkokCityCapital
Bangkok
13.75° N, 100.51° E
- Population
- 6,704,000
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 47
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 47 cities of Thailand in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Thailand, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Asia/Bangkok
Traveler brief
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Practical bearings for Bangkok, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Bangkok have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
From Thai, "bang" means "region" and "kok" means "olive trees", giving the city its name. The city's full ceremonial name means "City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Vishvakarman at Indra's behest".
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person