The biggest urban area of Thailand and also the capital city of the country, Bangkok has now gained the position of being a social, political and economic hub of Thailand. The city of Bangkok became the centre of business in the late 80’s and 90’s. During the time of growth of Bangkok many of multinational organizations opened their offices in the city. Bangkok also sometimes is referred to “Global City” because of its fashion, culture and because of many other aspects.
Bangkok is a city which has a lot of architecture in it and the specialty in the buildings of Bangkok are basically the temples. Bangkok receives heavy amount of tourists from all over the world because of these locations and beautiful places. In these architectures “The Grand Palace” and “Vimanmek Palace” are the sights which are mostly the destinations for tourists. Bangkok is a very beautiful city which includes a number of parks and beautiful natural scenes which basically make Bangkok a beautiful city. Almost 11 million tourists visit Bangkok every year and in this way Bangkok earn and generate a lot heavier part of the total Bangkok revenue. Bangkok is believed to be a fast moving and very dynamic society and also very influential.
Bangkok in total has a population of about 6,355,144 people, according to January 2008 statistics. Bangkok is actually a very civilized and industrialized city. Being an industrial city is one of the basic reasons why Bangkok’s economy faces a rapid growth.
The Bangkok city’s covered area is approximately 606 square miles. And according to these statistics Bangkok is the sixty eighth largest province of the country. Bangkok is also considered as one of the largest cities of world. This is because of the reason that the total covered area of Bangkok is mostly covered by Bangkok city.
The climatic conditions in Bangkok are very hot summers and not very cold winters. The city’s highest ever experienced temperature is recorded as 40 degrees. The lowest ever temperature is recorded as 9 degrees. The temperature is not very cold during winter as the city mostly receives sunshine’s on a daily basis.
Economically Bangkok is very strong and is considered as the backbone of Thailand’s economy. The city itself in the world is regarded as a very strong economy. Most of the financial institutions of Thailand have their headquarters and financial assets in Bangkok which are equal to billions of dollars.
In Bangkok city there are number of temples, and mosques. As majority of population of Bangkok is Buddhist so there are around 400 Buddha temples in all of Bangkok. Also there are 2 temples of Hindus and 1 religious gurudwara for Sikhs. For public entertainment there are a number of beautiful places and parks in Bangkok. Also the city is rich in greenery and natural beauty and the people of Bangkok have utilized this natural greenery in the construction of the parks. The most famous park in Bangkok is the “Lumphini Park”. It is commonly known as Bangkok’s central park.
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