Thailand At A Glance
Muang Thai, or
Prathet Thai (Kingdom of
Thailand)
CAPITAL:
FORM OF
GOVERNMENT:
constitutional
monarchy with two legislative houses (Senate [260];
House of
Representatives [393])
HEAD OF
STATE:
King
HEAD OF
GOVERNMENT:
Prime Minister
MONETARY
UNIT:
1 Thai baht (B)
= 100 stangs; valuation (Sept. 25,
1998) 1 U.S.$ = B 43; 1 £ =
B 66.14.
OFFICIAL
LANGUAGES:
Thai
POPULATION (1998):
61,201,000
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION (1980):
Buddhism
ETHNIC
COMPOSITION (1990):
Thai 79.5%,
of which Siamese 52.6%, Lao
26.9%; Chinese 12.1%;
Malay 3.7%; Khmer
2.7%; other 2.0%.
LIFE
EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (1997):
male 67.0
years; female 72.0 years.
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