Bangkok, Thailand’s capital and largest city, is known as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (or simply Krung Thep). It covers 1,568.7 km (605.7 mi) in the Chao Phraya River Delta in central Thailand. The population is 10.539 million, or 15.3% of the country’s total population. At the 2010 census, 14 million people (22.2%) lived in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. This makes Bangkok an extremely primate city that dwarfs Thailand’s other urban centres.

Chiang Mai is sometimes called Chiengmai or Chiangmai, the capital of Chiang Mai Province. It’s located 700km (435 miles) north of Bangkok in a mountainous area.

Pattaya, Thailand, is a city. It is located on the east coast of Thailand’s Gulf of Thailand. It is approximately 100 km (62 mi) from Bangkok. It is within the Bang Lamung District of Chonburi. Pattaya City, Thai: emuue’ngphathy, RTGS: Mueang Phhatthaya), is a self-governing municipality that includes Tambon’s Nong Prue (and Na Klua) and portions of Nong Pla Lai and Huai Yai.

Along with Si Racha and Laem Chabang, the city is located in the Eastern Seaboard industrial zone. Pattaya lies in the middle of the Pattaya–Chonburi Metropolitan Area, a conurbation located in Chonburi Province. It has a population of approximately 1,000,000.

One of Thailand’s southern provinces is Phuket (Changwat). It includes the largest island in Thailand, Phuket, and 32 other smaller islands off the coast. It is located off the Andaman Sea’s west coast. The Sarasin Bridge links Phuket Island with Phang Nga north. Krabi is the nearest province across Phang Nga Bay in the east.

Phra Nakhon Si Ayuthaya (or, locally, simply Ayuthaya) is the former capital of Phra Nakhon Si Ayuthaya Province. It’s situated on an island between the Chao Phraya and Pa Sak rivers.