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	Bangkok Metropolitan Area - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bangkok Metropolitan Area (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล) is the urban area of Bangkok, Thailand and its surrounding provinces.
		Altogether it covers an area of 7,761.50 km² and with a population of 9,942,150 (as of December 16, 2006) it has a population density of 1,280.95 per km².
		A new special administrative area of Nakhon Suvarnabhumi is planned to be formed from two districts of Bangkok and three districts of Samut Prakan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bangkok_Metropolitan_Area (123 words)

	Welcome to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
		Bangkok and the Greater Bangkok Metropolitan area, including its neighboring provinces, have increasingly become a regional strategic location for investments such as those from Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese manufacturers and traders.
		"Bangkok" or "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon" was established as the capital city of Thailand in 1782, the year King Rama I ascended the throne.
		Bangkok was in Monthon Krung Thep, which was under the Ministry of Urban Affairs.
	203.155.220.239 /en/index.php (258 words)

	geography.htm
		Bangkok's oldest sector, within a loop of the Chao Praya, contains the cities major temples, palaces, and historic monuments.
		The BOI promoted projects locating in Bangkok or Samut Parkan Province adjacent to the south of Bangkok will be excluded from various tax exemptions and reductions allowed for both installation and operating costs of infrastructure facilities such as transport, water and electricity.
		The history of urbanization in Thailand is almost exclusively the history of the growth of Bangkok which, in turn is inseparable from the economic growth of the country.
	www.macalester.edu /courses/geog61/laying/primacy.htm (1500 words)

	Riverside Hotels
		One of the most fascinating areas of Bangkok, the riverside reflects a constantly changing scene with taxi boats gently transporting passengers, rice barges being towed laden with goods and local trading boats, against a backdrop of glittering temples and modern warehouses.
		Shangri-La Bangkok is regarded as one of the top ten hotels in the world situated on the banks of the Chao Phaya River just minutes away from the business hub of Silom and Sathorn.
		Bangkok hotels — in a city that’s as mysteriously ancient as it is vividly modern — are part of the total experience in Thailand's thriving and lively capital city.
	www.bangkok-hotel.net /riverside-bangkok-thailand (2167 words)

	List of metropolitan areas by population - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In addition, the underlying structure of different metropolitan areas varies: comparing a highly centralised city with an agglomeration of smaller settlements may not be very meaningful.
		Metropolitan area (Composed of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and West Rand District)
		This metropolitan area is called the "San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland Combined Statistical Area", or the "San Francisco Bay Area".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population (748 words)

	Thailand: Not Enough Graves: Appendix A
		To propose authoritative officials or the Director of the NCCD to consider rewards or punishments to the operating staff in the Bangkok Metropolitan area and the areas concerned.
		To follow-up on and evaluate the operations of drug prevention and suppression in the Bangkok Metropolitan area and to advise agencies and organs for the improvement and development of the operations.
		To organise drug suppression teams to press, suppress and purge drug traffickers in the areas of responsibility and to coordinate with the BMOCCD to support the drug suppression operation teams to implement the tasks that are beyond their capability.
	www.hrw.org /reports/2004/thailand0704/7.htm (1631 words)

	King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Rat Burana area is in the southern part of Bangkok on the west bank of the Chao Praya River.
		It is in the area of Moo 3 in Rat Burana Sub-district.
		Formerly, most of the land was agricultural areas which were suitable for growing oranges, coconuts, etc. However, because of the growth of the area, many pieces of land has been changed into residential areas, factories, and cargo storage areas.
	www.kmutt.ac.th /beyond/eRatburana.html (950 words)

	A Study of Rainfall on Bangkok Metropolitan Area, 1993
		Rainfall study is one of the alternative measure to solve flood problem in Bangkok Metropolitan area.
		Five representative rainfall stations in Bangkok Metropolitan, were historical studied thoroughly, are meteorological station (Bangkok), Ago-meteorological station (Bangkhen), Ago-meteorological station (Bangna) and Royal Irrigation Department station (Samsen).
		It was shown that "r" value should be depended on rainfall duration (short duration gives high "r" value while long duration decreases "r" value) "r" of the first and second type (rdu and r (group)) have been corresponding to each other but the third type was too dominated to synthetic storm pattern.
	www.eric.chula.ac.th /gcrc/abstract/BAHC4/79.htm (340 words)

	World Water Assessment Programme \| Case Studies \| Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand
		Bangkok and its vicinity have the highest population density of 1,497 inhabitants/km2.
		With Bangkok located in the Chao Phraya Sub-basin, this is economically the most important sub-basin, contributing 78.2% of the total GDP of the Basin.
		Over 90% of the area of the Basin is either used for agriculture or covered with forest, with the proportions of these land uses being roughly equal.
	www.unesco.org /water/wwap/case_studies/chao_phraya/index.shtml (3203 words)

	Technical Paper
		The problems are considered to be part of rapidly growing urban area where the pace of economics growth was much faster than the pace of infrastructure development by the government.
		BMA through a team of consultants assigned by JICA carried out a study related to traffic improvement programs for Bangkok and recommended selected restrained schemes such as parking control in inner area.
		The study area for the project is the Greater Bangkok Area (GBA) which covered 4 main provinces: Bangkok, Samut Prakarn, Nonthaburi, and Prathumthani.
	www.angelfire.com /me/Dkp/page4.html (3231 words)

	Bangkok hotels and Thailand travel guide
		Bangkok has an endless list of things to see, and boundless things to do.
		While you’re in Bangkok, make sure to make the most of the city's famous nightlife, experience the excitement of a Muay Thai boxing match, or the glitz and glam of a ladyboy show.
		Weather prophets might not be predicting snow for Bangkok this December, and Santa will undoubtedly have great difficulty navigating his reindeer-pulled sleigh through the city’s notoriously gridlocked traffic, but that’s no reason not to get into the spirit of giving, twinkling lights and stuffed turkey.
	www.bangkok.com (1190 words)

	AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The four regions correspond approximately to the physiographical regions of Thailand: the northern region is mountainous with dense forests; the northeast is dry and consists of a plateau which borders the Mekong River; the central region is an extensive plain subject to flooding; and the southern part consists of a peninsula.
		Of this total, 17.09 million ha, or 84 percent of the total cultivated area, were under annual crops (mainly paddy rice) and the remaining 3.36 million ha were under permanent crops.
		In 1988, the area actually irrigated was estimated at 91 percent of the equipped area.
	www.fao.org /ag/agl/aglw/aquastat/countries/thailand/index.stm (3130 words)

	Mobile libraries in Thailand - 66th IFLA Council and General Conference - Conference Programme and Proceedings
		Even within a school area, many pupils would not like to go to the library which locates in the building far away from their classrooms.
		The demands of people in the area the library serves should be surveyed so that the library can fulfill their needs.
		It may be because the two main official organizations, Ministry of Education, and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, who are responsible for public libraries and mobile libraries have many subsequent units to be responsible for, and the libraries are not in the top priorities.
	www.ifla.org /IV/ifla66/papers/092-175e.htm (2894 words)

	1998 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THAILAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Work permits in other areas are sometimes difficult to obtain, despite the fact that senior managers and technical personnel are in short supply.
		This policy is intended to spur development outside the Bangkok Metropolitan Area in the countryside where the population is employed primarily in the labor-intensive agricultural sector, which accounted for only about eleven percent of Thailand's GDP in 1996.
		The objective is to reduce congestion in the already overcrowded capital and to strengthen and diversify the economic base in the provinces.
	bangkok.usembassy.gov /services/docs/reports/invcl98.htm (6397 words)

	Abstract
		Analysis of photochemical pollution was done using the available 5-year monitoring data (1996-2000) from 11 monitoring stations in Bangkok and 5 stations in other surrounding provinces, i.e.
		Status and trend of O3 as well as the monthly and diurnal variations were analyzed in relation to the local meteorological conditions as well as the regional transport of pollutants associated with the monsoon.
		The O3 in Bangkok was found to be typical for the polluted urban areas with a lower concentration in the city center, especially at curbside stations, and higher concentration at the downwind locations.
	www.serd.ait.ac.th /airpet/Photochemical.htm (284 words)

	Bangkok Area Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of the most fascinating areas of Bangkok, the riverside reflects a constantly changing scene - water-taxis ferrying daily commuters and heavily laden rice barges chugging upstream are set against a backdrop of glittering temples, warehouses, and upscale hotels.
		Khao San road is rapidly becoming an alternative Bangkok attraction and a "must do" on the backpacker and GAP student trail.
		The most important financial and business area of Bangkok fanning from the river, north east into the city.
	www.bangkok.com /area-guide/index.html (474 words)

	Thailand Valuation Appraisal Research Map
		Agency said it expected the market to be worth Bt74.74 billion by the end of the year compared with Bt64.61 billion at the onset of the crisis.
		In the first half of this year, the value of the property market stood at Bt42.81 billion from the sale of 19,916 units in the Bangkok Metropolitan area alone.
		The survey was conducted on visitors to five home exhibitions in Bangkok during the first half of the year.
	www.area.co.th /head61.htm (677 words)

	VII. NUTRITION SITUATION AND TRENDS
		For the Bangkok area, the prevalence of LBW in 4 major hospitals in 1982 ranged from 4.6% in an elite teaching hospital to 9.2% in a general hospital and showed relatively no changes over time (4.6% in 1988
		Furthermore, another interesting point regarding the nationwide growth monitoring report is that the coverage percentage might be overestimated since according to the population age structure, children under 6 should be approximately 5 to 6 million during the period.
		A similar survey was done in Bangkok children from a well baby clinic, and found a prevalence of only 2%.
	www.unsystem.org /SCN/archives/thailand/ch10.htm (2268 words)

	Cities Unbound: The Intercity Network in the Asia-Pacific Region - Discussion paper n° 23
		For the most part, existing governance arrangements at the level of city-regions, which typically extend over several local and provincial governments, and often involve the national government as well, tend to be informal, though proposals for expanding city boundaries or creating a region-wide level of formal coordination continue to be made from time to time.
		Jabotapek, which is the extended metropolitan region of Jakarta, is a particularly interesting case in this regard, despite the fact that the central government is heavily involved in the development of Indonesia’s capital region.
		The challenge assumed by the TEI was how to mobilize people’s participation in a major clean-up and recuperation of this heavily polluted area in conformity with the eighth National Development Plan and the Environmental Act of 1992 which stressed decentralization and people’s participation in environmental projects.
	www.unesco.org /most/friedman.htm (7422 words)

	Mahidol University Annual Research Abstracts
		The surveillance of plague is of interest especially in Bangkok Metropolitan area where commensal rats are abundant.
		Therefore, the rat and flea surveys were conducted in 47 districts of Bangkok Metropolitan area.
		Since 1958 the first serious epidemic of DHF occurred in Bangkok, further outbreaks have occurred annually with peaks every two years, and the outbreaks are more confined to the rainy season.
	www.mahidol.ac.th /abstracts/annual2000/0276.htm (771 words)

	Bangkok Map - maps of Thailand and Bangkok's airport area
		At the very north of Bangkok's metropolitan area is the International Airport.
		Also situated in the area is the Central Department Store and the Ladprao Shopping Center.
		Access to the airport and the central metropolitan area along Viphavadi is quick and convenient.
	www.bangkok-maps.com /airport.htm (179 words)

	Bangkok/Thonburi - Wikitravel
		Thonburi (ธนบุรี) is the west bank of the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok, Thailand.
		Thonburi Train Station, formerly known as Bangkok Noi, is the terminus for twice-daily trains to Kanchanaburi.
		Easily the grungiest and most overcrowded of Bangkok's Big 3 bus terminals, first-class tickets are sold in the circular building in the center of the maelstrom, while buses depart from the piers next to it.
	wikitravel.org /en/Bangkok/Thonburi (619 words)

	Bangkok Hotels : Riverside Hotels
		A colonial style resort with 413 rooms and 11 restaurants set in 10 acres of lush tropical gardens, the Marriott offers superb facilities, spacious rooms with views of the river and convenient access to all parts of the city.
		The first-class hotel is only 30 minutes from Bangkok International Airport, and a short distance from Parliament House, the majestic and beautiful Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Keow).
		Royal Orchid Sheraton Bangkok has a brilliant location on the banks of the Chao Phaya River, just 10 minutes by boat from Bangoks historic attractions.
	www.bkkhotels.com /bangkok_hotels/river_side_hotels.html (791 words)

	No.1 in Motorcycle Hire Purchase Specialist
		The group of companies has business alliance of more than 250 dealers together with credit officer to offer hire-purchase service in major area with 3 days of approval process for motorcycle and 7 days for automobile.
		In early inception, TK has target on motorcycle hire-purchase service for individual in Bangkok Metropolitan Area (BMA) while automobile hire-purchase service was launched in 1982.
		In 1995, TK increased its motorcycle hire-purchase portfolio by acquiring 99.99% of shares in C.V.A. Co., Ltd. which was established sine 1977 by Khun Chumpol Phornprapha to provide motorcycle hire-purchase service for BMA, central and eastern part of Thailand.
	www.tk.co.th /en/company_profile/company_history.html (467 words)

	Language education and Education in Thailand
		If it is confined to the Bangkok metropolitan area, we use between 1200 to 1500," he says.
		The results, as reported by the Bangkok Post, indicated that "sales of condoms and pregnancy prevention pills increased 24 percent and 9.5 percent respectively.
		The Thai public and media did, however, pay attention to a series of polls his agency conducted on one particularly important social issue — education.
	www.bangkokpost.net /education/site2002/cvmr0502.htm (1229 words)

	Thailand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Per capita income in the northeast, which is the poorest region, is about 52 percent of the national average and just over 20% of that in the Bangkok metropolitan area.
		Workers' rights, unemployment, retrenchment of workers, labour law reforms and practice, wages, occupational safety and social protection, and privatization of state enterprises are issues of main concern of trade unions.
		In 2000, the ILO conducted seminars and workshops for trade unions on a range of technical areas including union organization, occupation safety and health, collective bargaining, wages, and unemployment insurance schemes.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/region/asro/bangkok/arm/tha.htm (1368 words)

	Metropolitan Hotel Bangkok Thailand
		Indulge in the Metropolitan way of life: fresh, stylish, energetic A cool and contemporary east-west aesthetic with modern Oriental accents is combined with award-winning cuisine, a holistic spa and Bangkok's chicest lounge bar.
		They have a computer in the lobby that you can use for free to access the internet that is really nice.
		It is positioned at one remove from traffic area yet steps from the city buzzing nightlife, tucked away on South Sathorn Road in the city’s Central Business District.
	www.bangkok-hotel.ws /accom/metropolitan/index.htm (254 words)

	News @ Cisco: TOT Corporation Upgrades Bangkok Metropolitan Network with Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform
		BANGKOK, Thailand - June 13, 2005 - TOT Corporation Public Company Limited, formerly known as Telephone Organization of Thailand, has upgraded its core network for the Bangkok metropolitan area with a Cisco Systems® optical networking solution built on the Cisco ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP).
		The solution will help enable TOT, Thailand's leading telecommunications company with more than 7 million telephone lines and a wide range of voice and data services, to increase network capacity from 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) to 320 Gbps without requiring further hardware replacements or additional optical fiber deployments.
		Management of the entire network was facilitated by the fact that Cisco was able to supply the complete end-to-end solution from the DWDM, to the core routers, to the distribution and access switches.
	newsroom.cisco.com /dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_06-13.html (588 words)

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