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Thailand. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | Occupying a central position on the Southeast Asia peninsula, Thailand is bordered by Myanmar on the west and northwest, by Laos on the north and east (the Mekong River forms much of the line), by Cambodia on the southeast, and by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia on the south. |
 | | Thailand is governed under the constitution of 1997, its 17th since 1932. |
 | | Thailand has received huge military grants from the United States and was the seat (195477) of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. |
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