Bangkok () is the capital and most populous city of
Thailand. It is known in
Thai as
Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (, pronounced ) or simply . The city occupies in the
Chao Phraya River delta in
Central Thailand, and has a population of over 8 million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. Over 14 million people (22.2 percent) live within the surrounding
Bangkok Metropolitan Region, making Bangkok an extreme
primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of importance.