Thailand (Thai: ประเทศไทย), known formerly as Siam located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi), with a population of almost 70 million people.
Worship at Buddha covered in gold, Phra Pathom Chedi (the first stupa), Nakhon Pathom, west of Bangkok, Thailand. The largest Chedi (pagoda) in Thailand and oldest Buddhist monument in Thailand and tallest pagoda in the world. 115.8m, 380ft
