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ID: 7005221 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005221			Record Type: administrative

Thonburi (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 13 43 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 13.7167 decimal degrees
Long: 100 27 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 100.4500 decimal degrees

Note: Early European trading center on the W bank of the Chao Phraya River; formerly a separate city & province from Bankok proper, Thon Buri merged with Phra Nakhon in 1972 to form the province of Krung Thep Mahanakhon, which is part of Bankok Metropolis.

Names:

Thonburi (preferred,C,V)

Thon Buri (C,V)

Dhonburi (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Prathet Thai (nation) (P)

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Krung Thep (province) (P)

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Thonburi (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)
national capital (H)	............	from 1767 to 1782

Sources and Contributors:

Dhonburi..........	[VP]
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1208

Thonburi..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 723
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 197

Thon Buri..........	[VP]
....................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 723
..................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 197
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1208


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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