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Bangkok Metropolitan Area
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Area (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล) is the urban area of Bangkok, Thailand and its surrounding provinces. Officially, it covers an area of 7,761.50 km² and with a registered population of 10,061,726 (as of December 19, 2007) it has a population density of 1,296.36 per km². However, Bangkok has many unregistered residents as well as a heavy influx of people from provinces who regularly return to their hometowns, as well as many illegal aliens. Actual numbers at any given time are 10-40% higher than registered. In practice, Eastern areas of Samut Prakan province are not really considered Greater Bangkok, nor is Nakhon Pathom or Samut Sakhon provinces, and they aren't continuously built up areas.
It covers these provinces:
| Area km² |
Population (2007) |
Pop.Density Inh/km² |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangkok | 1,568.20 | 5,714,481 | 3,643.97 |
| Nonthaburi | 622.30 | 1,023,341 | 1,644.45 |
| Samut Prakan | 1,004.50 | 1,126,485 | 1,121.44 |
| Pathum Thani | 1,525.90 | 896,113 | 587.27 |
| Samut Sakhon | 872.30 | 470,257 | 539.10 |
| Nakhon Pathom | 2,168.30 | 831,049 | 383.27 |
| Total | 7,761.50 | 10,061,726 | 1,296.36 |
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