Facts about Bangkok
1. Bangkok has the longest city name in the world. Although the capital of Thailand is known to the world as Bangkok its actual name consists of 169 characters. The full name is:
Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahinthara Yutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udom Ratchaniwet Mahasathan Amonphiman Awatansathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukamprasit.
Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahinthara Yutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udom Ratchaniwet Mahasathan Amonphiman Awatansathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukamprasit.
2. Bangkok is the world's hottest city on average. The average air temperature throughout the year is 28 degrees centigrade.
3. Bangkok have some very weird laws! Some of them are:
- It is illegal to leave the house without wearing underwear
- It is illegal to drive a motorised vehicle bare-chested
- It is illegal to use a durian fruit as a weapon and a fine will be levied determined by how many thorns strike the victim
- It is illegal to step on any Thai currency – either coins or notes – as they carry an image of the King
4. Bangkok has the world's largest china town. In that china town there is the largest solid gold Buddha in the world.
5. Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok sports the tallest control tower in the world, measuring 132.2m (434ft)