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- Pathumwan Police Station: 0-2214-1050, 0-2214-1042, 0-2214-1046- Pathumwan District: 0-2215-3818, 0-2216-2580Home page of Chulaongkorn University: http://www.chula.ac.th/chula/en/index.html5.5-1.THAILAND IN BRIEFIntroductionGeographyThe Kingdom of Thailand, covering an area of 514,000 square km, lies in the heart ofSoutheast Asia, roughly equidistant between India and China. It shares borders with Myanmar tothe west and north, Lao P.D.R. to the north and northeast, Cambodia to the east and Malaysia tothe south.TopographyThailand is divided into four distinct areas: the mountainous North, the fertile CentralPlains, the semi-arid plateau of the Northeast, and the peninsula South, distinguished by its manybeautiful tropical beaches and offshore islands.ClimateThailand lies within the humid tropicsand remains hot throughout the year. Averagetemperatures are about 29 o C, ranging inBangkok from 35 o C in April to 17 o C inDecember. There are three seasons: the coolseason (November to February), the hotseason (April to May), and the rainy season(June to October), though downpours rarelylast more than a couple of hours.Temperature and rainfall in central(Bangkok), the North (Chiang Mai) and theSouth (Phuket) of Thailand:Source: www.on-samui.com/infothailand/climate.html50

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