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THAILAND

100 ° 104 °

Hanoi

MYANMAR
(BURMA)

Core area

Nam Dinh

Chiang
Rai

Roads Railroads

20 °

Louangphrabang

20 °

Fang

Loikaw

50 150 Kilometers 0 1 0

Thanh Hoa

Mae Hong
Son

VIETNAM

0 50 100 Miles

Phayao

Chiang Mai
Lamphun

Nan

Ngao

Vinh

Mae
Sariang
Hot

VIETNAM

Fak
Tha

Vian g chan

Lampang

Phrae

Chiang
Khan
Loei

Nong
Khai Nakhom

Phanom

Muang
Khammouan

Uttaradit

Sawankhalok

Udon
Thani

Sakon
Nakhon Phitsanulok

Tak

Phetchabun

Khon Kaen

Chum
Phae

Savannakhet Mukdahan

Mawlamyine

Phichit

16 °

Khorat
Plateau

16 °

Chaiyaphun

Khemmarat

Nakhon
Sawan Ye Tha Tum

Ubon

Sing Buri
Lop Buri
Sara Buri
Phra Nakhon
Si Ayutthaya

Sisaket

Nakhon
Ratchasima

Surin

Suphan Buri
Kanchanaburi
Ban Pong
Rat Buri
Samut Songkhram
Phet Buri

Muang
Không

Tavoy

Phumi
Samraong Bangkok

Angkor

Chachoengsao

Samut
Prakan

Siem Reap

Chon Buri

Thon
Buri

Batdambang

Laem Chabang

Pattaya

Kompong
Thum

Chanthaburi

Hua Hin

Sattahip

Trat

Mergui

Kompong
Cham

Kompong
Chhnang

12 °

12 °

Prachuap Khiri Khan

Phnom Penh

SOUTHERN PROVINCES

100 °

Kompong
Som

0 100 Kilometers50

Ranong

Ho Chi Minh City
(Saigon-Cholon)

Chumphon

0 50 Miles

Surat
Thani

Ranong

Kra
Isthmus

Nakhon Si
Thammarat

VIETNAM

Surat Thani
Nakhon Si
Thammarat

8 °

8 ° Takua Pa

Phangnga

Phuket

PHUKET

PATTHALUNG

104 °

TRANG

Songkhla
Pattani

Thung Song

POPULATION

8 °

Phuket

SATUN

SONGKHLA

PATTANI

Under 50,000
50,000-250,000
250,000-1,000,000
1,000,000-5,000,000
Over 5,000,000

Trang

NARA
THIWAT

Songkhla

YALA

Malay
Peninsula

Pattani

Hat Yai
Satun

Yala
Narathiwat

MALAYSIA

Tak Bai

Longitude East of Greenwich

100 °

Sungai Kolok

Kota
Baharu

National capitals are underlined

100 ° 104 °

MALAYSIA

Longitude East of Greenwich

Figure 15-8
Thailand has many cities and towns but the core area focuses on the primate city of Bangkok.
Why do you think this is the case? From H. J. de Blij and P . O. Muller, Geography: Realms, Regions
and Concepts , 14th edition, 2010, p. 555. Originally rendered in color. © H. J. de Blij and
P . O. Muller. Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.