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Bangkok Metropolitan Region

The Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล; RTGS: krung thep maha nakhon lae parimonthon; lit. 'Bangkok and environs'), may refer to a government-defined "political definition" of the urban region surrounding the metropolis of Bangkok, or the built-up area, i.e., urban agglomeration of Bangkok, Thailand, which varies in size and shape, and gets filled in as development expands.

Not to be confused with Bangkok Metropolis, which is a reference to Bangkok's city limits.

Bangkok Metropolitan Region
กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล

 Thailand

Central Thailand

Bangkok
Nonthaburi
Nakhon Pathom
Pathum Thani
Samut Prakan
Samut Sakhon

7,700 km2 (3,000 sq mi)

17,400,000

2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi)

baht 8.096 trillion
(US$ 231 billion) (2022)

UTC+7 (ICT)

The political definition is defined as the metropolis and the five adjacent provinces of Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, and Samut Sakhon.

(reporting NSO.go.th Census Data, 2010 figures subject to revision.)

http://www.citypopulation.de/php/thailand-admin.php

(reporting NSO.go.th 2017 Projections on 2010 Census data)

http://citypopulation.de/php/thailand-prov-admin.php

(Dept Provincial Affairs Dec 2016)

https://dopa.go.th/banner_link/fileDownload/130

DOPA 2022 via (includes registered non-Thai residents a bit less than 1 million on nationwide citizen waiting list, appears not to include long-stay foreign residents who do not seek citizenship. Thais may only register single location, those retaining upcountry residency are not counted in region, regardless where they live and work. However, it is interesting to see suburban registration increases while Bangkok does not.)

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The 2010 Census explicitly counted Thais and those with legal permanent residency status where they resided during the count. The census failed to count long-stay migrants and expats without legal permanent resident status, who are estimated to number from "perhaps [two million]"[9] to "no less [sic] than 3 million"[10] nationwide. Therefore, greater Bangkok's actual population easily surpassed 15 million by the 2010 census.

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The Department of Provincial Affairs (DPA) Grommágaan Bpòkkrong registers Thai population and produces its own statistics separate from National Statistics Office (NSO). Millions live in Bangkok region with upcountry registration. Expats, migrants, those in refugee camps, and "native" ethnic tribes without Thai nationality may have not been counted DPA until 2016, when separate Thai nationality and Non-Thai was tabulated. The total registered population of 64,076,033 in 2011 was some 1.4 million fewer than census figures a year earlier.[11] Thailand is still (2013) trying to officially register migrant workers.[12]

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As of post-coup 2014, Thailand's Department of Employment released figures showing that 408,507 legal workers from three neighboring states, and 1,630,279 Burmese, 40,546 Laotians, and 153,683 Cambodians without legal work authorization were working and residing in Thailand. Nevertheless, some 180,000 Cambodians were said to have left Thailand post-coup due to rumors of a crackdown on illegals, indicating government figures may have been undercounted.[14]

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Traffic[edit]

As of 31 October 2012, some 7,384,934 vehicles were registered in the metro area, roughly one vehicle for every two persons.[15] To alleviate the ensuing congestion, massive railway development is ongoing, but its construction is causing large scale disturbance to major thoroughfares.

Destruction of green space[edit]

Bangkok's last undisturbed forested zone, Bang Kachao, in Samut Prakan's Phra Pradaeng District, also known as "the green lung" or (Thai: กระเพาะหมู; RTGS: krapho mu) ('pig's stomach', due to its shape) is threatened by urban sprawl, especially since a new city plan was implemented by Samut Prakan authorities. The plan has changed the pure green area to a "green and white" area, which allows residents to grow crops. Bang Kachao covers over 11,818 rai in six tambons in Phra Pradaeng.[16]

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Ministry Of Interior Thailand

National Statistical Office

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