Kingdom+of+Thailand

By Claudia Doral and Leyre Poza.

toc =My Country Facts:=

**General Information:**
Kingdon of Thailand
 * Official Name:**
 * Year that country joined the UN:**

People:
They were called Thai.
 * 1. What are the people of the country called?**

Thailand´s officila lenguage is Thai or Siamese.
 * 2. What is the official lenguage? What other lenguages do other people speak?**

Buddhism is the predominant religion, about 95% of the Thai population is Buddhist.
 * 3. What is the most-practiced religion? If there are an officil religion.**


 * 4.What are its physical features?**
 * People from Thailand are with elongated and thin eyes, Their skin is dark. **

Government:
Thailand is a constitutional monarchy; is ruled by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. But the name of Thailand´s First Minister is Abhisit Vejjajiva.
 * 1. What is the name of the leader of the country?**

Thailand is a Constitutional Monarchy.This means that is a form of goverment where the monarch acts as head of state inside the parameters of a constitution. The difference from an absolute monarchy is that in this one the absolute monarch serves as the only source of political power in the state and he/she is not obliged by any constitution.
 * 2. What type of government is the country ruled by? What is that?**

The main political parties of Thailand are: Democrat Party, Proud Thais Party, Thai Nation Development Party, Thai Nation Development Party and Social Action Party.
 * 3. What are the main political parties of the country?**

**4.Was your country ever a colony?** **If so, when did it gain its independence?** No.

No, not now. But there are some threats of war.
 * 5. Is Thailand inside a war whith other countries?**

Geography:
The country is located in South East Asia.
 * 1. Where is the country?**

The nations that border Thailand are Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia.
 * 2. What other nations border the country?**

Thailand is a very exotic country and with good beaches.
 * 3. What kind of lanscape does the country have?**

Thailand can be described as tropical and humid for most of his area during almost all the year. The north region of Bangkok has a climate determinated by three seasons, while the souther region of Thailand has only two.
 * 4. How is Thailand weather like?**

Economy:
The most common sections of employment are: agriculture: 42.6% farming (rice, tea, flowers, orchards), animal husbandry (chickens, pork, beef), forestry, industry: 20.2% automobile, consumer electronics, clothing services: 37.1% banking, tourism, merchants, restaurants.
 * 1. What is the most common section of employment in the country?**

The unemployment rate in Thailand is 1.5%-1.92%.
 * 2. What is the unemployment rate in your country?**

Thailand gave money to Haiti when the earthquake occurred. But normaly Thailand does not have a lot of money to give to humanitarian aids.
 * 3. How much money does your country give to humanitarian aid?**

Thailand is not a poor country, on the contrary, is on track to become the most economically powerful state in Southeast Asia and one of the most powerfuls states in Asia coming to compete with advanced Western countries.
 * 4. Is your country a poor country?**

No; there are some people without home, but most of the people there have a place to live.
 * 5.There are a lot of homeless people?**

==Surprisings things I learned about my country: ==

In Thailand there are many buildings and monuments made of gold.There is also a very curious thing about Thai culture that is that people from this culture have to cut his/her hear and eyebrows just to make two meals before eleven in the morning and they could not drink or smoke.