Informal Subdivisions
Bangkok and its vicinity (ปริมณฑล, pari monthon), including five adjacent provinces are referred to as Greater Bangkok (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล), as the urban sprawl of the capital already spread into these areas.
There are several definitions of regions in Thailand, the one used by the National Statistical Office defines 4 regions - north, northeast, south and central.
Los Angeles, California is sometimes jokingly referred to as "The 77th Province" of Thailand, because the city has the second highest Thai population of any city outside of Thailand (roughly 100,000) after Taipei(??) (roughly 300,000).
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