BANGKOK

World capital known locally as Krung Thep Mahanakhon

• Asian capital

• Capital 1,800 miles SW of Shanghai

• Capital known as the Venice of the East

• It served as headquarters of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

• Thai capital

• Thai metropolis

• Thailand's capital

• The King and I setting

• Where one night is spent, in song

• The capital and largest city and chief port of Thailand

• A leading city in southeastern Asia

• Noted for Buddhist architecture