Quickie Thai Facts 7-9

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7. The name Thailand means Land of the Free. The Thai people actually call their country Meung Thai (เมืองไทย), which translates “city of Thais”.

8. King Ramkhamhaeng, who ruled at the end of the thirteenth century, created the first Thai alphabet.

9. There are approximately 3.6 million rice farming families in Thailand totaling around 20 million people.

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