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Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 14 21 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 14.3500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 100 33 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 100.5500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on island in Chao Phraya river; intersected by many canals; founded by Ramathibodi I as capital of Thai (Ayutthaya) kingdom in 14th century; severely sacked by Burmese in 16th and 18th centuries; also site of battle between English and Dutch in the 17th century. Noted for its ruins of Buddhist monasteries and reliquary towers (prang). |
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| Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (preferred,C,V)
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| Phra Nakhon Si Ax Ayutthaya (C,V)
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| Phranakhorn Sri-Ayutha (C,V)
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| Krung Kao (C,V)
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| Ayutthaya (C,V)
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| Ayuthaya (C,V)
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| Ayuthia (C,V)
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| Ayouthia (C,V)
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| Ayudhya (C,V)
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| Amphoe Krung Kao (C,V)
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| Amphoe Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (C,V)
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| Amphoe Rop Krung (C,V)
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| Changwat Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (C,V)
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| Monthon Ayutthaya (C,V)
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| พระนครศรีอยุธยา (C,V,Thai,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 1350 |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| seat (C) |
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| historic site (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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"Historic City of Ayutthaya"; from 1991 |
| national capital (H) |
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of Thai kingdom, 1350-1767 |
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Related geographic places: |
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Ayutthaya .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia, Thailand) [8698259] |
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