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Thon Buri was capital of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 for a short time during the reign of King Taksin
Taksin

Somdet Phrachao Taksin Maharaj or Somdet Phrachao Krung Thonburi ; ; Teochew: D?nchao; was the first and only monarch of Thonburi kingdom....
, after the previous capital Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya (city)

Ayutthaya city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The city was founded in 1350 by King Ramathibodi I, who came here to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri, and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the Ayutthaya kingdom or Siam....
 was sacked by the Burmese. It is located on the opposite bank of Chao Phraya River
Chao Phraya River

The Chao Phraya is a major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial river plain marking the mainland of the country. It runs through Bangkok, the capital of Thailand....
, or nowaday Royal Palaces. During Ayutthaya time, Thon Buri was an important garrison town at the mouth of the river.

King Rama I moved the capital to Bangkok
Bangkok

The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
 in 1782 to the other side of the Chao Phraya River
Chao Phraya River

The Chao Phraya is a major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial river plain marking the mainland of the country. It runs through Bangkok, the capital of Thailand....
. Thon Buri remained an independent town and province, and was merged into Bangkok in 1972.

Thon Buri stayed less developed than the original Bangkok part of the city, several of the traditional small waterways (Khlong
Khlong

A khlong is the general name for a canal in the central plain of Thailand. These canals are spawned by the Chao Phraya River, the Tha Chin River, the Mae Klong River Rivers and their tributaries....
s) still exist there, which are nearly gone on the other side of the river.

In 1950, Bangkok had 1,299,528 people, and the municipality of Thon Buri 403,818.

Thon Buri was Thailand's second largest city proper with around 600,000 residents in 1970.






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Thon Buri was capital of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 for a short time during the reign of King Taksin
Taksin

Somdet Phrachao Taksin Maharaj or Somdet Phrachao Krung Thonburi ; ; Teochew: D?nchao; was the first and only monarch of Thonburi kingdom....
, after the previous capital Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya (city)

Ayutthaya city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The city was founded in 1350 by King Ramathibodi I, who came here to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri, and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the Ayutthaya kingdom or Siam....
 was sacked by the Burmese. It is located on the opposite bank of Chao Phraya River
Chao Phraya River

The Chao Phraya is a major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial river plain marking the mainland of the country. It runs through Bangkok, the capital of Thailand....
, or nowaday Royal Palaces. During Ayutthaya time, Thon Buri was an important garrison town at the mouth of the river.

King Rama I moved the capital to Bangkok
Bangkok

The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
 in 1782 to the other side of the Chao Phraya River
Chao Phraya River

The Chao Phraya is a major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial river plain marking the mainland of the country. It runs through Bangkok, the capital of Thailand....
. Thon Buri remained an independent town and province, and was merged into Bangkok in 1972.

Thon Buri stayed less developed than the original Bangkok part of the city, several of the traditional small waterways (Khlong
Khlong

A khlong is the general name for a canal in the central plain of Thailand. These canals are spawned by the Chao Phraya River, the Tha Chin River, the Mae Klong River Rivers and their tributaries....
s) still exist there, which are nearly gone on the other side of the river.

In 1950, Bangkok had 1,299,528 people, and the municipality of Thon Buri 403,818.

Thon Buri was Thailand's second largest city proper with around 600,000 residents in 1970. (3 times more than the next largest). No Thai city other than Bangkok since has reached 400,000 residents.

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