Royal Academy Announcing the name change of the capital city of Bangkok to Krung Thep Maha Nakhon

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15 Feb. 2022 at 10:36 p.m.

Office of the Royal Thai Council Announcing the name of the capital city of “Thailand” from “Bangkok“ is “Krung Thep Maha Nakhon“

On February 15, 2022, reporters reported that The Cabinet has approved in principle the draft announcement of the Office of the Prime Minister on the designation of the names of countries, territories, administrative districts and capital cities as proposed by the Office of the Prime Minister (Students) proposed by the Office of the Royal Society. and to send a committee to review the draft law and the draft law proposed to the Council of Ministers for consideration. The observations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be taken into consideration as well. and then proceed further. The students by the Office of the Royal Institute of

1. The Office of the Royal Academy (formerly Royal Institute) by the Committee for Making the Dictionary of International Geographic Names has revised the writing of the names of countries, territories, administrative districts, and capital cities to conform to the current situation. and proposed to the Cabinet to prepare additional announcements from the Prime Minister’s Office But now the names of countries, territories, territories and capitals have changed. Due to changes in regimes, statuses and subdivisions, some countries or territories have relocated and renamed the capital city. In addition, the Office of the Royal Thai Academy has improved the foreign language transliteration criteria and additional foreign language transliteration criteria has been announced.

2. The Office of the Royal Thai Academy by the Committee for Producing the Dictionary of International Geographic Names has made improvements in the designation of the names of countries, territories, administrative areas and capital cities to be accurate and clear, with experts from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for consideration. for government agencies to adopt the designation of such countries, territories, administrative districts and capital cities to be standardized and consistent with the current situation therefore proposed a draft announcement of the Prime Minister’s Office on Determine the names of countries, territories, territories, and capitals for action.

The essence of the draft announcement Cancel the announcement of the Prime Minister’s Office regarding the determination of country names. Territories, administrative areas and capitals dated 9 November 2544 and shall apply to the Office of the Royal Thai Embassy on Determining the Names of Countries, Territories, Administrative Areas and Capitals dated 1 September B.E. 2021, details as follows: Amend and amend the designation of country names, territories, administrative districts and capital cities, such as the capital city of Thailand, to change from Bangkok to Krung Thep Maha Nakhon, etc.

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