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Their dates are indicated by a mixture of the Christian and the Buddhist Calendar. The years of the Buddhist calendar begin with the year Buddha entered nirvana. Add 543 onto the present year of the Gregorian calendar which makes this year (2009) 2552 B.E. (Buddha Era) in Thailand.

Chiang Mai

January 5th 2009
Things To Do, Things About: Chiang Mai Re: Photo #1 Chiang Mai (literally: "walled" "new") was founded in 1296 by King Mengrai. Its seven hundred km north of Bangkok and about 1000 feet above sea level, so it's a little cooler. Chiang Mai's a Good Place To: Learn a New Language: I attended a Thai language school last year but because I f ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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