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Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (กรุงเทพมหานคร, pronounced [krūŋ tʰêːp máhǎː nákʰɔ̄ːn] ( listen)) or simply Krung Thep (About this sound listen). The city is by far the largest in Thailand in terms of population, with over eight million inhabitants, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. Over fourteen million people (22.2%) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, surpassing by over tenfold the populations of Thailand's next-largest cities. Metropolitan Bangkok covers 612 sq mi of southern Thailand, and is located in the center of the most fertile rice producing delta in the world. A network of natural and artificial canals crisscross the city. They feed to and from Thailand's hydrological lifeline, the broad Chao Phraya River, which winds through the city providing transport for passengers and cargo. With an easy access to the river provided by the new skytrain, travelers who stay in the city now have easy access to the highlight of any visit to Bangkok, a boat cruise along the Chao Praya River. Bangkok is divided in two by the main north-south train li