This is Thailand 🇹🇭 — what it is, and what sits on the far side of the planet from it. The antipode is the point you would reach by digging straight through the centre of the Earth.
| Capital | Bangkok |
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| Population | about 69.6 million |
| Area | 510,123 km² (196,960 sq mi) |
| Region | South-Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Economy | Emerging region: G20 |
| Income group | Upper middle income |
| Official name | Kingdom of Thailand |
| Also written | Tailandia (es) · Thaïlande (fr) · 泰国 (zh) · تايلاند (ar) · Таиланд (ru) · タイ王国 (ja) |
Start near the middle of Thailand and dig straight down through the centre of the Earth, and you would surface around 13.0370° S, 78.3368° W, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. That spot is open water; the nearest coast is Peru 🇵🇪, roughly 168 km (104 miles) south-west.
The closest settlement of any size is Lima, Peru, about 178 km (111 miles) from the point.
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