Bangkok Metropolitan Region

The Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล; RTGS: krung thep maha nakhon lae parimonthon; lit.'Bangkok and environs'), may refer to a government-defined "political definition" of the urban region surrounding the metropolis of Bangkok, or the built-up area, i.e., urban agglomeration of Bangkok, Thailand, which varies in size and shape, and gets filled in as development expands.

Bangkok Metropolitan Region
กรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล
True-color image of Bangkok and its surrounding provinces
A map of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. The red are city-level municipalities and Bangkok's 50 districts. The orange is the town-level municipalities. The yellow are township-level municipalities.
Country Thailand
RegionCentral Thailand
ProvincesBangkok
Nonthaburi
Nakhon Pathom
Pathum Thani
Samut Prakan
Samut Sakhon
Area
  Metro
7,700 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population
  Metro
16,932,000
  Metro density2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
GDP
  Metrobaht 7,167 billion
(US$259 billion) (2019)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)

The political definition is defined as the metropolis and the five adjacent provinces of Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, and Samut Sakhon.

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