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A. Bangkok is the capital and most populous city with more than 14 million people in its metropolitan area. That is about a fifth of Thailand’s more than 68 million people.
C. At the time of his death in 2016, King Bhumibol Adulyadej was the world's longest-reigning head of state, the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history and the longest-reigning monarch having reigned only as an adult, reigning for 70 years, 126 days. Thailand’s absolute monarchy was ended in 1932, and kings are now constitutional monarchs.
D. Myanmar (Burma) borders Thailand to the north and west. Laos lies north and east, while Cambodia is east and Malaysia is south of Thailand. Vietnam is east of Laos and Cambodia.
B. Thailand succeeded by acting as an independent buffer between the territorial ambitions of France which colonized what is now Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, and the British Empire which colonized what is now Myanmar and Malaysia.