Bangkok

13.7563°N, 100.5018°E.

Capital of Thailand, founded by King Rama I in 1782 on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River across from the older capital Thonburi. ) at 168 letters in Thai script. Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), within the Grand Palace complex, contains the most sacred Buddha image in Thailand — a 66-cm jade figure carved possibly in the 14th century, dressed three times a year by the king himself in seasonal gold costumes. Wat Pho (1788) holds the 46-metre-long reclining Buddha and the largest collection of Buddha images in Thailand. The city is sinking at 1–2 cm per year; the Bangkok Metropolitan Region is approximately 1.5 metres above sea level and predicted by Thai government modeling to be substantially flooded by 2050.

The city with the longest name on Earth holds a jade Buddha smaller than a child — that the king dresses three times a year.