- Thailand (Thai: ประเทศไทย) (/ˈtaɪlænd, -lənd/, TYE-land, -lənd), officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (/saɪˈæm, ˈsaɪæm/, sye-AM, SYE-am), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 70 million, it spans 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi). Thailand is bordered to the north by Myanmar and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea; it also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation’s capital and largest city.
- Redmond — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Redmond, home to the Microsoft Corportation, is known worldwide as a center for high technology. The town’s fame has come about only in recent times. For more than a century, Redmond was seen as just another small settlement that grew into suburbia.
