via the Nation, 21 April 2022: Bangkok celebrated its 240th anniversary last week.
Exactly 240 years ago on April 21, 1782, King Rama I inaugurated his new capital’s city pillar, moving from Thonburi on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River to Bangkok on the western bank.
He named his new capital Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.
The 168-letter-long name has broken the Guinness World Record as the longest name for a place.
Though Krung Thep Maha Nakhon is better known as Bangkok, the origin of the world-famous moniker is still unclear.
Source: Bangkok turns 240 years old
