Statue of Mother earth squeezing her hair - Bangkok

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Statue of Mother earth squeezing her hair in Bangkok, near the Phanphiphop Lilat Bridge. The monument was also called "U-thokkathan", built by Her Majesty the Queen Phra Siphat-chainthara in the King Chulalongkorn era to celebrate her birthday in light of the availability of water for the public. Bangkok is the capital and the most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in Central Thailand, and has a population of over eight million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. Over fourteen million people (22.2 percent) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of