Editing Central Thailand (section)

==Definition==
The grouping of Thai provinces into regions follow two major systems in which Thailand is divided into either [[Regions of Thailand|four or six regions]]. In the six-region system, commonly used in geographical studies, central Thailand extends from [[Sukhothai Province|Sukhothai]] and [[Phitsanulok Province|Phitsanulok]] Provinces in the north to the provinces bordering the [[Gulf of Thailand]] in the south, excluding the mountainous provinces bordering Myanmar to the west and the coastal provinces of the east. The four-region system includes provinces only as far north as [[Chai Nat]], [[Sing Buri]] and [[Lopburi]] and extends west and east to the borders of Myanmar and Cambodia.<br>
The central region, as defined by [[Royal Forest Department]] in 2019, consists of 18 provinces (7 provinces of Greater Bangkok, 8 provinces of South Central Thailand and 3 provinces of Western Thailand). The total area of this central region is {{convert|67,473|km²|abbr=on}}, while the total forest area is {{convert|22,374|km²|abbr=on}} or 33.2 percent of this regional area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forest.go.th |title=ตารางที่ 2 พี้นที่ป่าไม้ แยกรายจังหวัด พ.ศ.2562 |year=2019 |department=Royal Forest Department |language=th |trans-title=Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019 |access-date=6 April 2021 |postscript=, information, Forest statistics Year 2019}}</ref>