. "Not to be confused with Bangkok Metropolis, which is a reference to Bangkok's city limits.The Bangkok Metropolitan Region (Thai: \u0E01\u0E23\u0E38\u0E07\u0E40\u0E17\u0E1E\u0E21\u0E2B\u0E32\u0E19\u0E04\u0E23\u0E41\u0E25\u0E30\u0E1B\u0E23\u0E34\u0E21\u0E13\u0E11\u0E25; RTGS: Krung Thep Mahanakhon Lae Parimonthon; Literally: Bangkok and surrounding provinces), may refer to a government defined political definition of the urban region surrounding Bangkok Metropolis, or the built-up area i.e."@en . .