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Ayutthaya, Thailand

Ayutthaya city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The city was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong, who came here to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri, and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the Ayutthaya kingdom or Siam. Ayutthaya was named after the city of Ayodhya in India, the birthplace of Rama in the Ramayana (Thai, Ramakien). In 1767 the city was destroyed by the Burmese army, resulting in the collapse of the kingdom, and the ruins of the old city now form the Ayutthaya historical park, which is recognized internationally as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was refounded a few kilometers to the east.

It is estimated that Ayutthaya around 1600 had a population of about 300,000, and even 1,000,000 around 1700, making it one of the world's largest cities at the time.

阿瑜陀耶（泰語：พระนครศรีอยุธยา），又譯為大城，因《羅摩衍那》記載中的不落之城阿約提亞而得名，泰國大城府首府，人口54888人（2006年）。

阿瑜陀耶由烏通王始建於1350年，是阿瑜陀耶王朝首都。1767年，該城被緬甸攻佔後焚毀，鄭信復國後將都城南遷吞武里，建立吞武里王朝，在老城東重建新城。老城廢墟現為世界文化遺產阿瑜陀耶歷史公園所在地。

References sources : wikipedia