  ayutthaya (full name phra nakhon si ayutthaya, ,  (pronunciation); also spelled "ayudhya") city is the capital of ayutthaya province in thailand. located in the valley of the chao phraya river, the city was founded in 1350 by king u thong, who went there 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 became the second siamese capital after sukhothai. it is estimated that ayutthaya by the year 1600 ce had a population of about 300,000, with the population perhaps reaching 1,000,000 around 1700 ce, making it one of the world's largest cities at that time,george modelski, world cities: â3000 to 2000, washington dc: faros 2000, 2003. isbn 978-0-9676230-1-6. see also evolutionary world politics homepage. when it was sometimes known as the "[[list of places called venice of the e
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