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Thailand

Religions: Buddhism (state religion); Islam; .5% Christian

Languages: Thai (official), English, Lao, Chinese, Malay

Ethnic groups: Thai 75%, Chinese 14%

Location: Southeast Asia surrounded by Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and the Gulf of Thailand

Size: 198,115 square miles, 513,115 square kilometers, or about the size of Texas

Population: 61,798,000 (2001 est.)

Coats, Scott and Tan Coats Scott and Tan

Scott and Tan are jointly appointed missionaries of International Ministries and Mission to Unreached Peoples. From their home in Chiang Rai, they engage in holistic leadership development ministries among the minority peoples that inhabit the hills of northern Thailand and neighboring countries. Scott is the founding director of the Mekong Minority Foundation.