Bangkok , the capital of Thailand , has been called " the most primate city on Earth " , being roughly thirty-five times larger than Thailand 's second-largest city of Nakhon Ratchasima . Taking the concept from his examination of the primate city during the 2010 Thai political protests and applying it to the role that primate cities play if they are national capitals , Fong 's study noted that when primate cities like Bangkok function as national capitals , they are inherently vulnerable to insurrectionary dynamics by the subaltern , and the dispossessed . He cites the simple fact that most primate cities serving as national capitals contain major headquarters for the country . Thus , logistically , it is rather " efficient " for national targets to be contested since they are all located within one major urban environment
2010 Thai political protests
2010 Thai political protests
Primate city