Ratchaburi province

Ratchaburi
ราชบุรี
Other transcription(s)
 • Teochew叻丕
Old Ratchaburi Provincial Hall, now Ratchaburi National Museum
Old Ratchaburi Provincial Hall, now Ratchaburi National Museum
Flag of Ratchaburi
Official seal of Ratchaburi
Nickname(s): 
Mueang Ong (Thai:เมืองโอ่ง)
(lit. City of Jars)
Motto(s): 
คนสวยโพธาราม คนงามบ้านโป่ง เมืองโอ่งมังกร วัดขนอนหนังใหญ่ ตื่นใจถ้ำงาม ตลาดน้ำดำเนินฯ เพลินค้างคาวร้อยล้าน ย่านยี่สกปลาดี
("Beautiful women of Photharam. Exquisite women of Ban Pong. City of dragon jars. Nang Yai of Wat Khanon. Sensational caves. Damnoen (Saduak) floating market. Amazing millions of bats. Delicious fish from the Yi Sok area.")
Map of Thailand highlighting Ratchaburi province
Map of Thailand highlighting Ratchaburi province
CountryThailand
CapitalRatchaburi
Government
 • GovernorRonnapop Luangpairote (since Oct. 2020)
Area
 • Total5,196 km2 (2,006 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 42nd
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total873,518
 • RankRanked 27th
 • Density168/km2 (440/sq mi)
  • RankRanked 21st
Human Achievement Index
 • HAI (2022)0.6577 "low"
Ranked 17th
GDP
 • Totalbaht 173 billion
(US$6.1 billion) (2019)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
70xxx
Calling code032
ISO 3166 codeTH-70
Websitewww.ratchaburi.go.th
Damoen Saduak Floating Market

Ratchaburi province (Thai: จังหวัดราชบุรี, pronounced [t͡ɕāŋ.wàt râːt.t͡ɕʰā.bū.rīː]) or Rat Buri (pronounced [râːt bū.rīː]) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) lies in Western Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram and Phetchaburi. In the west it borders the Tanintharyi Region of Myanmar.

Ratchaburi is 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Bangkok and borders Myanmar to the west with the Tenasserim Hills as a natural border.[5] The Mae Klong flows through the centre of Ratchaburi town.

  1. ^ Advancing Human Development through the ASEAN Community, Thailand Human Development Report 2014, table 0:Basic Data (PDF) (Report). United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Thailand. pp. 134–135. ISBN 978-974-680-368-7. Retrieved 17 January 2016, Data has been supplied by Land Development Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, at Wayback Machine.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)[dead link]
  2. ^ "รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้านประจำปี พ.ศ.2561" [Statistics, population and house statistics for the year 2018]. Registration Office Department of the Interior, Ministry of the Interior (in Thai). 31 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ "ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF)" [Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF)]. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) (in Thai). Retrieved 12 March 2024, page 64{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition". <>. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). July 2019. ISSN 1686-0799. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Ratchaburi". Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Tubidy