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Chanthaburi
Chanthaburi, Thailand · Asia
About Chanthaburi
Chanthaburi sits on the route: 20 minutes from Tha Mai.
Chanthaburi is in Thailand, with about 100,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Tha Mai, about 11 km away.
Chanthaburi (Thai: จันทบุรี, pronounced [tɕān.tʰá(ʔ).bū.rīː]) is a town (thesaban mueang) in the east of Thailand, on the banks of the Chanthaburi River. It is the capital of the Chanthaburi Province and the Mueang Chanthaburi District.
The town covers the two tambons Talat and Wat Mai of Mueang Chanthaburi District.Read more
As of 2005, the town had a population of 27,602. The town figures in the legacy of King Taksin. In 1981 the Thai cabinet passed a resolution to bestow on him the honorary title of the Great. When the Bank of Thailand issued the 12th Series of banknotes, called The Great Series, the monument of King Taksin the Great in the town's Tungnachaey recreational park appeared on the back of the 20 baht note issued 28 December 1981, the 214th anniversary of his coronation.
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Chanthaburi is in Chanthaburi, Thailand, about 11 km from Tha Mai.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 99,819
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Thailand
- Region
- Chanthaburi
- Timezone
- Asia/Bangkok
- Coordinates
- 12.6096, 102.1045
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Essential numbers in Thailand
Tourist police (English): 1155.
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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