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Ratchaburi
ราชบุรี | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Teochew | 叻丕 |
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.") | |
Country | Thailand |
Capital | Ratchaburi |
Government | |
• Governor | Ronnapop Luangpairote (since Oct. 2020) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,196 km2 (2,006 sq mi) |
• Rank | Ranked 42nd |
Population (2018)[2] | |
• Total | 873,518 |
• Rank | Ranked 27th |
• Density | 168/km2 (440/sq mi) |
• Rank | Ranked 21st |
Human Achievement Index | |
• HAI (2022) | 0.6577 "low" Ranked 17th |
GDP | |
• Total | baht 173 billion (US$6.1 billion) (2019) |
Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
Postal code | 70xxx |
Calling code | 032 |
ISO 3166 code | TH-70 |
Website | www |
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.
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