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Province in Thailand
Ratchaburi
ราชบุรี
Province
Other transcription(s)
• Teochew
叻丕
Old Ratchaburi Provincial Hall, now Ratchaburi National Museum
Flag
Seal
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
Country
Thailand
Capital
Ratchaburi
Government
• Governor
Ronnapop Luangpairote (since Oct. 2020)
Area
[1]
• 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
[3]
• HAI (2022)
0.6577 "low" Ranked 17th
GDP
[4]
• 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.go.th
Damoen Saduak Floating Market
Ratchaburi province (Thai: จังหวัดราชบุรี, pronounced[t͡ɕāŋ.wàtrâːt.t͡ɕʰā.bū.rīː]) or Rat Buri (pronounced[râːtbū.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.
^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]
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