Chai Nat (Province)

Chai Nat
ชัยนาท
statistics
Capital:	Chai Nat
Telephone code:	056
Surface:	2,469.7 km² 64.
Residents:	335.420 (2009) 66.
Population density :	136 E / km² 26.
ISO 3166-2 :
Governor :
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Chai Nat (also reproduced as Chainat ; Thai : ชัยนาท , pronunciation: [t͡ɕʰaj nâːt] ; roughly translated: "Place of Victory") is a province ( Changwat ) in the central region of Thailand .

geography

Chai Nat is located about 180 kilometers north of Bangkok in the central plain of the Mae Nam Chao Phraya ( Chao Phraya River ). Most of the land is slightly higher than the neighboring provinces and is designated as used for agriculture.

In the south is Thailand's first completed dam , the Chao Phraya Dam , formerly known as the Chai Nat Dam. The dam serves both to control the water in the agricultural area and to control the annual flooding . The Chao Phraya Dam was inaugurated in 1957.

Bordering provinces:
north	Nakhon Sawan
east	Sing Buri
south	Suphan Buri
west	Uthai Thani

Other important cities

• Sankhaburi

climate

The climate is tropical - monsoonal .

population

Mainly Thais live in Chai Nat . In addition, there are also descendants of the Lao Khrang , the Lao Khrang , who were abducted by Siamese from Laos , the total number of which in Thailand is 53,000.

Economy and Importance

Despite its relative proximity to Bangkok, Chai Nat is not influenced by tourism . The main source of income here is agriculture , in addition to rice cultivation, also the pomelo fruit.

The "Gross Provincial Product" ( GDP ) of the province in 2008 was 32,575 million Baht . The average income per household in 2008 was 13,995 baht per month.

Land use

According to Thailand in Figures (2011):

Art	size	percent proportion of
Woodland	47890 Rai	3.1%
Agricultural land	1,191,649 Rai	77.2%
Unclassified country	304,052 Rai	19.7%

Dams

• Chao Phraya Dam - inaugurated in 1957, about 8 km south of the provincial capital

history

King Nakarintharathirat of Ayutthaya sent his third son, Prince Chao Sam Phraya, to rule the city in 1419. Although he was the youngest son of his father, Sam Phraya was named the 7th King of Ayutthaya in 1424 as Borommarachathirat II . He had Chai Nat expanded into an important troop base that was supposed to fend off the increasingly frequent and growing attacks by the Burmese against Ayutthaya. They were also beaten back very often before Ayutthaya was completely destroyed in 1767.

From Chai Nat, King Taksin rolled up the Burmese occupying army after he had made Thonburi the new capital of Siam and liberated the country from their rule. Since then, the provincial capital has been called Chai Nat, "Place of Victory".

Attractions

View over the bird park, the main tourist attraction of the province

• Wat Thammamun Woraviharn (Thai: วัด ธร ร มา มูล วรวิหาร ) - Buddhist temple complex ( Wat ) at the foot of Thammamun Mountain on the left bank of Mae Nam Chao Phraya . Ubosot and Viharn date from the Ayutthaya Kingdom . The famous standing Buddha statue "Luang Pho Thammachak" can be seen in the temple .
• Chao Phraya Dam - about 8 km south of Chai Nat
• The Chai Nat Bird Park is located below Mount Khao Plong; it shows around 3000 representatives of the native bird world.

Symbols

The seal of the Chai Nat province shows a Buddhist wheel, the Dharmachakra, in front of a mountain, the Khao Phlong. The Chao Phraya flows in the foreground. The wheel symbolizes the faith of the inhabitants.

The local tree is the bel tree ( Aegle mamelios , Bengali quince ), the local flower is the rainbow cassia ( Cassia javanica ).

The motto of Chai Nat Province is:

"The land of Luang Pu Suk, a monk worshiped by all,

The famous Chao Phraya Dam , as the name is,

Here is the well-known bird park,

Khao Taeng Kwa, the juicy pomelos are grown here by the planters. "

Administrative units

Provincial Administration

The province of Chai Nat is divided into eight amphoe ('districts' or 'counties'). These in turn are divided into 53 tambon ('subdistricts' or 'municipalities') and further into 474 muban ('villages').

No. Amphoe name Thai 1 Amphoe Mueang Chai Nat  อำเภอ เมือง ชัยนาท 2 Amphoe Manorom อำเภอ มโนรมย์ 3 Amphoe Wat Sing อำเภอ วัดสิงห์ 4th Sapphaya district อำเภอ สรรพยา 5 Sankhaburi district อำเภอ สรรคบุรี 6th Amphoe Hankha อำเภอ หันคา 7th Nong Mamong district อำเภอ หนอง มะ โมง 8th Noen Kham district อำเภอ เนิน ขาม

Administrative division of the province

Local administration

A provincial administrative organization ( บริหาร ส่วน จังหวัด , อบ จ for short , Ongkan Borihan suan Changwat ; English Provincial Administrative Organization , PAO) exists for the entire area of ​​the province .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source: Thailand in Figures . 13th edition 2011, p. 267.
2. ↑ Source: Thailand in Figures . 13th edition 2011, p. 268.

Web links

Commons : Chai Nat  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Overview map of the province (names in English and Thai) [last accessed on November 4, 2013]

Coordinates: 15 ° 11 ′  N , 100 ° 7 ′  E