Nakhon Nayok (Province)

Nakhon Nayok
	นครนายก
statistics
Capital:	Nakhon Nayok
Telephone code:	02
Surface:	2,122.0 km²; 66.
Residents:	249,000 (2004); 70.
Population density :	115 E / km² ; 41.
ISO 3166-2 :
Governor :
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Nakhon Nayok ( Thai นครนายก ) is a province ( Changwat ) in Thailand . It is counted depending on the delimitation to the central or eastern region.

geography

River in Nakhon Nayok Province

The northern part of the province lies in the mountainous area of the Dong Phaya Yen Mountains , which are also part of the Khao Yai National Park . The highest mountain is the 1,292 meter high Yot Khao Khiao. The central part of the province is flat alluvial soil, which by the Mae Nam Nakhon Nayok was formed, while the south comprises mostly sterile soil.

The province's main water resource is the Mae Nam Nakhon Nayok (Nakhon Nayok River). It flows into the Mae Nam Prachin Buri at Pak Nam Yothaka in the Ban Sang district ( Prachin Buri province ), which is called Mae Nam Bang Pakong from then on .

Neighboring provinces:
north	Saraburi
east	Nakhon Ratchasima , Prachin Buri
south	Chachoengsao
west	Pathum Thani

economy

The "Gross Provincial Product" ( GDP 2011) the province was 19.63 billion baht .

The industry that contributed most to the province's economic output in 2011 was agriculture with 5.253 billion baht, followed by administration, defense and mandatory social security with 2.463 billion baht, manufacturing with 2.400 billion baht, and wholesale and retail with 2.083 billion baht.

history

Nakhon Nayok Province has a history of over 900 years. The first settlement probably already occurred during the Dvaravati period, as finds in the village of Ban Dong Lakhon south of the provincial capital show. In the time of King U Thong , the founder of the Ayutthaya Kingdom , it was a garrison on the eastern border. Although it was then only a wooded, but otherwise barren area, it was called Ban Na (village of the rice field). However, due to jungle fever and unproductive agriculture, the settlers were forced to settle elsewhere. A new community was not founded until the Rattanakosin period, but only because the king did not levy the tax on rice fields here. Therefore the city was called Mueang Na Yok , which means something like "City without rice field tax".

Under King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was Nakhon Nayok part of the province Prachin Buri. Only later was it declared an independent province.

On January 1, 1943, the government dissolved the province, Amphoe Ban Na was added to the province of Saraburi , all other counties in the province of Prachin Buri . On May 9, 1946, this decision was reversed and the province re-established.

military

The Nakhon Nayok Province is home to the Chulachomklao Military Academy of the Thai Army (Amphoe Mueang) and the Preparatory School for the Thai Armed Forces (Amphoe Ban Na).

Symbols

Blossom of the silk cotton tree

The seal of the province shows an elephant with an ear of rice in its trunk as a symbol for fertile rice fields and numerous wild elephants. The straw rents, mountains and clouds represent the beauty of the landscape.

The tree and flower of the province is the silk cotton tree ( Cochlospermum religiosum ).

The motto of Nakhon Nayok Province is:

"Nakhon Nayok, called the dreamland of the dawn,
full of beautiful mountains and waterfalls,
rich and blessed with natural beauties,
no poison and no pollution in the air like in big cities."

Administrative units

Provincial Administration

The province is divided into 4 districts ( Amphoe ) , 41 municipalities ( Tambon ) and 403 villages ( Muban ) .

No.	Amphoe name	Thai
1.	Amphoe Mueang Nakhon Nayok	อำเภอ เมือง นครนายก
2.	Amphoe Pak Phli	อำเภอ ปากพลี
3.	Amphoe Ban Na	อำเภอ บ้านนา
4th	Amphoe Ongkharak	อำเภอ องครักษ์

Outline map of the Amphoe

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 .

In the province there is one city ( เทศบาล เมือง , Thesaban Mueang ) - Nakhon Nayok ( เทศบาล เมือง นครนายก ) - and five small towns ( เทศบาล ตำบล , Thesaban Tambon ).