Prachuap Khiri Khan (Province)

Prachuap Khiri Khan
ประจวบคีรีขันธ์
statistics
Capital:	Prachuap Khiri Khan
Telephone code:	032
Surface:	6,367.6 km² 33.
Residents:	504.063 (2009) 44.
Population density :	79 E / km² 48.
ISO 3166-2 :
Governor :
map

Shrine with the “city pillar” ( Lak Müang ) by Prachuap Khiri Khan

Seat of the provincial administration (Sala Klang Changwat) of Prachuap Khiri Khan

The Phraya Nakhon Cave in the Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park

Prachuap Khiri Khan ( Thai : ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ , [pràʔt͡ɕuàp Kiri kʰǎn] ) is a province ( Changwat ) in the southern part of the central region of Thailand . The capital of the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan is also called Prachuap Khiri Khan .

geography

The province lies on the Gulf of Thailand and fills the area north of the Isthmus of Kra . In Tambon Huai Sai ( Mueang ), the narrowest part of the landmass of Thailand is on the Malay Peninsula . It is only 11 kilometers from the Gulf coast to the border with Myanmar . Prachuap Khiri Khan forms the transition from the Malay Peninsula to the Southeast Asian mainland. From the coast, the land rises rapidly to the foothills of the Tenasserim Mountains , which form a natural border with the Tenasserim division of Myanmar. The highest point in the province is the Khao Luang at 1,494 meters.

There are many sandy beaches along the coastline to the Gulf of Thailand, of which Hua Hin has been used intensively since the last century. King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) built his summer palace here, Wang Klai Kangwon ("Palace far from worries"). King Bhumibol Adulyadej's summer palace is also located here.

Adjacent provinces and areas:
north	Phetchaburi
east	Gulf of Thailand
south	Chumphon
west	Tanintharyi Division ( Myanmar )

National parks

• Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park - since 1966, with mangrove swamps and marshland .
• Kui Buri National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติ กุยบุรี ) - the 969 km² park is located in the Pranburi district . It was opened on October 19, 1989. Worth seeing: some waterfalls and observation of wild elephants.
• Namtok Huai Yang National Park - the 161 km² park was opened on December 8, 1991 as the 70th national park in Thailand . It is located in the Thap Sakae district . Worth seeing is the eponymous waterfall Huai Yang.

Important cities

• Hua Hin

Important rivers

• Pranburi

climate

The climate is tropical - monsoonal . In 2009 the maximum temperature was 36.3 ° C and the minimum temperature was 17.9 ° C. In the same year there were 121 rainy days.

Economy and Importance

In addition to the slowly developing industry, important branches of business are fishing and planting pineapples and other types of fruit. Located in the province, Hua Hin is one of the most famous seaside resorts in Thailand and, due to its short distance from Bangkok, is particularly popular as a destination for the residents of the capital.

In 2011, the "Gross Provincial Product" (was GDP ) of the province 59.255 billion baht . The minimum wage in the province has been 172 baht / day (around € 4) since January 1, 2011.

Data

The table below shows the share of the economic sectors in the gross provincial product in percent:

Industry	2006	2007	2008
Agriculture	18.2	21.4	21.7
Industry	16.5	15.1	17.2
Other	65.3	63.5	61.1

The industries that contributed most to the province's economic output in 2011 were manufacturing with 11.581 billion baht and agriculture with 11.353 billion baht. This was followed by wholesaling and retailing with 7.997 billion baht and the hotel and restaurant industry with 4.514 billion baht.

Dams

• Pran Buri Reservoir

traffic

Airport

• Hua Hin Airport - HHQ (Domestic)

history

Prachuap Khiri Khan was previously called Bang Nangrom or Mueang Na Rong . The city was destroyed during the fall of the Ayutthaya Kingdom (1767). King Rama III. (r. 1824 to 1851) initiated the renaming of Bang Nangrom to Prachuap Khiri Khan in 1845.

King Mongkut (Rama IV.) , Who was very interested in the natural sciences , invited numerous guests in 1868 to observe the solar eclipse he had calculated in the area of ​​today's Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park . The sun actually darkened at the calculated time on August 18th; However, the monarch became infected with malaria in the swamps , from which he died six weeks later.

During the Second World War , the Japanese occupied part of Thailand. They landed on December 8, 1941 near the provincial capital.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the province shows the pavilion of Kuha Karuhas, which was built on the occasion of the visit of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in the Phraya Nakhorn cave (today in the Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park ). Behind the pavilion is the island of Ko Lak in the bay of Prachuap, the historical center of the administration.

The local flower is called Dork Ket ( ดอก เกด ). It is the flower of the local tree Ket (เกด, Khirni - Manilkara hexandra ) from the sapote family .

The motto of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province is:

"The land of sweet pineapples , sugar , coconut and honey ,

The best fish sauce can be found in town,

The deep blue sea is calm and clear

The people are generous and honest. "

Administrative units

Provincial Administration

The province is divided into 8 amphoe ('districts' or 'counties'). These are further divided into 48 tambon ('subdistricts' or 'municipalities') and 388 muban ('villages').

No. Amphoe (circles) Thai 1 Amphoe Mueang Prachuap Khiri Khan อำเภอ เมือง ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ 2 Amphoe Kui Buri อำเภอ กุยบุรี 3 Amphoe Thap Sakae อำเภอ ทับสะแก 4th Bang Saphan district อำเภอ บางสะพาน 5 Bang Saphan Noi district อำเภอ บางสะพาน น้อย 6th Pranburi district อำเภอ ปราณบุรี 7th Hua Hin District อำเภอ หัวหิน 8th Sam Roi Yot district อำเภอ สาม ร้อย ยอด

Administrative units 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 .

In the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan there are two cities ( เทศบาล เมือง - Thesaban Mueang), Prachuap Khiri Khan ( เทศบาล เมือง ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ ) and Hua Hin ( เทศบาล เมือง หัวหิน ). There are also 12 small towns ( เทศบาล ตำบล - Thesaban Tambon).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011), p. 301
2. ↑ Kheourai (1999), p. 188
3. ^ ^{A b} Gross Provincial Product at Current Market Prices: Western Provinces, National Economic and Social Development Board, 2011.
4. ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
5. ↑ Department of Provincial Administration , as of 2012 (in Thai)

literature

• Wadee Kheourai: Around Thailand in 99 Days . (English for Tourism; 2). Bangkok: The Girl Guides Assoc. of Thailand and the Royal Patronage of Her Majesty the Queen 1999, ISBN 9748190536 .
• Thailand in Figures . 13. A. Nonthaburi: Alpha Research 2011, ISBN 9786167526034 .

Web links

Commons : Prachuap Khiri Khan  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• German information on "Cha-Am and Hua-Hin" - Website of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)
• Overview map of the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan (names in Thai and English) [last accessed on November 7, 2013]

Coordinates: 11 ° 48 '  N , 99 ° 47'  E