Chonburi
Sign in to saveChonburi (, , IAST: , ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and, as part of the district Mueang Chonburi, the seventh-largest city in Thailand. It is about 100 km southeast of Bangkok, on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand, and has an urban population of 342,959. Its name means 'city of water'.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Chonburi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Khao Khiao Massif-74.JPG
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- The Khao Khiao Massif rising behind Chonburi town
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- Seal of Chonburi.png
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- Thailand
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- right
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- Location in Thailand
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chonburi Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mueang Chonburi
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Decho Kongchayasukkawat
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Vice Mayor
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3.5
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 228.8
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Chonburi (, , IAST: , ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and, as part of the district Mueang Chonburi, the seventh-largest city in Thailand. It is about 100 km southeast of Bangkok, on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand, and has an urban population of 342,959. Its name means 'city of water'.
Chonburi, along with the urban areas of Si Racha and Pattaya, forms a conurbation known as the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area, which has a total population of 999,092.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chonburi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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