Phetchaburi province

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right"\n! colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Statistics\n|-\n||Capital:||Phetchaburi\n|-\n||Area:||valign=top|6,225.1 km²
Ranked 36th\n|-\n||Inhabitants:||valign=top|435.377 (2000)
Ranked 58th\n|-\n||Pop. density:||valign=top|70 inh./km²
Ranked 68th\n|-\n||ISO 3166-2:||TH-76\n|-\n!colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Map\n|-\n|colspan="2" align=center|\n|}\nPhetchaburi (often short Phet'buri, Thai เพชรบุรี) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram and Prachuap Khiri Khan. In the west it borders Myanmar.

Table of contents

1 Geography 2 History 3 Symbols 4 Administrative divisions

Geography

\nPhetchaburi is located at the northern end of the Malay Peninsula, with the Gulf of Thailand to the East and the Tanaosi mountain range forming the boundary to Myanmar. Except these border mountains most of the province is a flat plain area.

History

\nPhetchaburi is an old royal city, dating back to the Mon of the 8th century. King Mongkut built a palace near the city of Phetchaburi, commonly known as Khao Wong, but its official name is Phra Nakhon Khiri.

Symbols

\n{|\n|- valign=top\n||\n||The provincial seal shows the Khao Wong palace in the background. In front are rice fields bordered by two palm tree, symbolizing the major crops in the province. Provincial tree is Eugenia cumini.\n|}\n

Administrative divisions

\nThe province is subdivided into 7 districts (Amphoe) and one minor districts (King Amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 93 communes (tambon) and 681 villages.\n{|\n!|Amphoe\n!|\n!|King Amphoe\n|---valign=top\n||\n#Mueang Phetchaburi\n#Khao Yoi\n#Nong Ya Plong\n#Cha-am\n||\n

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5. Tha Yang\n
6. Ban Lat\n
7. Ban Laem\n

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External links

\n*Province page from the Tourist Authority of Thailand\n*Golden Jubilee Network province guide \n\n