Saraburi province
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right"\n! colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Statistics\n|-\n||Capital:||Saraburi\n|-\n||Area:||valign=top|3,576.5
km²Ranked 56th\n|-\n||Inhabitants:||valign=top|575.053
(2000)Ranked 42nd\n|-\n||
Pop. density:||valign=top|161 inh./km²
Ranked 17th\n|-\n||
ISO 3166-2:||TH-19\n|-\n!colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Map\n|-\n|colspan="2" align=center|
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Saraburi (
Thai สระบุรี) is one of the central
provinces (
changwat) of
Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise)
Lopburi,
Nakhon Ratchasima,
Nakhon Nayok,
Pathum Thani and
Ayutthaya.
Geography
\nSaraburi is located on the east side of the Chao Phraya river valley. The east part of the province is covered by high plains and plateaus, while the western part is mostly low flat plains.
\nMisc
\nIn Amphoe Phra Phutthabat is the temple Wat Tham Krabok, the last of the Hmong refugee camps. The Hmong moved to the temple after the previously last camp Ban Vinai (Loei province) was closed in 1992 due to lack of funding.
Symbols
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\n||The provincial seal shows the temple Wat Phra Buddha Baat. In the 17th century a hunter found a puddle of water which looked like a (oversized) footprint. It was declared a footprint of Buddha, and the temple was built around it. Phra Phutthabat means footprint of Buddha.
Provincial tree is Lagerstroemia floribunda, provincial flower is the Yellow Cotton Tree (Cochlospermum regium).\n|}\nAdministrative divisions
\nThe province is subdivided into 13 districts (Amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 111 communes (tambon) and 965 villages.\n{|\n|--- valign=top\n||\n#Mueang Saraburi\n#Kaeng Khoi\n#Nong Khae\n#Wihan Daeng\n#Nong Saeng\n#Ban Mo\n#Don Phut\n||\n\n- Nong Don\n
- Phra Phutthabat\n
- Sao Hai\n
- Muak Lek\n
- Wang Muang\n
- Chaloem Phta Kiat\n
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External links
\n*Province page from the Tourist Authority of Thailand\n*Golden Jubilee Network province guide
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