Sing Buri province

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right"\n! colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Statistics\n|-\n||Capital:||Sing Buri\n|-\n||Area:||valign=top|822.5 km²
Ranked 73rd\n|-\n||Inhabitants:||valign=top|232.766 (2000)
Ranked 72nd\n|-\n||Pop. density:||valign=top|283 inh./km²
Ranked 11th\n|-\n||ISO 3166-2:||TH-17\n|-\n!colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Map\n|-\n|colspan="2" align=center|\n|}\nSing Buri (Thai สิงห์บุรี) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Nakhon Sawan, Lopburi, Ang Thong, Suphanburi and Chainat.

Table of contents

1 Geography 2 History 3 Symbols 4 Administrative divisions

Geography

\nSing Buri is located in the flat river plain of the Chao Phraya river valley.

History

\nThe area of Singburi hold an important position in early thai history since Dvaravati period down to Ayudhaya period. Formerly the province separated into 3 small provinces,Inburi Promburi and Singburi which were unified by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in 1895.

Symbols

\n{|\n|- valign=top\n||\n||The provincial seal shows the fort of Khai Bangrachan, a historical monument. When the Burmese attacked Ayutthaya in 1765, eleven villagers from Bangrachan fought the army when it stopped north of Ayutthaya. They managed to delay them for five months before they were finally defeated, soon thereafter Ayutthaya fell as well. Annually on February 4 a ceremony is held in rememberence of these local heroes. This story was made into movie in Thailand. Provincial tree is the Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina).\n|}

Administrative divisions

\nThe province is subdivided into 6 districts (Amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 43 communes (tambon) and 363 villages.\n{|\n|---valign=top\n||\n#Mueang Sing Buri\n#Bang Rachan\n#Khai Bang Rachan\n||\n

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4. Phrom Buri\n
5. Tha Chang\n
6. In Buri\n|}\n

   External links

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