Trat province
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right"\n! colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Statistics\n|-\n||Capital:||Trat\n|-\n||Area:||valign=top|2,819.0
km²Ranked 61st\n|-\n||Inhabitants:||valign=top|219,345
(2000)Ranked 73rd\n|-\n||
Pop. density:||valign=top|78 inh./km²
Ranked 54th\n|-\n||
ISO 3166-2:||TH-23\n|-\n!colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="#DEFFAD"|Map\n|-\n|colspan="2" align=center|
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Trat (
Thai ตราด) is a
province (
changwat) of
Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, at the border to
Cambodia, at the shore to the
Gulf of Thailand. The neighboring province is
Chanthaburi to the northeast.
History
\nDuring the Paknam crisis in 1893 the French colonist army occupied the western part of Chantaburi. In 1904 in order to get back Chantaburi Siam had to give Trat to French Indochina. Trat became part of Thailand on March 23, 1906 as a exchange with many areas east of the Mekong river like Pratabong, Siam Reap and Srisophon.
Geography
\nThe Buntud Mountain Range forms the boundary to Cambodia in the east of the province. The second biggest island of Thailand is Ko Chang, belonging to the province. The island, together with more than 40 surrounding smaller islands, form the Mu Ko Chang Marine National Park. Trat is most famous for gemstone mining as well as gem trading.
Symbols
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\n||The provincial seal shows the sea with a mountain in the background.
Provincial tree is the Tropical Almond (Terminalai catappa). \n|}\nAdministrative divisions
\nThe province is subdivided in 5 districts (Amphoe) and two minor district (King Amphoe). These are further subdivided into 38 communes (tambon) and 254 villages (mubaan).\n{|\n!|Amphoe\n!|\n!|King Amphoe\n|--- valign=top\n||\n#Mueang Trat\n#Khlong Yai\n#Khao Saming\n||\n\n- Bo Rai\n
- Laem Ngop\n
\n||\n#Ko Kut\n#Ko Chang\n|}\nExternal links
\n*Province page from the Tourist Authority of Thailand\n*Golden Jubilee Network province guide
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