Ratchaburi province

Ratchaburi
ราชบุรี
Other transcription(s)
 • Teochew叻丕
From top: Old Ratchaburi Provincial Hall, now Ratchaburi National Museum; Kaeng Som Maew, a large stone islet in the Phachi River; Wat Khlong, the largest ruin of Khu Bua; Na Satta Thai Park; Khao Ngu Stone Park; Chulalongkorn Bridge, the railway bridge spans across the Mae Klong River in the Ratchaburi town
Flag of Ratchaburi
Official seal of Ratchaburi
Nickname(s): 
Mueang Ong (Thai:เมืองโอ่ง)
(lit. City of Jars)
Motto(s): 
คนสวยโพธาราม คนงามบ้านโป่ง เมืองโอ่งมังกร วัดขนอนหนังใหญ่ ตื่นใจถ้ำงาม ตลาดน้ำดำเนินฯ เพลินค้างคาวร้อยล้าน ย่านยี่สกปลาดี
("Beautiful women of Photharam. Exquisite women of Ban Pong. City of dragon jars. Nang Yai of Wat Khanon. Sensational caves. Damnoen (Saduak) floating market. Amazing millions of bats. The area of good taste Jullien's golden carp.")
Map of Thailand highlighting Ratchaburi province
Map of Thailand highlighting Ratchaburi province
CountryThailand
CapitalRatchaburi
Government
 • GovernorThitilak Kampha
 • PAO PresidentWiwat Nitikanchana
Area
 • Total
5,189 km2 (2,003 sq mi)
 • Rank43rd
Population
 (2024)[2]
 • Total
Decrease864,037
 • Rank27th
 • Density167/km2 (430/sq mi)
  • Rank18th
Human Achievement Index
 • HAI (2022)0.6577 "low"
Ranked 17th
GDP
 • Totalbaht 173 billion
(US$6.1 billion) (2019)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
70xxx
Calling code032
ISO 3166 codeTH-70
Websiteratchaburi.go.th
Damoen Saduak Floating Market

Ratchaburi province (Thai: จังหวัดราชบุรี, pronounced [t͡ɕāŋ.wàt râːt.t͡ɕʰā.bū.rīː]) or Rat Buri (pronounced [râːt bū.rīː]) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) lies in Western Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram and Phetchaburi. In the west it borders the Tanintharyi Region of Myanmar.

Ratchaburi is 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of Bangkok and borders Myanmar to the west with the Tenasserim Hills as a natural border.[5] The Mae Klong flows through the centre of Ratchaburi town.

  1. ^ "Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019". Royal Forest Department. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Official statistics registration systems". Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA). Retrieved 10 February 2025, year 2024 >provincial level >Excel File >no.70{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ "ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF)" [Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF)]. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) (in Thai). Retrieved 12 March 2024, page 64{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition". <>. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). July 2019. ISSN 1686-0799. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Ratchaburi". Tourist Authority of Thailand (TAT). Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

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