Ratchaburi

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FieldValue
nameRatchaburi
native_nameราชบุรี
other_nameRajburi, Rat Buri
native_name_lang
settlement_typeTown
image_skylineFrom Kean Chandra Hill to Ratchaburi Downtown - panoramio.jpg
image_captionView of Ratchaburi from Kaen Chan hill
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
pushpin_mapThailand
pushpin_label_positionnone
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameThailand
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ratchaburi Province
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Mueang Ratchaburi District
subdivision_type3Subdistrict
subdivision_name3Na Mueang
area_footnotes{{Cite web
trans-titleTumbol Naimueang Amphoe Mueang Ratchaburi
area_total_km28.70
population_footnotes
population_total36,040
population_as_of2018
population_density_km24142.52
timezoneICT
utc_offset+7
website
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::callout[type=note] the town Ratchaburi ::

| name = Ratchaburi | native_name = ราชบุรี | other_name = Rajburi, Rat Buri | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = From Kean Chandra Hill to Ratchaburi Downtown - panoramio.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = View of Ratchaburi from Kaen Chan hill | etymology = | nickname = | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | pushpin_map = Thailand | pushpin_label_position = none | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Ratchaburi Province | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Mueang Ratchaburi District | subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict | subdivision_name3 = Na Mueang | area_footnotes = {{Cite web|script-title=th:ตำบลหน้าเมือง อำเภอเมือง ราชบุรี |trans-title=Tumbol Naimueang Amphoe Mueang Ratchaburi |language=th |publisher=ThaiTambon |url=http://www.thaitambon.com/tambon/700101 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616193630/http://www.thaitambon.com:80/tambon/700101 |archive-date=16 June 2017 |url-status=live |df=dmy}} | area_total_km2 = 8.70 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 36,040 | population_as_of = 2018 | population_density_km2 = 4142.52 | population_note = | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | website = Ratchaburi* (, ; also rendered as Rajburi or **Rat Buri''') is a historic town (*thesaban mueang'') in western Thailand and the capital of Ratchaburi Province. The area shows early settlement associated with Dvaravati culture and later became an important trade centre in the Ayutthaya period.

Ratchaburi town covers the entire tambon Na Mueang (หน้าเมือง) of Mueang Ratchaburi District. As of 2018 it had an estimated population of 36,040, down from 38,149 in 2005.

History

The earliest evidence of settled habitation is that of the Dvaravati culture. At one time it was thought that the early town was founded on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand, and that over time the coast had moved 30 km (18 miles) away to the south, due to sedimentation coming down the Mae Klong River. However, geological and palynological investigation has shown that these early Dvaravati and proto-Dvaravati towns were all inland, at the edges of swamps when founded. Ratchaburi remains an important commercial centre, however. Archeological discoveries show that the area was already settled in the Bronze Age, and the town itself is known to have existed for at least two thousand years.

In the 13th-century, King Ram Khamhaeng seized Ratchaburi and incorporated it into the Sukhothai Kingdom. Later it was an important trade centre in the Ayutthaya Kingdom. In 1768 the Burmese (who had recently destroyed Ayutthaya) were thrown out of Ratchaburi by King Taksin, and the town became part of Siam.

In 2000, a splinter group of Karen activists from Burma, known as God's Army, briefly took the Ratchaburi hospital staff and patients hostage, before the siege was ended by the Thai army.

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |location = Ratchaburi (1993–2022) |Jan high C = 31.9 |Feb high C = 33.9 |Mar high C = 35.4 |Apr high C = 36.2 |May high C = 35.1 |Jun high C = 34.0 |Jul high C = 33.3 |Aug high C = 33.2 |Sep high C = 32.9 |Oct high C = 31.8 |Nov high C = 31.4 |Dec high C = 30.8 |Jan mean C = 25.5 |Feb mean C = 27.2 |Mar mean C = 28.8 |Apr mean C = 29.7 |May mean C = 29.2 |Jun mean C = 28.6 |Jul mean C = 28.1 |Aug mean C = 28.1 |Sep mean C = 27.8 |Oct mean C = 27.2 |Nov mean C = 26.6 |Dec mean C = 25.3 |Jan low C = 20.6 |Feb low C = 22.1 |Mar low C = 23.9 |Apr low C = 25.1 |May low C = 25.7 |Jun low C = 25.4 |Jul low C = 25.0 |Aug low C = 25.0 |Sep low C = 24.9 |Oct low C = 24.6 |Nov low C = 23.4 |Dec low C = 21.2 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 5.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 7.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 32.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 44.0 |May precipitation mm = 150.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 130.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 128.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 118.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 220.2 |Oct precipitation mm = 235.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 61.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 10.4 |Jan humidity = 72 |Feb humidity = 73 |Mar humidity = 74 |Apr humidity = 74 |May humidity = 79 |Jun humidity = 80 |Jul humidity = 81 |Aug humidity = 81 |Sep humidity = 83 |Oct humidity = 86 |Nov humidity = 81 |Dec humidity = 74 |source 1 = Soil Resources Survey and Research Division{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240319192039/http://oss101.ldd.go.th/osr_data&service/OSR_PDF/TB_SSK_Distribute/D_SSK540.pdf | archive-date = 19 March 2024 | url = http://oss101.ldd.go.th/osr_data&service/OSR_PDF/TB_SSK_Distribute/D_SSK540.pdf | title = การประเมินสถานภาพทรัพยากรดินในพื้นที่เกษตอัตลักษณ์พื้นถิ่น | publisher = Land Development Department | access-date = 20 March 2024}}

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