Chachoengsao Province

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Chachoengsao ฉะเชิงเทรา
Province
(clockwise from upper left) Wat Sothonwararam, Ganesha of Wat Saman Rattanaram, a river in Aranyaprathet, the old city hall,
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Paet Rio
Motto(s):  "แม่น้ำบางปะกงแหล่งชีวิต พระศักดิ์สิทธิ์หลวงพ่อโสธร พระยาศรีสุนทรปราชญ์ภาษาไทย อ่างฤๅไนป่าสมบูรณ์" ("Bang Pakong River, life source, Holy Reverend Father Sothon, Phraya Sri Sunthornprat, Thai language and Ang Rue Nai, Complete forest")
Map of Thailand highlighting Chachoengsao Province
Country	Thailand
Capital	Chachoengsao town
Government
• Governor	Maitree Traitilanan
Area [1]
• Total	5,351 km2 (2,066 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 40th
Population  (2018)
• Total	715,009[2]
• Rank	Ranked 38th
• Density	134/km2 (350/sq mi)
• Density rank	Ranked 31st
Human Achievement Index [3]
• HAI (2017)	0.6367 "high" Ranked 11th
Time zone	UTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code	24xxx
Calling code	038
ISO 3166 code	TH-24
Website	chachoengsao.go.th/cco/

Chachoengsao Province (Thai: ฉะเชิงเทรา, pronounced [t͡ɕʰàʔ.t͡ɕʰɤ̄ːŋ.sāw]) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) lies in eastern Thailand.

History[]

Chachoengsao or Paet Riu ('eight stripes') is a province in eastern Thailand.^[4] It has a history dating back to the reign of King Borommatrailokkanat in the mid-Ayutthaya period. People originally settled by the Bang Pakong River and along canals. The name Chachoengsao is a Chong word for 'deep canal'.^[4] Chachoengsao, Paet Rio, has a history dating back to the reign of King Borommatrailokkanat in the Ayutthaya period. Most people have settled by the Bang Pakong River and along canals. "Luangpho Phuttha Sothon" is a centre of faith of the people of Paet Rio. In the past, Chachoengsao was a fourth class city under the ministry of defence. During the reign of King Rama I, it was attached to the ministry of the interior. During the reign of King Rama V, who changed the administration system, Chachoengsao became a city in the Prachin Buri Circle. In 1916, its status was changed from a city to a province. "Chacheongsao" is a Khmer word which means "deep canal". The name "Paet Rio" comes from the story that the city once teemed with giant snakehead fish; up to eight cuts were required on the sides in the making of sun-dried fish.

Geography[]

Chachoengsao Province

Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Prachinburi, Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi, Chonburi, Samut Prakan, Bangkok, Pathum Thani, and Nakhon Nayok. It has a short coastline on the Gulf of Thailand.

The western part of the province is the low river plain of the Bang Pa Kong River, which is used extensively for farming rice. To the east is hillier terrain, with an average elevation of more than 100 metres. In Tha Takiap District is the Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary with an area of 1,030 km² (398 mi²). The total forest area is 804 km² (310 sq mi) or 15.5 percent of provincial area.^[5]

Economy[]

The province has gained a reputation as a centre for recycling potentially hazardous electronic waste (e-waste), despite a June 2018 ban on imports of foreign e-waste to Thailand. China banned the import of foreign e-waste in 2018 also. Since the e-waste ban, 28 new recycling factories, most dealing with e-waste, have started in Chachoengsao Province, particularly in the Ko Khanun Subdistrict of Phanom Sarakham District. In 2019, 14 businesses in Chachoengsao were granted licenses to process electronic waste, six of them in Ko Khanun. An official of the Basel Action Network, which campaigns against dumping waste in poor countries, said, "E-waste has to go somewhere, and the Chinese are simply moving their entire operations to Southeast Asia. The only way to make money is to get huge volume with cheap, illegal labour and pollute the hell out of the environment," he added.^[6]

Symbols[]

The provincial seal shows the main hall of the Sothornvararamvoraviharn Temple. In this hall is the most important Buddha image of the province, known as Luangpho Phutthasothon.^{[citation needed]}

The provincial tree is . The tree was assigned to the province by Queen Sirikit on the 50th anniversary of the coronation of King Rama IX in 2000. The provincial flower is the Yellow Flamboyant (Peltophorum pterocarpum).

The provincial slogan is "The bountiful Bang Pakong River, the sacred Buddha image of Luangpho Sothon, Phraya Si Sunthon the scholar of Thai language, and the pristine Ang Rue Nai Forest."^{[citation needed]}

Administrative divisions[]

Provincial government[]

Map of Chachoengsao's 11 districts

The province is divided into 11 districts (amphoes). These are further divided into 93 subdistricts (tambons) and 859 villages (mubans).

Local government[]

As of 26 November 2019 there are:^[7] one Chachoengsao Provincial Administration Organisation (ongkan borihan suan changwat) and 34 municipal (thesaban) areas in the province. Chachoengsao has town (thesaban mueang) status. Further 33 subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon). The non-municipal areas are administered by 74 Subdistrict Administrative Organisations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon).^[2]

Transport[]

Chachoengsao railway station

Chachoengsao's main rail stop is Chachoengsao Junction railway station.

Religion[]

Human Achievement Index 2017[]

Health	Education	Employment	Income
25	21	27	10
Housing	Family	Transport	Participation
57	33	16	50
Province Chachoengsao, with an HAI 2017 value of 0.6367 is "high", occupies place 11 in the ranking.

Since 2003, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at the sub-national level using the (HAI), a composite index covering eight key areas of human development. The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has taken over this task since 2017.^[3]

showMap with provinces and HAI 2017 rankings

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chachoengsao Province.

• Chachoengsao travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Flag of Chachoengsao Province
• Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University

Coordinates: 13°41′15″N 101°04′13″E / 13.68750°N 101.07028°E / 13.68750; 101.07028