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Surin, Thailand
Surin ( th, สุรินทร์, ) is a town in Thailand, capital of Surin Province, east-northeast of Bangkok. It is the site of the annual Surin Elephant Round-up. , Surin has an estimated population of 39,179. Etymology The first part of the name ''Sur-'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''Sura'' (Devanagari: सुर) meaning "God" (cf. Asura), and the second part ''-in(thara)'' from Sanskrit is "Indra" (Devanagari: इन्द्र). Hence the name of the province literally means ''Lord Indra''. Geography In the north of the province is the valley of the Mun river, a tributary of the Mekong. To the south of the province is the Dongrek mountain chain, which also forms the boundary to Cambodia. The central and northern parts of the province are undulating flood plains. Climate Surin has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification ''Aw''). Winters are dry and warm. Temperatures rise until April, which is hot with the average daily maximum at . The m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Municipalities In Thailand
Thailand divides its settlements (''thesaban'') into three categories by size: cities (''thesaban nakhon''), towns (''thesaban mueang'') and townships (or subdistrict municipality) (''thesaban tambon''). There are 32 cities as of January 2015. The national capital Bangkok and the special governed city Pattaya fall outside these divisions. They are "self-governing districts". Several agencies issue population figures. Locally registered Thai populations as compiled by the Department of Local Administration (DLA), also known as, "Locally Registered Thai Population". These figures reflect the migrant, upcountry, and seasonal nature of Thai labor flows to the capital and tourist hot spots, yet maintain upcountry registration. Figures are very different from those by National Statistics Office (NSO), which conduct the decennial census counts that attempt to count total resident Thai population + under 1,000 permanent resident foreigners ("Total Thai Population"). Neither of these of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dângrêk Mountains
The Dângrêk Mountains (; km, ជួរភ្នំដងរែក, ; th, ทิวเขาพนมดงรัก, ), also the Dângrêk Range, is a mountain range forming a natural border between Cambodia and Thailand. Geography Despite the length of the range, the Dângrêk are a relatively low mountain system, the average elevation of the summits being around 500 m. The highest peak is Phu Khi Suk ( th, ภูขี้สุข), an inconspicuous 753 metres at the eastern end, in the Chong Bok (603 m) area, where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia intersect. Other summits are Phu Khok Yai (693 m), Phu Chep Thong (692 m), Phu Tangok (689 m), Phalan Sun (670 m), Phanom Ai Nak (638 m), Phanom Thaban (582 m) and 374 m high Khao Banthat (เขาบรรทัด) at the western end. The northern side of the Dângrêk Mountains is gently sloping, while the sides facing south are usually a steep escarpment that dominates the plain of northern Cambodia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mueang Surin District
Mueang Surin ( th, เมืองสุรินทร์, ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang'') of Surin province, northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Chom Phra, Khwao Sinarin, Sikhoraphum, Lamduan and Prasat of Surin Province; Krasang and Satuek of Buriram province. Administration The district is divided into 21 sub-districts (''tambons''), which are further subdivided into 292 villages ('' mubans''). The town (''thesaban mueang'') Surin covers the whole ''tambon'' Nai Mueang. Mueang Thi is a sub-district municipality (''thesaban tambon'') which covers parts of ''tambon'' Mueang Thi. There are a further 20 tambon administrative organization ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province ('' changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng' ...s (TAO). Missing num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wat Burapharam - Surin
A wat ( km, វត្ត, ; lo, ວັດ, ; th, วัด, ; khb, 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰ」(waD+Dha); nod, 「ᩅ᩠ᨯ᩶」 （w+Da2)) is a type of Buddhist temple and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos, East Shan State, Yunnan, the Southern Province of Sri Lanka and Thailand. The word ''wat'' is a Thai word that was borrowed from Sanskrit ''vāṭa'' (Devanāgarī: वाट), meaning 'enclosure'. The term has varying meanings in each region, sometimes referring to a specific type of government-recognised or large temple, other times referring to any Buddhist or Hindu temple. Overview Strictly speaking, a ''wat'' is a Buddhist sacred precinct with vihara (quarters for bhikkhus), a temple, an edifice housing a large image of Buddha and a facility for lessons. A site without a minimum of three resident ''bhikkhu''s cannot correctly be described as a wat although the term is frequently used more loosely, even for ruins of ancient temples. As a transitive or intransitive verb, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surin City Pillar Shrine - Surin
Surin may refer to: Places * Surin, Deux-Sèvres, commune in France * Surin, Vienne, commune in France * Surin, Iran (other), places in Iran * Surin Province, Thailand ** Surin, Thailand, capital of the Province and district ** Surin Airport, Thailand ** Mueang Surin District, the capital district of Surin Province * Surin Beach, one of the main beaches of Phuket, Thailand * Surin Islands, an archipelago in the Andaman Sea belonging to Thailand People * Jean-Joseph Surin (1600–1665), French Jesuit mystic, preacher, devotional writer and exorcist * Surin Pitsuwan (1949–2017), Thai politician * Bruny Surin (born 1967), Canadian athlete * Igor Surin (born 1974), former Russian professional footballer * Masira Surin (born 1981), Indian field hockey player * Aleksandr Surin (filmmaker), Russian filmmaker, directed the 1999 film ''Flowers from the Victors'' based on '' Three Comrades'' * Surin (Nestorian patriarch), Iranian aristocrat * Surin Fernando (born 1983), Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buriram Airport
Buriram Airport (also known as Buri Ram Airport, th, ท่าอากาศยานบุรีรัมย์) , is an airport serving Buriram (also known as Buri Ram) and Surin, the capitals of Buriram and Surin Provinces in Thailand. Facilities The airport is at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 04/22 with an asphalt surface measuring . Future Expansion In 2019, the Department of Airports announced a 700 million baht The baht (; th, บาท, ; sign: ฿; code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 ''satang'' (, ). The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand. SWIFT ranked the Thai baht as the 10th-m ... second passenger terminal will be built at Buriram airport. It will increase the airport's capacity from 750,000 per year to 1.7 million. There will be an extension on the length of the runway to accommodate larger aircraft in the future. Airlines and destinations P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surin Airport
Surin Bhakdi Airport is in Surin Province, 450 kilometers from Bangkok and 50 kilometers from the Cambodian border. It is the only airport in Thailand to be owned by a local government, i.e., the Surin Provincial Administrative Organisation, and is operated by Department of Airports. The airport was open from 2002 to 2003 when the now defunct Air Andaman was the sole airline operating there, and reopened in 2013. The airport was briefly served by Nok Air. As of January 2020, there is no scheduled airline service at the airport. Nok Air now offers air service to Buriram Airport Buriram Airport (also known as Buri Ram Airport, th, ท่าอากาศยานบุรีรัมย์) , is an airport serving Buriram (also known as Buri Ram) and Surin, the capitals of Buriram and Surin Provinces in Thailand. ... with a bus connection to Surin. References External links * {{authority control Defunct airports in Thailand Buildings and structures in Surin pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rama I
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok Maharaj (, 20 March 1737 – 7 September 1809), personal name Thongduang (), also known as Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first monarch of the reigning Chakri dynasty of Siam (now Thailand). His full title in Thai is ''Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramoruracha Mahachakkriborommanat Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok'' (). He ascended the throne in 1782, following the deposition of King Taksin of Thonburi. He was also celebrated as the founder of Rattanakosin (now Bangkok) as the new capital of the reunited kingdom. Rama I was born from a Mon male line descent family, great-grandson of Kosa Pan. His father served in the royal court of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, and had served King Taksin in wars against the Burmese Konbaung dynasty and helped him in the reunification of Siam. During this time he emerged as Siam's most powerful military leader. Thongduang was the first '' Somdet Chao Phraya'', the highest rank the nobility could attain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Elephant (pachyderm)
A white elephant (also albino elephant) is a rare kind of elephant, but not a distinct species. In Hindu ''puranas'', the god Indra has a white elephant. Although often depicted as snow white, their skin is normally a soft reddish-brown, turning a light pink when wet. They have fair eyelashes and toenails. The traditional "white elephant" is commonly misunderstood as being albino, but the Thai term ''chang samkhan'', actually translates as 'auspicious elephant', being "white" in terms of an aspect of purity. White elephants are only nominally white. Of those currently kept by the Burmese rulers—General Than Shwe regards himself as the heir of the Burmese kings—one is grey and the other three are pinkish, but all are officially white. The king of Thailand also keeps a number of white elephants, eleven of which are still alive . Persia There were white elephants in the army of the Sasanian king Khusrau II. According to al-Tabari, a white elephant killed the commander of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khmer People
The Khmer people ( km, ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, ) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Cambodia. They comprise over 90% of Cambodia's population of 17 million.Cambodia CIA World FactBook. They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Austroasiatic languages, Austroasiatic-language family found in parts of Southeast Asia (including Vietnam, Laos and Malaysia), parts of central, eastern, and northeastern India, parts of Bangladesh in South Asia, in parts of South China, Southern China and numerous list of islands in the Indian Ocean, islands in the Indian Ocean. The majority of the Khmers follow Theravada Buddhism. Significant populations of Khmers reside in adjacent areas of Thailand (Northern Khmer people, Northern Khmer) and the Mekong Delta region of neighboring Vietnam (Khmer Krom), while th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dvaravati
The Dvaravati ( th, ทวารวดี ; ) was an ancient Mon kingdom from the 7th century to the 11th century that was located in the region now known as central Thailand. It was described by the Chinese pilgrim in the middle of the 7th century as a Buddhist kingdom named "To-lo-po-ti" situated to the west of Isanapura (Cambodia) and to the east of Sri Ksetra (Burma). Dvaravati also refers to a culture, an art style, and a disparate conglomeration of principalities of Mon people. Archaeological research over the past two decades or so has revealed the presence of a "Proto-Dvaravati" period which spans the 4th to 5th centuries, and perhaps earlier. History The culture of Dvaravati was based around moated cities, the earliest of which appears to be U Thong in what is now Suphan Buri Province. Other key sites include Nakhon Pathom, Phong Tuk, Si Thep, Khu Bua and Si Mahosot, amongst others. Legends engraved on royal urns report the following kings: Suryavikrama (673-688) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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