Rangsit (, ) is a city and neighbourhood in
Pathum Thani Province, Thailand. Rangsit is a metropolitan city that supports the expansion of Bangkok in the north. Rangsit has become a departure point for travel to provinces in north, northeast, and eastern Thailand. The area is served by
Rangsit station on the
SRT Dark Red Line.
Rangsit is the home of
Rangsit University. It is also the
provenance
Provenance () is the chronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object. The term was originally mostly used in relation to works of art, but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including archaeology, p ...
of
Rangsit campus of
Thammasat University
Thammasat University (TU; ; , ) is a public university, public research university in Thailand with campuses in the Tha Phra Chan area of Bangkok, Rangsit, Pattaya and Lampang Province. , Thammasat University has over 39,000 students enrolled in ...
.
History
In the past, the area of Rangsit was a vast field, covering the area from the north of Bangkok, Pathum Thani to
Saraburi and the east side of the
Chao Phraya River
The Chao Phraya River is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand.
Etymology
Written evidence of the river being referred to by the ...
was called "Thung Luang" (ทุ่งหลวง, refers to large field), with an area of approximately 2,000 km
² (about 772 mi
²).
At that time, it was a place of habitat for many kinds of
wildlife
Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introdu ...
, such as
wild elephants, therefore called "
Tha Khlong" (ท่าโขลง, refers to pier of herd of elephants) in another name. There were often wild elephants from
Khao Yai living there. In addition, it was also the only habitat in the world of
Schomburgk's deer (''Rucervus schomburgki'') an extinct medium-sized deer.
Until the reign of
King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in middle
Rattanakosin period, Thailand's first irrigation canal was dug through the area, it was called "
Khlong Rangsit" in honour of his son, Prince
Rangsit Prayurasakdi, Prince of Chainat. This caused Rangsit to become an agricultural area especially in
rice cultivation
The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated and cultivated by humans, the spread of cultivation to different regions of the planet ...
and various kinds of fruits such as
tangerine
The tangerine is a type of citrus fruit that is orange in colour, that is considered either a variety of the mandarin orange (''Citrus reticulata''), or a closely related species, under the name ''Citrus tangerina'', or yet as a hybrid (''Citr ...
and brought more prosperity to Rangsit.
Transportation
The area is served by
Rangsit station on the
State Railway of Thailand
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) (, abbrev. รฟท., ) is the state-owned rail operator under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport (Thailand), Ministry of Transport in Thailand.
History
The SRT was founded as the Royal State Rail ...
's
Northern Line
The Northern line is a London Underground line that runs between North London and South London. It is printed in black on the Tube map. It carries more passengers per year than any other Underground linearound 340million in 2019making it the bu ...
,
Northeastern Line and
Dark Red Line. The main roads are
Phahonyothin Road and
Vibhavadi Rangsit Road
Vibhavadi Rangsit Road (, ) or Highway 31, often informally called Vibhavadi Road (), is a highway in Thailand. The road begins at the border between Phaya Thai and Din Daeng districts in Bangkok and crosses Chatuchak, Lak Si, and Don Muea ...
.
References
External links
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Populated places in Pathum Thani province
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Neighbourhoods in Thailand