Chonburi (, ,

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: , ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and, as part of the district Mueang Chonburi, the seventh-largest city in

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. It is about 100 km southeast of

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, on the coast of the

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, and has an urban population of 342,959. Its name means 'city of water'. Chonburi, along with the urban areas of Si Racha and

Pattaya Pattaya is a city in Eastern Thailand, the second-largest city in Chonburi province and the List of municipalities in Thailand, eighth-largest city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about southeast of Bangkok, and h ...

, forms a

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known as the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area, which has a total population of 999,092. Chonburi town has had town (''

thesaban mueang Thesaban (, , , Pali: desapāla (protector of region) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' ...

'') status since 1935 and makes up only a small part of the current city-scape.

Climate

Chonburi has a

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(

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''Aw''). Winters are fairly dry and very warm. Temperatures rise until April, which is hot with the average daily maximum at . The

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season runs from May through October, with heavy rain and somewhat cooler temperatures during the day, although nights remain warm.

Transportation

The main road through Chonburi is Thailand Route 3, also known as

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. To the northwest it connects to

and to south it connects to

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Chanthaburi Chanthaburi (, ) is a town ('' thesaban mueang'') in the east of Thailand, on the banks of the Chanthaburi River. It is the capital of the Chanthaburi Province and the Mueang Chanthaburi District. The town covers the two ''tambons'' Talat an ...

, and

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. Route 344 leads east to Klaeng, also on Route 3. Route 7 runs parallel to Route 3 but bypasses the densely populated coastal area, connecting to the beach resort city of

Tourism

A number of beaches and Khao Sam Muk hill by the Bangkok Bay seashore are important tourist attractions in Chonburi city. As Thailand moves to legalize gambling, Chonburi is expected to be one of the locations of an

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Military

Unithai Shipyard will serve as the main facility to repair United States Navy ships in the Thailand area.

Notable people

* Wasan Charam (born 1989), footballer * Kantadhee Kusiri (born 1993), racing driver *

Dechapol Puavaranukroh Dechapol Puavaranukroh (; born 20 May 1997) is a Thai badminton player. He was a gold medalist at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event with his partner Kittinupong Kedren. Dechapol claimed doubles titles at the Badmi ...

(born 1997),

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badminton player *

Kunlavut Vitidsarn Kunlavut Vitidsarn (; simply known as View (); born 11 May 2001) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in men's singles. He is the current World and Asia men's singles champions as he won the gold medals at the 202 ...

(born 2001), badminton player

References

External links

* *http://www.chonburicity.go.th/ Website of the city {{Authority control Populated places in Chonburi province