Place:Nonthaburi, Thailand

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NameNonthaburi
Alt namesNondaburisource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 854
Nontha Burisource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 854
Nonthaburisource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates13.75°N 100.5°E
Located inThailand
See alsoCentral,removed name of Region
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ban Bang Phraek
Ban Ha Yaek Pak Kret
Bang Kruai
Nonthaburi
Pak Kret
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Nonthaburi is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand, established by the , which came into force on 9 May 1946 (Thursday).

Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Bangkok, and Nakhon Pathom. Nonthaburi is the most densely populated province after Bangkok. The Bang Kwang Central Prison is in the province.

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Ayutthaya period

Nonthaburi was established for more than 400 years. It was originally a densely populated village known in the name of "Ban Talat Khwan" which is a fertile land because it is on the bank of the Chao Phraya River and a famous fruit orchard of Ayutthaya.

In 1549, Maha Chakkraphat raised Ban Talat Khwan as Nonthaburi. Nonthaburi was originally located at Bang Kraso today with Wat Hua Muang (Nowadays is an abandoned temple that the government has used as the location of Phra Nang Klao Hospital) as the northern district and there is a temple at the end of the city as the southern area.

In 1636, King Prasat Thong ordered to dig for the southern canal at Tai Mueang Temple go through the front of Khema Temple and became the new Chao Phraya River at present, the former Chao Phraya River is shoal and eventually became a canal.

During the reign of King Narai in 1665, he realized that when the Chao Phraya River changed the walkway makes it easier for the enemy to approach the city, he ordered a fortress to be built at the estuary and moved Nonthaburi to the estuary at the same time.

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Rattanakosin period

In 1916, King Rama VI changed the word "city" to "province", Nonthaburi city was renamed to be called Nonthaburi province. In 1942, when the economic downturn occurred after World War II, the government collapsed Nonthaburi to save the budget. By transferring Muang Nonthaburi District and Pak Kret district to Phra Nakhon province (now Bangkok) and transfer Bang Kruai district, Bang Yai district and Bang Bua Thong district up to Thonburi province, until Nonthaburi has been raised as a province again in 1946, districts have returned to the administrative area of the province as it was until now.

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