Place:Uthai Thani, Thailand

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NameUthai Thani
Alt namesUdayadhanisource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1277
Utaidhanisource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1277
Uthai Thanisource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates15.383°N 99.55°E
Located inThailand
See alsoNorthern,removed name of Region
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ban Rai
Uthai Thani
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Uthai Thani, one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) lies in lower northern Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Suphan Buri, Kanchanaburi and Tak. It lies somewhat off the route between Bangkok, 200 km distant and Chiang Mai.

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History

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Originally Mon and Lawa settled in the area. The first Thai settlement in the area was Muang U Thai during the Sukhothai Kingdom, but it was later abandoned when the river changed course. The Patabeut people, of Karen ethnicity, revived the settlement at its current site during the Ayutthaya Kingdom. It served as a fort protecting the boundary of the kingdom.

Uthai Thani is the hometown of the father of King Rama I. He later renamed the city from its old name Uthai to Uthai Thani.

In 1892, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) added the area of Uthai Thani to the Monthon Nakhon Sawan and in 1898 formed the province.

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