Si Racha
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This article is about the town in Thailand. For pages with similar names, see Si Racha (disambiguation).
| Si Racha ศรีราชา |
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| Country | Thailand |
| Province | Chon Buri |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town municipality |
| • Mayor | Chatchai Timkrachang |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.058 km2 (1.567 sq mi) |
| Population (2007)[1] | |
| • Total | 19,444 |
| • Density | 4,790/km2 (12,400/sq mi) |
| Registered residents only | |
| Time zone | Thailand (UTC+7) |
| Website | http://www.srirachamunicipality.com |
Coordinates: 13°10′26″N 100°55′48″E / 13.174°N 100.930°E Si Racha[2] (Thai: ศรีราชา; IPA: [sǐː rāːtɕʰāː]) is a sub-district and town in Thailand, located on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand , about 120 km southeast of Bangkok located within Amphoe Si Racha in the province of Chon Buri. The town is best known for first producing, and lending its name to, the popular hot sauce Sriracha. [3]
[edit] History
The municipality was created as a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) in 1945.[4] In 1995 the subdistrict municipality was upgraded to a town municipality (thesaban mueang).[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Population statistics 2008". Department of Provincial Administration. http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5020_06.html.
- ^ Note: An alternative spelling is Sri Racha. Si Racha is the official transcription of the Thai pronunciation attributable to the fact that the consonant cluster /sr/ doesn't occur natively in Thai speech [1].
- ^ "Sri Racha Travel Information and Travel Guide". Lonely Planet. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thailand/chonburi-province/sri-racha.
- ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาจัดตั้งเทศบาลตำบลศรีราชา จังหวัดชลบุรี พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๘" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 62 (36 ก): 412–415. 1945-07-03. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2488/A/036/412.PDF.
- ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาจัดตั้งเทศบาลเมืองศรีราชา จังหวัดชลบุรี พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๘" (in Thai). Royal Gazette 112 (40 ก): 45–48. 1995-09-24. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/A/040/45.PDF.
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