Ratchaburi

Ratchaburi (, ; also rendered as Rajburi or Rat Buri') is a historic town (thesaban mueang) in western Thailand and the capital of Ratchaburi Province. The area shows early settlement associated with Dvaravati culture and later became an important trade centre in the Ayutthaya period.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Ratchaburi
Settlement.native_name: ราชบุรี
Settlement.other_name: Rajburi, Rat Buri
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: From Kean Chandra Hill to Ratchaburi Downtown - panoramio.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of Ratchaburi from Kaen Chan hill
Settlement.pushpin_map: Thailand
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: none
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Thailand
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Ratchaburi Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Mueang Ratchaburi District
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Na Mueang
Settlement.area_total_km2: 8.70
Settlement.population_total: 36,040

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Wikidata facts

Official name: เทศบาลเมืองราชบุรี
Population: 36339
Area: 8.7
Image: Asian highway 2 Ratchaburi.jpg

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Commons category: Ratchaburi
native label: เทศบาลเมืองราชบุรี

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Ratchaburi town covers the entire tambon Na Mueang (หน้าเมือง) of Mueang Ratchaburi District. As of 2018 it had an estimated population of 36,040, down from 38,149 in 2005.