Ratchaburi
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Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, capital of the Ratchaburi Province
Ratchaburi Province
Ratchaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom,Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram and Phetchaburi...
. It covers the whole tambon
Tambon
Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...
Nai Mueang of Mueang Ratchaburi district
Amphoe Mueang Ratchaburi
Mueang Ratchaburi is the capital district of Ratchaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:The history of the area can be dated back to the Dvaravati town Khu Bua, located just a few kilometres south of the modern town of Ratchaburi. After being deserted for about 300 years, the town was...
. As of 2006 it has a population of 38,208.