Pathum Thani province

Pathum Thani (Thai: ปทุมธานี, pronounced [pā.tʰūm tʰāːnīː]) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise): Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok, Chachoengsao, Bangkok, and Nonthaburi.

Pathum Thani
ปทุมธานี
Province
Clockwise from top left: Thailand National Memorial, A Royal Ploughing Ceremony exhibition in Golden Jubilee Museum of Agriculture, Tornado ride in the Dream World, Wat Phra Dhammakaya, National Science Museum, Thammasat University's pond.
Flag of Pathum Thani
Flag
Official seal of Pathum Thani
Seal
Map of Thailand highlighting Pathum Thani province
Map of Thailand highlighting Pathum Thani province
CountryThailand
RegionCentral Thailand
CapitalPathum Thani
Largest CityRangsit
Government
 • GovernorVacant
Area
[1]
 • Total1,526 km2 (589 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 70th
Population
 (2019)[2]
 • Total1,163,604
 • RankRanked 18th
 • Density763/km2 (1,980/sq mi)
  • RankRanked 5th
Human Achievement Index
[3]
 • HAI (2017)0.6384 "high"
Ranked 10th
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
10xxx
Calling code02
ISO 3166 codeTH-13
Websitepathumthani.go.th

The province is north of Bangkok and is part of the Bangkok metropolitan area. In many places, the boundary between the two provinces is not noticeable as both sides of the boundary are equally urbanized. Pathum Thani town is the administrative seat, but Ban Rangsit, seat of Thanyaburi district, is the largest populated place in the province.[4]

Pathum Thani is an old province, heavily populated by the Mon people, dotted with 186 temples and parks. The Dream World amusement park is here.

Geography

The province lies on the low alluvial flats of the Chao Phraya River that flows through the capital. Many canals (khlongs) cross the province and feed the rice paddies. There is no forest area in the province.[5]

History

The city dates back to a settlement founded by Mon migrating from Mottama (Thai: เมาะตะมะ) in Myanmar around 1650. The original name was Sam Khok.[6]:230,369 In 1815, King Rama II visited the city and the citizens offered him many lotus flowers, which prompted the king to rename the city Pathum Thani, meaning 'lotus flower town'.[7] The city dates back to a settlement founded by Mon migrating from Mottama (Thai: เมาะตะมะ) in Myanmar around 1650. The original name was Sam Khok.[6]: 230, 369  In 1815, King Rama II visited the city and the citizens offered him many lotus flowers, which prompted the king to rename the city Pathum Thani, meaning 'lotus flower town'.[7]

Symbols

The provincial seal shows a pink lotus flower with two rice stalks bending over it, representing the fertility of the province. The provincial tree is the Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata). The provincial flower is the lotus (Nymphaea lotus).

Education and technology

Pathum Thani has a very high concentration of higher education institutions, especially ones in the field of science and technology. This, together with a large number of industrial parks and research facilities (including those in Thailand Science Park), make the region the educational and technology hub of the area.

Academic institutes
National Science Museum, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok University (Rangsit Campus), Eastern Asia University, North Bangkok University (Rangsit), Pathumthani University, Rajamangala University of Technology, Rangsit University, Shinawatra University, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University (Rangsit Center), and Valaya Alongkorn Rajahbhat University
Research bodies
Thailand Science Park, National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC), National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR)
Industrial parks
Software Park Thailand (in Nonthaburi, southwest of Pathum Thani), Nava Nakorn Industrial Promotion Zone (1376 acres / 5.6 km2), Bangkadi Industrial Park (470 acres / 1.9 km2), Techno Thani (a "Technology City" administered by the Ministry of Science and Technology), and a number of industrial parks in neighboring Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi provinces.

Administrative divisions

Provincial government
Map of Pathum Thani province with districts
  City municipalities (thesaban nakhon)
  Town municipalities (thesaban mueang)
  Subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon)

The province is divided into seven districts (amphoes). The districts are further subdivided into 60 communes (tambons) and 529 villages (mubans).

  1. Mueang Pathum Thani
  2. Khlong Luang
  3. Thanyaburi
  4. Nong Suea
  1. Lat Lum Kaeo
  2. Lam Luk Ka
  3. Sam Khok

Local government

As of 29 September 2020 there are: one Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organization - PAO (ongkan borihan suan changwat) and twenty-nine municipal (thesaban) areas in the province. Rangsit has city (thesaban nakhon) status. Further ten have town (thesaban mueang) status and eighteen subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon).[2]

  City municipality 1 Rangsit[8] 85,260
  Town mun. People      
1 Tha Khlong[9] 78,108 6 Bueng Yi Tho[10] 32,708
2 Lam Sam Kaeo[11] 66,003 7 Sanan Rak[12] 31,350
3 Lat Sawai[13] 65,906 8 Bang Khu Wat 28,349
4 Khlong Luang[14] 62,615 9 Pathum Thani[15] 23,633
5 Khu Khot[16] 44,274 10 Bang Kadi[17] 13,987
  Subdistrict mun. People      
1 Thanyaburi[18] 62,990 10 Bang Toei 10,828
2 Bang Phun[19] 25,509 11 Rahaeng 10,445
3 Lak Hok[20] 21,883 12 Khlong Phra Udom   7,995
4 Lam Luk Ka[18] 18,377 13 Sam Khok[21]   6,963
5 Bang Duea[22] 14,756 14 Bang Luang[18]   6,314
6 Bang Khayaeng[23] 14,557 15 Chiang Rak Yai   6,260
7 Ban Mai[24] 14,447 16 Khu Khwang[25]   6,000
8 Ban Klang[26] 12,326 17 Lam Sai[18]   2,657
9 Nong Sam Wang 11,016 18 Nong Suea[18]   2,901

The non-municipal areas are administered by 35 Subdistrict Administrative
Organizations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon).[27]

  Municipalities Communities
  Rangsit[28] 81
  Lam Sam Kaeo[29] 70
  Khlong Luang[30] 54
  Khu Khot[31] 31
  Bueng Yi Tho[32] 37
  Pathum Thani[33] 28
  Bang Kadi[34] 18

Human achievement index 2017
Health Education Employment Income
4 11 38 13
Housing Family Transport Participation
68 8 3 76
Province Pathum Thani, with an HAI 2017 value of 0.6384 is "high", occupies place 10 in the ranking.

Since 2003, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at sub-national level using the Human achievement index (HAI), a composite index covering all the eight key areas of human development. National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has taken over this task since 2017.[3]

RankClassification
  1 - 15"high"
16 - 30"somewhat high"
31 - 45"average"
45 - 60"somewhat low"
61 - 77"low"

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