Provinsi Kanchanaburi

Provinsi Kanjanapuri (, ) adalah sebuah provinsi terbesar di Thailand belahan barat. The neighboring provinces are (clockwise, from the north) Tak, Uthai Thani, Suphan Buri, Nakhon Pathom, and Ratchaburi. In the west it borders Kayin State, Mon State, and the Tanintharyi Region of Myanmar.

Tourists are attracted by the history of its ancient civilization and the World War II Bridge over the River Khai (also spelt "Khwae").

Geography 
The province is in the west of Thailand, 129 km from Bangkok, and covers a total area of approximately 19,483 km². It is the country's third largest province, after Nakhon Ratchasima and Chiang Mai. Topographically, it is covered with timber and evergreen forests. The district covers the source valleys of the rivers Kwae Yai and Kwae Noi ("River Kwai"), which merge at Kanchanaburi city to form the Mae Klong River.

Bong Ti is a transnational border crossing point, which is expected to gain in importance if the planned Dawei deepwater port project goes ahead, along with a highway and a railway line between Bangkok and the port.

Several national parks are in the mountainous forest areas of the Tenasserim Hills of the province: the Erawan, Sai Yok, Khao Laem, Thong Pha Phum, Khuean Srinagarindra, and Chaloem Rattanakosin National Parks. The Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary is on the UNESCO world heritage list.

Climate

Symbols 
The seal of the province shows the three stupas located on Bantadthong Mountain. They give the name to the mountain pass to Myanmar, called "Three Pagodas Pass".

The provincial flower is the Night-flowering Jasmine (Nyctanthes arbortristis). The provincial tree is the Moulmein lancewood (Homalium tomentosum).

The provincial slogan is "A province of ancient community, three pagodas pass, precious stones, River Kwae Bridge, minerals and waterfall resources".

Pembagian administratif 

Kanchanaburi terbagi kedalam 13 distrik (amphoe), 98 komunitas (tambon) dan 887 desa(muban).

Mining 
In 1918, alluvial sapphire deposits were discovered near Bo Ploi. It was a major source of sapphires in the 1980s and 1990s.

Kanchanaburi Province is the site of "Klity Creek", a waterway heavily polluted by the practices of the Lead Concentrate Company. The company was ordered by a Thai court to clean up its environmental damage in 2013. To date (2016) the court ordered clean-up has been halting and ineffectual.

Medical health care 

In town there is the Kanchanaburi Memorial Hospital and lots of clinics and pharmacies.

Referensi

Pranala luar 

 
 Tourist Authority of Thailand 

 Website of province  (Thai only)
 Kanchanaburi Rajabhat University Main University in Kanchanaburi
 Erawan National Park, Kanchanaburi

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