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Anawrahta

**Anawrahta Minsaw** (, ; 1015–1078) wis the foonder o the Pagan Empire. Considered the maist important Burmese monarch bi historians, Anawrahta turned a sma principality in the dry zone o Upper Burma intae the first Burmese Empire that formed the basis o modren-day Burma (Myanmar). Historically verifiable Burmese history begins wi his ascension tae the Pagan throne in 1044.

Anawrahta unified the entire Irrawaddy valley for the first time in history, an placed peripheral regions sic as Shan States an Arakan (Northern Rakhine) unner Pagan's suzerainty. He successfully stopped the advance o Khmer Empire intae Tenasserim coastline an intae Upper Menam valley, makkin Pagan ane o twa main kinrick in mainland Sootheast Asie.

A strict disciplinarian, Anawrahta implementit a series o key social, releegious an economic reforms that woud hae a lastin impact in Burmese history. His social an releegious reforms later developed intae the modren-day Burmese cultur. Bi biggin a series o weirs, he turned parched, arid regions aroond Pagan intae the main rice granaries o Upper Burma, gien Upper Burma an endurin economic base frae which tae dominate the Irrawaddy valley an its periphery in the follaein centuries. He bequeathed a strang administrative seestem that aw later Pagan keengs follaed till the dynasty's fall in 1287. The success an longevity o Pagan's dominance ower the Irrawaddy valley laid the foondation for the ascent o Burmese leid an cultur, the spread of Burman ethnicity in Upper Burma.

Anawrahta's legacy went far ayont the borders o modren Burma. His embrace o Theravada Buddhism an his success in stoppin the advance o Khmer Empire, a Hindu kinrick, providit the Buddhist schuil, which haed been in retreat elsewhaur in Sooth an Sootheast Asie, a muckle needed reprieve an a safe shelter. He helped restart Theravada Buddhism in Ceylon, the Buddhist schuil's oreeginal hame. The success o Pagan dynasty made Theravada Buddhism's later growth in Lan Na (northren Thailand), Siam (central Thailand), Lan Xang (Laos), an Khmer Empire (Cambodie) in the 13t an 14t centuries possible.

Anawrahta is ane o the maist famous keengs in Burmese history. His life stories (legends) are a staple o Burmese folklore an retauld in popular literatur an theatre.

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Chulalongkorn

**Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua** (), or **Rama V** (20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) wis the fift monarch o Siam unner the Hoose o Chakri. He wis kent tae the Siamese o his time as *Phra Phuttha Chao Luang* (พระพุทธเจ้าหลวง - The Royal Buddha). He is considered ane o the greatest kings o Siam. His reign wis characterized bi the modrenization o Siam, immense government an social reforms, an territorial cessions tae the Breetish Empire an French Indocheenae. As Siam wis threatened bi Wastren expansionism, Chulalongkorn, through his policies an acts, managed tae save Siam frae being colonized. Aw his reforms wur dedicatit tae Siam’s insurance o survival in the midst o Wastren colonialism, so that Chulalongkorn earned the epithet *Phra Piya Maharat* (พระปิยมหาราช - The Great Belovit King).
Setthathirath

**Setthathirath** (; 1534&ndash;1572) is considered ane o the great leaders in Lao history. Throughout 1560s up till his daith, he successfully defendit his kinrick o Lan Xang against military campaigns o Burmese conqueror Bayinnaung, who haed awready subdued Xieng Mai (Chiang Mai) in 1558 an Ayutthaya in 1564. Setthathirath wis a prolific builder an erectit mony Buddhist monuments includin Wat Xieng Thong in Louang Phrabang an the That Luang in Vientiane.

## Daith an eftermath
In 1572, a conspiracy atween a Lord Phya Nakhon an the umwhile abbot o Wat Maximavat, who held personal grudges against Setthathirath, led tae the king's murther in the soothren frontier o the kintra. He wis 38 years o age.

Acause Setthathirath left ae a toddler as his heir, the child's maternal grandfaither, a military commander o common birth named Saensurin (or Sene Soulintha), declared hissel king. This began a period o turbulence, wi different men rulin unsteadily for short periods, which saw the kintra finally conquered bi Bayinnaung in 1574, wi a fratricide bi a croun prince; wi a rebellion led bi someane claimin tae be Setthathirath-resurrectit; an wi a nine-year period in which the kintra haed nae king. (The Burmese woud rule Laos for aichteen years.) Quarrels an conflicts amang the feudal nobility an their follaeins led tae disruptions an unrest athin the population. There wis little peace in Laos till King Sourigna Vongsa ascendit the throne in 1633 (possibly 1637).

## References
Lorrillard, Michel (1999) "La Succession de Setthathirat : réappréciation d'une période de l'histoire du Lan Xang," Aseanie 4 December 1999, pp.&nbsp;44–64.

Phothisane, Souneth. (1996). *The Nidan Khun Borom: Annotated Translation and Analysis*,
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Queensland. [This is a translation of a Lan Chang chronicle]

Wyatt, David K. and Aroonrut Wichienkeeo (1995). *The Chiangmai Chronicle*. Chiangmai:
Silkworm Books, pp.&nbsp;118–127 [This source records the history of Setthathirath as a ruler of both Lan Chang and Chiang Mai]

Wyatt, David K., *Thailand: A Short History*, New Haven (Yale University Press), 2003. [Concise description of his reign]
FC Dynamo Stavropol

**FC Dynamo Stavropol** () is an association fitbaw club frae Stavropol, sooth Roushie. Efter missin the 2009 saison due tae financial difficulties, the club wis resurrectit in 2010, takin ower anither Stavropol team, FC Stavropolye-2009. It plays in the Russian Seicont Diveesion in 2010.
Obluchye

**Obluchye** () is a toun an the admeenistrative centre o Obluchensky Destrict o the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Roushie, locatit on the Amur River  wast o Birobidzhan. Population: 

## History
Construction on a section o the Trans-Siberian Railway connectin Chita an Vladivostok began in 1898, stairtin at each end an meetin haufwey. The project producit a lairge influx o new settlers an in 1911 a veelage wis foondit aroond the Obluchye railwey station, the name o which roughly means *the route passin aroond* as the railwey at this point travels throu a lairge curve aroond the muntains.

The railwey wis completit in October 1916.

Toun status wis grantit tae Obluchye in 1938.

## Economy
The gowd minin company *Zoloto Zutary* is based in the toun. Ither employers include the railwey wirkshops connectit tae the toun's station on the Trans-Siberian Railway.

## References
Yoruba

**Yoruba** mey refer tae:
* Yoruba fowk, a Wast African ethnic group
* Yoruba leid, the leid spoken bi the Yoruba fowk
Chiang Mai

**Chiang Mai** (, , Lanna) whiles scrieved as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the maistmuckle culturally significant city in northren Thailand, an is the caipital o Chiang Mai Province. It is locatit 700&nbsp;km (435&nbsp;mi) north o Bangkok, amang the heichest muntains in the kintras. The city is on the Ping river, a muckle tributary o the Chao Phraya river.

In recent yeir, Chiang Mai haes become an increasingly modren an attracts approximately 1 million visitors ilk yeir. Chiang Mai gaint prominence in the political sphere in Mey 2006, whan the Chiang Mai Initiative wis concludit here atween the ASEAN naitions an the "+3" kintras (Cheenae, Japan, an the Republic o Korea).
Chiang Mai's historic importance derivit frae its strategic location on the Ping river an major trade routes. The city haes lang been a major centre fur haundcraftit guids, umberellaes, jewelry (particularly siller) an widcairvin.

Whiles officially the city (*thesaban nakhon*) o Chiang Mai ae covers maist pairts o the Mueang Chiang Mai destrict wi a population o 150,000, the urban sprawl o the city nou extends intae seevral neighborin destricts. This Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area haes a population o nearly ane million fowk, mair nor hauf the total o Chiang Mai Province.

The city is sub-dealt intae fower wairds (*khwaeng*): Nakhon Ping, Srivijaya, Mengrai, an Kawila. The first three are on the wast bank o the Ping River, an Kawila is locatit on the east bank. The Nakhon Ping destrict is makkit up o the north side o the ceity. Srivijaya, Mengrai, an Kawila are makkit up o the wast, sooth, an east. The city centre —athin the city waws—is maistly wi Srivijaya ward.

## Sister cities

*  Uozu, Japan (8 August 1989)
*  Saitama Prefectur, Japan (9 November 1992)
*  Kunming, Yunnan, Cheenae (7 June 1999)
*  Harbin, China (29 Aprile 2008)

## References
Chiang Mai (disambiguation)

**Chiang Mai** mey refer tae:
*the city Chiang Mai an its urban sprawl, the Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area
*Chiang Mai Province
Chiang Mai Province

**Chiang Mai** (Thai ) is the seicont-lairgest province (*[[changwat]]*) o Thailand, locatit in the north o the kintra. Neighborin provinces are (frae northeast clockwise) Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Tak, an Mae Hong Son.  In the north it borders Shan State o Burma.

## Geography
Chiang Mai province is aboot 700&nbsp;km frae Bangkok an is situatit on the Mae Ping River basin an is 300 m abuin sea level. Surroondit bi heich muntain ranges, it covers an aurie o approximately 20,107&nbsp;km². The district is covered bi mony muntains, chiefly stretchin in the sooth-north direction. The river Ping, ane o the major tributaries o the Chao Phraya River, oreeginates in the Chiang Dao muntains. The heichest muntain o Thailand, the 2,565 meter heich Doi Inthanon, is locatit in the province. Several naitional pairks are in the district: Doi Inthanon, Doi Suthep-Pui, Mae Ping, Sri Lanna, Huay Nam Dang, Mae Phang, Chiang Dao.

The muntainous terrain is mainly jungle, pairts o which are athin naitional pairks which are still fertile an verdant wi plentiful flora an fauna. There are mony sites an locations whaur tourists prefer tae visit tae study the lifestyle o the tribal fowk who live on heich hills.

## Climate
Chiang Mai haes a tropical wet an dry climate (Köppen *Aw*), tempered bi the laich latitude an moderate elevation, wi warm tae het wather year-roond, though nichttime condeetions durin the dry saison can be cool an are much laicher than daytime heichs. The maximum temperature ever recordit is 42.4°C in Mey 2005.



## Sister ceeties

* Shanghai, Cheenae (2000)
* Yogyakarta, Indonesie  (2007)
* Busan, Sooth Korea (2009)
* Pyongyang, North Korea (2009)
* Hue, Vietnam (2009)
* Phnom Penh, Cambodie (2009)

## References
Provinces o Thailand

**[[Thailand]] is dividit intae 75 [[province]]s** (, *changwat*, singular an plural), which are geographically grouped intae 6 regions. The caipital Bangkok is no a province but a special admeenistrative aurie an is includit as the 76t province syne it is admeenistered at the same level as the ither 75 provinces. The name o the provinces are the same as that o their respective caipital ceeties. The ae 6 provinces whose caipitals arna the biggest ceeties in their provinces are Tak (Mae Sot is the biggest ceety), Pathum Thani (Rangsit is the biggest ceety), Songkhla (Hat Yai is the biggest ceety), Chonburi (Pattaya is the biggest ceety), Narathiwat (Su-ngai Kolok is the biggest ceety) an Prachuap Khiri Khan (Hua Hin is the biggest ceety).

Bangkok is baith the heichest population an the heichest population density. The biggest province bi aurie is Nakhon Ratchasima, the smawest Samut Songkhram. Ranong haes the lawest population number, while Mae Hong Son haes the lawest population density (facts accordin tae the year 2000 census).

Ilka province is admeenistered bi a govrenor, who is appointit bi the Meenistry o Internal Affairs. The anerlie exception is Bangkok, whose govrenor is electit bi its population.

Thailand is subdividit intae 878 destricts (**[[amphoe]]**, อำเภอ). The fiftie destricts o Bangkok are cawed **[[Destricts o Bangkok|khet]]** (เขต), but even in offeecial documents they are sometimes misidentified as *amphoe*. The number o destricts in ilka provinces varies, frae three in the smawest provinces tae fiftie in Bangkok. Further subdiveesion levels are **[[tambon]]** (subdistricts)  an finally, **[[muban]]** (veelages). In Bangkok the *tambon* are cawed *khwaeng*.

## Leet o provinces
This dividin seestem is recognised formally bi the Ryal Institute o Thailand, ithers maybe dividit intae 4 regions: North, Northeast, Central an Sooth.
Kanchanaburi Province

**Kanchanaburi** ( (Pronunciation)) is the lairgest o the wastren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Tak, Uthai Thani, Suphan Buri, Nakhon Pathom an Ratchaburi. In the wast it borders Kayin State, Mon State an Tanintharyi Region o Myanmar.

A province in the Central Plains, Kanchanaburi borders Burma tae the wast wi the Tanaosi range as a borderline. It is frequentit bi tourists who hae been attractit bi its lang history an ancient civilizations, a location o the Brig ower the River Khwae – ‘Kwai’ as it is kent internaitionally an scene o the historic Warld War II. Producers o the movie the Bridge Over the River Kwae are guilty o givin the river an brig baith the wrong spellin an mis-pronunciaton. It is pronounced ‘Kwae’ as in the Inglish wird ‘Hair’. The province is an aa famous for its natural attractions such as forests, muntains, caves an waterfalls. 

## References
Carlos I o Portugal

**Carlos I o Portugal** (; ) **the Diplomat** (forby kent as **the Martyr**; ; 28 September 1863 – 1 Februar 1908), named *Carlos Fernando Luís Maria Víctor Miguel Rafael Gabriel Gonzaga Xavier Francisco de Assis José Simão de Bragança Sabóia Bourbon e Saxe-Coburgo-Gotha*, wis the 33rd (or 34t accordin tae some historians) an penultimate Keeng o Portugal an the Algarves. He wis the first Portuguese king tae dee a violent daith syne Sebastian o Portugal (1578). This occurred in 1908, when Carlos wis murthert in Lisbon as he travelled in an open carriage wi the ryal faimily.

## Issue
# Luís Filipe, Prince Ryal o Portugal (21 Mairch 1887 – 1 Februar 1908) niver mairit.
# Infanta Maria Anna o Portugal (born an died 14 December 1887)
# Manuel II o Portugal 15 November 1889 – 2 Julie 1932) mairit Augusta Victoria o Hohenzollern nae issue.

## Teetles an styles
* **28 September 1863 – 19 October 1889** *[[His Ryal Highness]]* The Prince Ryal o Portugal.
* **19 October 1889 – 1 Februar 1908** *His Most Faithful Majesty* The King o Portugal an the Algarves

## Ither wabsteids
Naitional Progressive Front

The **Naitional Progressive Front** is the name uised bi twa poleetical coalitions.
* Naitional Progressive Front (Iraq)
* Naitional Progressive Front (Sirie)
Nakhon Pathom Province

**Nakhon Pathom** ( (Pronunciation)) is ane o the central provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Suphan Buri, Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, Ratchaburi an Kanchanaburi.

## Geography
Nakhon Pathom is a sma province locatit juist 56&nbsp;km frae Bangkok.  It is locatit in the alluvial plain o central Thailand. It is drained bi the Tha Chin River (an aa cawed Nakhon Chaisi river), a distributary o the Chao Phraya river. The urban aurie o Bangkok haes already grown till the provincial borders tae Nakhon Pathom.
Chumphon Province

**Chumphon** ( (Pronunciation)) is ane o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand, at the shore o the Gulf o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Prachuap Khiri Khan, Surat Thani an Ranong. Tae the wast it an aa borders the Burmese province o Tanintharyi.
Mae Hong Son Province

**Mae Hong Son** (Thai แม่ฮ่องสอน) (an aw **Maehongson**, **Mae Hong Sorn** or **Maehongsorn**) is ane o the northren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand, an at the same time the wastrenmaist. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Shan State o Myanmar, Chiang Mai an Tak. Tae the wast it borders Kayin State an Kayah State o Myanmar again. It wis umwhile cawed **Mae Rong Son** (an aa **Maerongson**, **Mae Rong Sorn** or **Maerongsorn**).http://www.maehongson.go.th 

Mae Hong Son (The Ceety o Three Mists) is nestled in a deep valley hemmed in bi heich muntain ranges, Mae Hong Son haes lang been isolatit frae the ootside warld. It is the maist muntainous province in Thailand an componed o a tot o 13, 814 square kilometers. It is virtually covered wi mist throughoot the year, the name refers tae the fact that this terrain is heichlie suitable for the trainin o elephants. Umwhile governors o Chiang Mai uised tae organize the roondin up o wild elephants which wur then trained afore bein sent tae the caipital for wirk. The day, Mae Hong Son is a "dream destination" for visitors. Daily flichts intae its sma airport bring growin nummers o tourists, attractit bi the naitural scenery, numerous hill-tribe communities an saft adventur opportunities.

## Climate
Chiang Rai Province

**Chiang Rai** (, ) is the northrenmaist province (*changwat*) of Thailand. Neighbourin provinces are (frae east clockwise) Phayao, Lampang andChiang Mai. In the north it borders Shan State o Myanmar an Bokeo o Laos.

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Tak Province

**Tak** () is ane o the northren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Lampang, Sukhothai, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani an Kanchanaburi. The wastren edge o province haes a lang boundary wi Kayin State o Myanmar (Burma).

## Climate
Ratchaburi Province

**Ratchaburi** (aften shortened **Rat'buri**,  (Pronunciation)) is ane o the central provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom, 
Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram an Phetchaburi. In the wast it borders Tanintharyi Diveesion o Myanmar.

Ratchaburi means, "The land o the keeng."  
The province is full o cultural heritage, 
bonnie places, an historical sites.  
Ratchaburi covers 5200 square kilometers.
It is locatit 80 kilometers wast o Bangkok an borders Burma 
tae the wast wi the Tanaosi range as a borderline.
It haes Mea Klong River throu the centre o toun.

## Etymology
The wird *Ratch* oreeginates frae the Sanskrit wird *Raja* meanin *[[Keeng]]* or *Ryal*, an the wird *buri* frae Sanskrit *Puri* meanin *[[toun]]* or *[[ceety]]*. Hence the name o the province literally means *Ryal Ceety*.

## References
Prachuap Khiri Khan Province

**Prachuap Khiri Khan** (Thai ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ (Pronunciation)) is ane o the central provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are Phetchaburi in the north an Chumphon in the sooth. Tae the wast it borders Tanintharyi Diveesion o Myanmar.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, or commonly referred tae as simply Prachup, is a province locatit in the lawer central region 93&nbsp;km sooth o Hua Hin, while muckle smawer an quieter than Hua Hin, Prachuap is actually the provincial caipital o the same-named province. It connects wi the Sooth o Thailand an possesses various interestin tourist attractions such as beaches, islands, forests an muntains.
Lamphun Province

**Lamphun** () is ane o the northren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Chiang Mai, Lampang an Tak.

## Geografie
Lamphun is locatit in the river valley o the Ping River. It is surroundit bi muntain chains, wi the Thanon Thong Chai Range in the wast an the Khun Tan Range in the east o the province.

It is some 670 kilometres frae Bangkok an only 26 kilometres frae Chiang Mai.
Ranong Province

**Ranong** (Thai ระนอง)  is ane o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand, on the coast o the Andaman Sea. It is the province wi the fewest citizens. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Chumphon, Surat Thani an Phang Nga. Tae the wast, it an aa borders Kawthaung, Tanintharyi,  Myanmar.
Phang Nga Province

**Phang Nga** () is ane o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand, on the shore tae the Andaman Sea. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Ranong, Surat Thani an Krabi. Tae the sooth is the Phuket Province, but athoot land boondary tae Phang Nga.
Phuket Province

**Phuket** (,  ), umwhile kent as **Talang** (*Tha-Laang*) an, in Wastren sources, **Junk Ceylon** (a corruption o the Malay *Tanjung Salang*, i.e. "Cape Salang"), is ane o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighbourin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Phang Nga an Krabi, but as Phuket is an island there are nae land boondaries.

Phuket, which is approximately the size o Singapore, is Thailand’s lairgest island.  The island is connectit tae mainland Thailand bi twa bridges. It is situatit aff the wast coast o Thailand in the Andaman Sea.  Phuket umwhile derived its wealth frae tin an rubber, an enjoyed a rich an colorful history.  The island wis on ane o the major tradin routes atween Indie an Cheenae, an wis frequently mentioned in foreign ship logs o Portuguese, French, Dutch an Inglis traders. The region nou derives muckle o its income frae tourism.

## Sister ceeties
Phuket Province haes a number o sister ceeties. They are:

*  Las Vegas, Unitit States
*  Nice, Fraunce
*  Hainan Province, Cheenae 

Phuket Province is Twin touns wi:
*  Yantai, Cheenae
*  Nakhodka, Roushie, since September 2006
*  Port Blair, Indie

## References
Lampang Province

**Lampang** (Thai ลำปาง) is ane o the northren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak, Lamphun an Chiang Mai. The auld name o Lampang is *Khelang Nakhon*.

## Climate
Surat Thani Province

**Surat Thani** (eften in short **Surat**, ) is the lairgest o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand, on the eastren shore o the Gulf o Thailand. Surat Thani means *Ceety o Guid Fowk*, the title gien tae the ceety bi King Vajiravudh (Rama VI).
Tak (toun)

**Tak** is a toun (*[[thesaban mueang]]*) in northwast o Thailand, caipital o the Tak Province an the Tak destrict.  As o 2005 the toun haes a population o 19,900 an an aurie o 7.27&nbsp;km². It covers the *[[tambon]]* Rahaeng, Nong Luang, Chiang Ngoen an Hua Diat.

## Geography
Tak is locatit aboot 420 kilometers northwast o Bangkok on the Ping River, a major tributary o the Chao Phraya River. The ceety is surroondit bi picturesque muntains, it is the gateway tae northren Thailand .

The maist important water resource is the Ping River, which flows through the northren pairt o the province frae north tae sooth.

## Freemit airtins

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* Website o toun (Thai)
Ayutthaya (ceety)

**Ayutthaya** (full name **Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya**, , ; an aa spelled "Ayudhya") is the caipital o the Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The ceety wis foondit in 1350 bi Keeng U Thong, who went there tae escape a smapox ootbreak in Lop Buri an proclaimed it the caipital o his kinrick, aften referred tae as the Ayutthaya Kinrick or Siam. It is estimatit that Ayutthaya bi the year 1600 CE haed a population o aboot 300,000, wi the population aiblins reachin 1,000,000 aroond 1700 CE, makin it ane o the warld's lairgest ceeties at that time.

In 1767 the ceety wis destroyed bi the Burmese airmy, resultin in the collapse o the kinrick. The ruins o the auld ceety nou form the Ayutthaya historical pairk, which is recognized internaitionally as a UNESCO Warld Heritage Site. The ceety wis refoondit a few kilometers tae the east. The ceety is sometimes cawed "Venice o the East".

## Etymologie
**Ayutthaya** is namit efter the ceety o Ayodhya in Indie, the birthplace o Rama in the *[[Ramayana]]* (Thai, *[[Ramakien]]*);  is a Thai ryal an noble title;  designates an important or caipital ceety; Thai honorific ''Sri'' or '''''Si''''' is frae the Indian term o veneration Sri.

## Ayutthaya Toun Centre
*Ayutthaya Historical Study Centre
*Ayutthaya Rajabhat Varsity (ARU)
*Chan Kasem Palace
*Chao Sam Phraya National Museum
*Wang Luang
*Wat Chai Watthanaram
*Wat Lokaya Sutharam
*Wat Mahathat
*Wat Na Phra Men
*Wat Phanan Choeng
*Wat Phra Ram
*Wat Phra Si Sanphet
*Wat Phutthaisawan
*Wat Phuttai Sawan
*Wat Ratchaburana
*Wat Suwan Dararam
*Wat Thammikarat
*Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit
*St. Joseph's Kirk
*Baan Hollanda Information Center

The ceety is locatit at the junction o the Chao Phraya, Lopburi an Pa Sak rivers, an on the main north-sooth railway linkin Chiang Mai tae Bangkok. The auld ceety is on an island formit bi a bend o the Chao Phraya on the wast an sooth sides, the Pa Sak on the east side an the Klong Muang canal on the northren side.

The approximate centre o the auld ceety is 

## References
Surat Thani

**Surat Thani** (, , Pronunciation) is a ceety in Amphoe Mueang Surat Thani, Surat Thani Province, soothren Thailand. It is the caipital o the province Surat Thani. The ceety haes a population o 128,179 (2009), an an aurie o 68.97 square kilometers. The ceety's population density is 1,858.47 inhabitants per km². 

Suran Thani is near the mouth o the river Tapi on the Gulf o Thailand. The ceety affers nae major tourist attractions in itsel, an is thus mainly kent tae tourists as a transfer tae the nearbi popular Ko Samui island. It forms the regional commercial center, wi a seaport dealin in the main products o the province, rubber an coconuts.
Lopburi

**Lopburi** ((Pronunciation)) is the caipital ceety o Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is locatit aboot 150&nbsp;km north-east o Bangkok. As o 2006 it haes a population o 26,500. The toun (*[[thesaban mueang]]*) covers the whole *[[tambon]]* Tha Hin an pairts o Thale Chup Son o Mueang Lopburi district, a total aurie o 6.85&nbsp;km².

The ceety haes a lang history, datin back tae the Dvaravati period mair nor 1000 year ago. Accordin tae the *Northern Chronicles,* it wis foondit bi Keeng Kalavarnadish, who came frae Taxila (Takkasila) in Northwast Indie (nou Pakistan) in 648 AD. It wis oreeginally kent as Lavo or Lavapura, meanin "ceety o Lava" in reference tae the ancient Sooth Asian ceety o Lavapuri (present-day Lahore). Lopburi wis unner the risin Angkor regime an became ane o the maist important centers in the Chao Phraya Basin frae then on.

Lop Buri (Lavo) is described in Book III of Marco Polo’s *Travels*, whaur it is cawed *Locach*. This came from the Cheenese (Cantonese) pronunciation o Lavo, “Lo-huk” (羅斛). The city is referred to as “Lo-ho” (羅斛) in chapter 20 of the History of Yuan (元史 : *Yuán Shǐ*), the official history of the Mongol, or Yuan Dynasty of China. Due to a scribal error in Book III of Marco Polo’s travels treating of the route southward from Champa, where the name Java was substituted for Champa as the point of departure, Java Minor was located 1,300 mile to the south of Java Major, instead of from Champa, on or near an extension of the Terra Australis. As explained by Sir Henry Yule, the editor of an English edition of Marco Polo’s *Travels*: “Some geographers of the 16th century, following the old editions which carried the travellers south-east of Java to the land of *Boeach* (or Locac), introduced in their maps a continent in that situation”.

Efter the foondation o Ayutthaya Kinrick in the fifteent century, Lopburi wis a stranghauld o Ayutthaya's rulers. It later became a new ryal caipital durin the reign o Keeng Narai the Great o the Ayutthaya Kinrick in the middle o the 17t century, The keeng stayed here for aboot aicht months a year.

Today the ceety is maist famous for the hunders o Crab-Eatin Macaques (*Macaca fascicularis*) that live in the middle o the ceety, especially aroond the Khmer temple, Prang Sam Yot, an a Khmer shrine, Sarn Phra Karn. They are fed bi the local fowk, especially durin the Monkey Festival in November. Acause they are no afraid o humans, they steal whaiver fuid they can fynd frae unwary diners.

Prang Sam Yot, oreeginally a Hindu shrine, haes three *[[prang (architecture)|prang]]s* that represent Brahma, Vishnu, an Shiva (the Hindu trinity).  It wis later convertit tae a Buddhist shrine.

## References



Paul Pelliot, *Notes on Marco Polo,* Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1963, Vol.II, pp.&nbsp;768–9, note 2.

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Burundi

**Burundi** (pronounced ), offeecially the **Republic o Burundi**, is a landlocked kintra in the Great Lochs region o Eastren Africae mairchin wi Rwanda tae the north, Tanzanie tae the east an sooth, an the Democratic Republic o the Congo tae the wast. Its size is juist unner 28,000&nbsp;km² wi an estimatit population bein amaist 8,700,000. Its caipital is Bujumbura. Awtho the kintra is landlocked, a muckle o the soothwastren border is nixt tae Loch Tanganyika.

The Twa, Tutsi, an Hutu fowks bed in Burundi fae whan the kintra's formation five yearhunner ago. Burundi wis ruled like a kinrick bi the Tutsi fur ower twa hunner years. Housomivver, at the stairt o the 20t yearhunner, Germany an Belgium teuk ower the region, an Burundi an Rwanda turnt intae a European colony kent as Ruanda-Urundi.

Poleetical unrest happent oothrou the region acause o social differences atween the Tutsi an Hutu, garrin a civil war in Burundi oothrou the mids o the 20t yearhunner. The nou, Burundi is governed as a presidential representative democratic republic.  62% o Burundians are Roman Catholic, 8-10% percent are Muslims an the lave follae indigenous beliefs an ither Christian denominations.

Burundi is ane o the ten poorest kintras in the warld.  Burundi haes a law gross domestic product lairgely acause o ceevil wars, corruption, puir access tae education, an the effects o HIV/AIDS.  Burundi is densely populatit, wi substantial emigration. Cobalt an copper are amang Burundi's naitural resources.

## References
Stavanger

**Stavanger** () is a ceety an municipality in the coonty o Rogaland, Norawa.

Stavanger municipality haes a population o 121,610, but there are 189,828 fowk livin in the Stavanger conurbation, makin Stavanger the de facto third lairgest ceety in Norawa. Stavanger is an aa the centre o the Stavanger metropolitan aurie which haes a population o 297,569, an the admeenistrative centre o Rogaland coonty. The ceety is commonly referred tae as the Petroleum Caipital o Norawa.

The ceety, despite its age, anerlie grew tae become amang the maist influential an important Norse ceeties in the seicont hauf o the 20t century, efter oil wis discovered in the North Sea. Today there are significant foreign influences as a result o several major internaitional oil companies' presence in the ceety. Several ither foreign influences can be foond, an among the mair prominent is the NATO Joint Warfare Centre.

Norawa's auldest cathedral, Stavanger domkirke, is situatit in the ceety centre, richt next tae lake Breiavatnet. The twa maist popular recreational auries in Stavanger are situatit aroond lakes, namely  an Stokkavatnet.

## Twin touns – sister ceeties
Stavanger haes several sister ceeties; thay are:

## References
Trondheim

(historically *Nidaros* an *Trondhjem*) is the historic Viking caipital o Norawa an a ceety an municipality in Sør-Trøndelag coonty, Norawa. The ceety o Trondheim wis established as a municipality on 1 Januar 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipalities o Byneset, Leinstrand, Strinda, an Tiller wur merged wi Trondheim on 1 Januar 1964.

Trondheim is a Norrowegian centre o education, technical an medical research wi the Norse University o Science an Technology (NTNU) an SINTEF locatit in the ceety. Wi 198,219 inhabitants (as o October 1, 2019), Trondheim is Norawa's third lairgest municipality, as well as the centre o the fowert lairgest urban aurie, wi a population o approximately 186,364 (October 1, 2019). As o October 2019, the Trondheim Region, a statistical metropolitan aurie, haes a population o 279,234, makin it the fowert lairgest in Norawa.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Trondheim is twinned wi:

## References
Honda Beat

The **Honda Beat** is a rear mid-ingined twa-seat roadster kei caur produced frae in Mey 1991 tae Februar 1996. The Beat wis the last caur tae be approved bi Soichiro Honda afore he dee'd in 1991. The tot nummer o caurs produced wis aroond 33,600. Maist o the production (aroond twa-thirds) occurred in the first year, an then production an sales fell drastically. The design o the caur oreeginatit frae Pininfarina, who then sauld the design plan tae Honda. The Beat wis ane o mony caurs designed tae tak advantage o Japan's tax-efficient K class.

Thare wur twa mainstream models o the Beat (the PP1–100 an the PP1–110) an a couple o leemitit edition versions. Variations on the first model wur juist cosmetic updates. Anerlie the seicont model haed ony real mechanical differences. Aw caurs wur affered wi the option o a driver's side airbag.

In teepical Honda fashion, the Beat's ingine did no utilize a turbochairger or superchairger. The 656 cc (40.0 cu in) ingine wis modified wi the MTREC (Multi Throttle Responsive Ingine Control) seestem, wi individual throttle bodies for each o the three ceelinders, tae produce 64 PS (63&nbsp;bhp) at 8100&nbsp;rpm wi an electronically leemitit tap speed o 135&nbsp;km/h (84&nbsp;mph). Anerlie a manual transmission wis available. The MTREC design wad filter doun tae the 1993 Honda Today kei caur.

The Beat wis pairt o a wave o kei caur-sized sports caurs in the early 1990s; its competitors includit the Suzuki Cappuccino an Mazda's Autozam AZ-1. Thegither thay anticipatit the arrival o the Smart Roadster ower a decade later, while Japan wad no see a new model o the genre till the recent Daihatsu Copen.

At Mey 9, 2010, a parade held in the Twin Ring Motegi circuit as a pairt o an annual Beat awner meetin. 569 Honda Beats participate the parade which is certified bi Guinness Warld Records as the lairgest parade o Honda caurs. The record will be shawn in the beuk in 2011 unless lairger parades will be held bi then.

## Successor

Best Car reportit that Honda wis plannin on the successor o the oreeginal Beat. It wad be a front ingine caur uisin the platform an 660cc ingine frae Honda Life an Honda Zest. The FWD Beat can be an ootdatit rumor as MotorTrend reportit that Honda recently lodged a patent suggestin that the successor o Beat coud be a mid-ingine caur.

## Media appearances
The caur haes been featurt on the popular Breetish telly program Top Gear thegither wi the Daihatsu Mira an the Mitsubishi Dangan.
The caur is an aa featurt in Gran Turismo (PSP version).

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Honda Beat Specifications via Kei Cars 
*Information from Honda 
*Mair Specifications on UK owners club
Bertrand Russell

**Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell**, OM, FRS (18 Mey 1872 – 2 Februar 1970), wis a Breetish philosopher, logician, mathemateecian, historian, pacifist, an social critic. Tho he spent maist o his life in Ingland, he wis born in Wales, an dee'd thare at the age o 97.

Russell led the Breetish "revolt against idealism" in the early 1900s. He is considered ane o the foonders o analytic philosophy alang wi his predecessor Gottlob Frege an his protégé Ludwig Wittgenstein, an is widely held tae be ane o the 20t century's premier logeecians. He co-authored, wi A. N. Whitehead, *[[Principia Mathematica]]*, an attempt tae grund mathematics on logic. His philosophical essay "On Denoting" haes been considered a "paradigm o philosophy." His wirk haes haed a considerable influence on logic, mathematics, set theory, linguistics, an philosophy, especially philosophy o leid, epistemology, an metapheesics.

Russell wis a prominent anti-war activist; he championed free trade an anti-imperialism. Russell went tae prison for his pacifist activism durin Warld War I. Later, he campaigned against Adolf Hitler, then criticised Stalinist totalitarianism, attackt the Unitit States o Americae's involvement in the Vietnam War, an finally became an ootspoken proponent o nuclear disarmament.

In 1950, Russell wis awardit the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in recognition o his varied an significant writins in which he champions humanitarian ideals an freedom o thought."

## References
Mahatma Gandhi

**Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi** (; , pronoonced ; 2 October 1869&nbsp;– 30 Januar 1948) wis the pre-eminent poleetical an ideological leader o Indie durin the Indian independence movement. He pioneered *[[satyagraha]]*.  This is defined as resistance tae tyranny throu mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly foondit upon *[[ahimsa]]*, or tot nonviolence. This concept helped Indie tae gain independence, an inspired movements for ceevil richts an freedom athort the warld. Gandhi is aften referred tae as **Mahatma Gandhi** (; Sanskrit: महात्मा *[[Mahatma|mahātmā]]* or "Great Soul", an honorific first applee'd tae him bi Rabindranath Tagore).  In Indie he is cried **Bapu** (, *bāpu* or "Father").  He is offeecially honoured in Indie as the *[[Hoor o the Naition]]*; his birthday, 2 October, is commemoratiy thare as *[[Gandhi Jayanti]]*, a naitional holiday, an warldwide as the Internautional Day o Non-Violence. Gandhi wis murdurred oan 30 Januar 1948 bi a Hindu wha thocht he wis tae sympathetic tae the Muslims. 30 Januar is celebratit as "Mairtyr's Day" in Indie. Gandhi wis killt bi 3 bullet shots tae the chest.

## References
Luhansk

**Luhansk** (, ) (formerly **Voroshilovgrad**), cried **Lugansk** ( an aa, ) is a ceety in sootheastren Ukraine. It is the admeenistrative center o the Luhansk Oblast (province). The ceety itsel is designatit as its awn separate municipality athin the oblast an aa. The current estimatit population is aroond 445,900 (2004).

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Luhansk is twinned wi:
* Cairdiff, Unitit Kinrick
* Lublin, Poland
* Székesfehérvár, Hungary
* Daqing, Cheenae

## References
State o Palestine

The **State o Palestine** (, *Dawla(t) Filasṭīn*), offeecially simply **Palestine** (, *Filasṭīn*, *Falasṭīn*), is a polity that wis unilaterally declared in Algiers on 15 November 1988, when the  Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) National Council (PNC) adoptit the Palestinian Declaration o Unthirldom. In the West Bank is bordered tae the east an wast bi Jordan an Israel respectively. While in the Gaza Strip, it is bordered bi Egyp and Israel.

## Admeenistrative diveesions

Palestine is dividit intae 16 govrenorates an thir include:
* Jenin Govrenorate
* Tubas Govrenorate
* Nablus Govrenorate
* Tulkarm Govrenorate
* Salfit Govrenorate
* Qalqilya Govrenorate
* Ramallah an al-Bireh Govrenorate
* Jericho Govrenorate
* Jerusalem Govrenorate
* Bethlehem Govrenorate
* Hebron Govrenorate
* North Gaza Govrenorate
* Gaza Govrenorate
* Deir al-Balah Govrenorate
* Khan Yunis Govrenorate
* Rafah Govrenorate

## References
Phayao Province

**Phayao** (Thai พะเยา)  is ane o the northren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae east clockwise) Nan, Phrae, Lampang an Chiang Rai. In the north-east it borders Xaignabouli o Laos.

## Geography

The ceety o Phayao is locatit at the Phayao lake (Kwan Phayao) in the valley o the Ing River. Three big muntains surroond the valley, the Doi Luang (1697m), Doi Khun Mae Fat (1550m) an Doi Khun Mae Tam (1330m).

## History
After Phayao wis foondit in 1096 it wis a sma ceety-state kinrick. In the 13t century it gained enough importance tae be equal partner o King Mengrai o Lannathai an the Sukhothai Kinrick. Housomeivver a later king o Lannathai captured Phayao in 1338, and made it pairt o Lannathai. Durin the Burmese rulership o Lannathai the ceety became desertit, an in 1897 became pairt o the province Chiang Rai. Becomin effective on August 28, 1977 it wis split aff frae Chiang Rai again, an became a province o its awn.
Nan Province

**Nan** ()  is ane o the northren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae sooth clockwise) Uttaradit, Phrae an Phayao. Tae the north an east it borders Sainyabuli o Laos.

## Geography

The province is locatit in the remote valley o the Nan River, surroondit bi muntains covered wi forests. The heichest muntain is the 2079 meter hie *Doi Phu Kha* in Amphoe Pua, north-east o the ceety o Nan towards the border wi Laos.
Phrae Province

**Phrae** () is ane o the northren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighbourin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Phayao, Nan, Uttaradit, Sukhothai an Lampang.

## Geography

Phrae is locatit in the valley o the river Yom.

## History
The history o Phrae dates back tae the Haripunchai kinrick o the Mon. It became pairt o the Lannathai kinrick in 1443, when King Tilokaraj wis on an expedition for tae capture Nan.
Uttaradit Province

**Uttaradit** () is ane o the northren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae sooth clockwise) Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, Phrae an Nan. Tae the east it mairches Xaignabouli o Laos.
Palestine

**Palestine** ( , , 
) is a conventional name uised, amang others, tae describe a geographic region atween the Mediterranean Sea an the Jordan River, an sindry adjoinin lands.

## Oreegin o name
The name "Palestine" is the cognate o an ancient wird meanin "Philistines" or "Land o the Philistines". In keepin wi the Greek cultur o the day, it haes an aa been suggestit that it mey an aa be a play on the wird Παλαιστής *Palaistes* (Greek for wrestler) an a reference tae Jacob, later cawed Israel, the foonder o the ancient Israeli naition.

The earliest kent mention is thocht tae be in Ancient Egyptian texts o the temple at Medinet Habu which record a fowk cawed the *P-r-s-t* (conventionally *Peleset*) amang the Sea Peoples who invadit Egypt in Ramesses III's reign. The Ebreu name *Peleshet* ( *Pəléshseth*)- uisually translatit as *Philistia* in Inglis, is uised in the Bible tae denote the soothren coastal region that wis inhabitit bi the Philistines tae the wast o the ancient Kinrick o Judah.

## References
Kiev Oblast

**Kiev Oblast**, an aa written as **Kyiv Oblast** (, translit. *Kyivs’ka oblast’*; referred tae as **Kyivshchyna** —  an aw) is an oblast (province) in central Ukraine.

The admeenistrative centre o the oblast is the ceety o Kiev (, *Kyiv*), an aa bein the caipital o Ukraine. Despite bein locatit in the centre o the Kiev Oblast, an hostin the governin bodies o the oblast, Kiev itsel is a sel-govrenin ceety wi special status an no unner oblast jurisdiction.

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Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

**Nakhon Si Thammarat** (aften in short **Nakhon**, ) is ane o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand, at the eastren shore o the Gulf o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae sooth clockwise) Songkhla, Phatthalung, Trang, Krabi an Surat Thani.

The name o the province derives frae its Pali-Sanskrit name *Nagara Sri Dhammaraja* (Ceety o the Sacred Dharma King), which in Thai pronunciation becomes Nakhon Si Thammarat.

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Krabi Province

**Krabi** ()  is ane o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand, locatit at the shore o the Andaman Sea.

Neighboring provinces are (frae north clockwise) Phang Nga, Surat Thani, 
Nakhon Si Thammarat an Trang. The Phuket Province tae the wast is an aa neighborin, but athoot ony land boundary. The caipital o the region is the ceety o Krabi.
Human richts in North Korea

**Human richts in [[North Korea]]** are hivily restrictit.  Thare is no richt tae free speech, an the anly radio, televeesion, an news providers that are deemed legal are those operatit bi the govrenment. It is estimatiy that atween 150,000 an 200,000 poleetical prisoners are detained in concentration camps, whaur thay perform forced labour an risk summary beatins, torture an execution.

The 'human richts record o   North Korea is extremely difficult tae fully assess due tae the secretive an closed naitur o the kintra. The North Korean govrenment maks it vera difficult for foreigners tae enter the kintra an strictly monitors thair activities when thay dae. Aid wirkers are subject tae considerable scrutiny an excludit frae places an regions the govrenment daes no wish them tae enter. Syne ceetizens canna freely leave the kintra, it is mainly frae stories o refugees an defectors that the naition's human richts record haes been constructit. The govrenment's poseetion, expressed throu the Korean Central News Agency, is that North Korea haes no human richts issue, acause its socialist seestem wis chosen bi the fowk an serves them faithfully.

While it is difficult tae piece thegither a clear picture o the situation athin the kintra, it is clear that the govrenment o North Korea controls virtually aw activities athin the naition. Citizens are nae alloued tae freely speak thair mnds an the govrenment detains those who criticize the regime.  The ae radio, televeesion, an news organisations that are deemed legal are those operatit bi the govrenment. The media, as wi Kim Il-sung, universally praise the admeenistration o Kim Jong-Il.

A nummer o human richts organisations an governments hae condemned North Korea's human richts record, includin Amnesty International an the Unitit Naitions, which passed a General Assembly resolution in 2008. In its 2006 kintra report on North Korea, the American govrenment-fundit Freedom House alleged that the kintra  "is a totalitarian dictatorship." Freedom House categorized North Korea as "Not Free". North Korea haes chairged that that those who mak allegations aboot human richts in the kintra are interferin in the kintra's internal affairs an tryin tae force doun thair values.

In 2004, the Unitit States govrenment adoptit the North Korean Human Richts Act of 2004, which criticised North Korea an ootlined steps the Unitit States shoud tak towards North Korea. Wi the exception o the internaitional abductions issue regardin Japanese, Americans, an Sooth Koreans, which it says haes been fully resolved, North Korea strangly rejects aw reports o human richts violations an accuses the defectors o lyin an promotin a pro-Wast agenda.

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Trang Province

**Trang** (an aa Muang Thap Thiang, ) is the ane o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand, at the wastren shore o the Malay Peninsula tae the Andaman Sea. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung an Satun.

Trang uised tae be a port involved in foreign trade.  It wis the first ceety whaur rubber wis plantit.  Phraya Ratsadanupradit Mahison Phakdi brocht rubber frae Malaysie and plantit it here afore onywhaur else in soothren Thailand in 1899.  Rubber is nou considered an important commodity o Thailand.  The important Trang River flows through the province frae its oreegin in the Khao Luang muntain range an the Palian River frae the Banthat muntain range. Trang province haes an aurie o approximately 5,000 square km.
Phatthalung Province

**Phatthalung** () is ane o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Satun an Trang.

## Geography
The province is locatit on the Malay Peninsula. Tae the east it borders the lairge shallow Songkhla lake, while the wast is covered bi muntains o the Nakhon Si Thammarat chain. The Khao Pu - Khao Ya Naitional Pairk is locatit in these muntains at the border tae Trang.

## History

Phatthalung wis umwhile kent as Mardelong (Jawi: مردلوڠ) in Malay, especially durin the time when the region came unner Muslim influence.

Durin the reign o King Ramathibodi I o the Ayutthaya Kinrick in the 14t century Phatthalung became ane o twal ryal ceeties. At the end o the 18t century King Rama I submittit the ceety tae the Meenistry o Defense, which wis responsible for aw the soothren provinces. Durin the administrative reform bi King Chulalongkorn Phatthalung became pairt o the Monthon Nakhon Si Thammarat.

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Satun Province

**Satun** () is ane o the soothren provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Trang, Phatthalung an Songkhla. Tae the sooth it borders Perlis o Malaysie.

## Etymology
The name Satun is a Thai version o its foremaist Malay name, *Setul* (santol, or wild mangosteen tree).
Narathiwat Province

**Narathiwat** () is ane o the southern provinces (*changwat*) o Thailand. Neighborin provinces are (frae wast clockwise) Yala an Pattani. Tae the sooth it borders the Malaysian state o Kelantan. The soothren railway line ends in this province that is ane o the naition’s five provinces that borders Malaysie . The name o this province means “the residence o guid fowk” . These are some pairts o Narathiwat, a fertile province in the Sooth. It is ane o the maist fascinatin an mixed places in Thailand acause o the different culturs an multiple natural resources. Narathiwat is locatit some 1,140 kilometers sooth o Bangkok an occupies an aurie o 4,475 square kilometers. Seiventie five percent o the aurie is jungles an muntains. It is a tropical climate, an there are ae 2 saisons which are simmer an rainy.

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