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THE
NORTH I CENTRAL
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EAST
COAST I THE
NORTHEAST I THE
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Ang
Thong
I
Bangkok
I
Chachoengsao
I
Chai
Nat
I
Kanchanaburi
I
Lop
Buri
I
Trat |
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Nakhon
Pathom
I
Nonthaburi
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Pathum
Thani
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Phetchaburi
I
Ayutthaya
I
Nayok |
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Prachin
Buri
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Prachuap
Khiri
Khan
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Ratchaburi
I
Sa
Kaeo
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Samut
Prakan
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Samun
Sakhon
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Samun
Songkhram
I
Saraburi
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Sing
Buri
I
Suphan
Buri
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Nakhon
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Chanthaburi
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Chon
Buri
I
Rayong
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 Nonthaburi is over 400 years old, dating back to when Ayutthaya was the capital.
The
town
was
originally
located
at
Tambon
Ban
Talat
Khwan,
a
famous
fruit
orchard
where
the
Chao
Phraya
River
and
various
canals
pass
through.
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King Prasat Thong ordered the digging of a canal as a shortcut from
the
south
of
Wat
Thai
Muang
to
Wat
Khema
because
the
old
waterway
flowed
into
Om
River
to
Bang
Yai
then
to
Bang
Kruai
Canal
next
to
Wat
Chalo
before
ending
in
front
of
Wat
Khema.
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After the new shortcut was completed, the Chao Phraya River changed
its
flow
into
the
new
route
that
remains
today.
In
1665,
King
Narai
the
Great
noticed
that
the
new
route
gave
enemies
too
much
proximity
to
the
capital.
Therefore,
he
ordered
that
a
fortress
be
built
at
the
mouth
of
Om
River
and
relocated
Nonthaburi
to
this
area.
A
city
shrine
still
stands
there.
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Later during the reign of King Rama IV of the Rattanakosin period,
he
ordered
the
town
moved
to
the
mouth
of
Bang
Su
Canal
in
Ban
Talat
Khwan.
King
Rama
V
then
had
the
provincial
hall
built
there
on
the
left
bank
of
the
Chao
Phraya
River.
In
1928,
the
hall
was
moved
to
Ratchawitthayalai,
Ban
Bang
Khwan,
Tambon
Bang
Tanao
Si.
It
is
now
the
Training
Division
of
the
Ministry
of
Interior
on
Pracha
Rat
1
Road,
Amphoe
Muang,
on
the
bank
of
the
Chao
Phraya
River.
The
building
is
of
European
architecture
decorated
with
patterned
woodwork.
The
Fine
Arts
Department
has
registered
it
as
an
historical
site.
The
provincial
hall
is
now
on
Rattanathibet
Road. |
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