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Muang Suphanburi has been properous since the |
| Dhavaravadi
Sri Suwanaphum and was formerly called |
| Phanthum
Buri. It was constructed
during the year |
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877-882 A.D. on the left bank of the Tha Chin River in
the vicinity of |
|
Tambon RuaYai
adjacent to Tambon Phihan Daeng. Later on
when |
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the Phanthum era was over , King
Katae ( half Thai half Mon ) was |
| crowned
and after ascending to the |
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|
throne he commanded the town to be |
|
moved to the right bank
of the Tha |
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Chin River, to construct Wat
Sanam |
|
Chai and to restore Wat Pa Lelai. He |
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then persuaded 2,000 officials to enter the
monkhood. The name of |
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the town was then changed to
be song Phan Buri ( city
of two |
|
thousands ) Later on , King U
Thong moved the location
to the |
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southern bank ( west of Tha Chin River ). The
city was given a new |
|
name as U Thong until the
reign of King Khun Luang Pha
Ngua |
|
when the name was changed to
Suphanburi. Suphanburi had been |
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an important border town. Involving
battles and wars. This caused |
 |
regular
damage through all
ages in |
| the
past unti l the
Ratanakosin era |
| during
the reign of King Rama VI.Then |
| the
Suphanburi
communities were |
| consolidated
and settle down on the |
|
|
east bank of the Tha River (Suphan River) as
it is now. Suphanburi |
|
is located some 169 kilometers
from Bangkok (approximately 100 |
|
kilometers through
the new Nonthaburi
- Suphanburi Highway |
|
occupying an
area of 5,358 square kilometers and is administratively |
| divided
into 10 Amphoes : Muang, Bangpla
Ma, Si Prachan, Uthong, |
| Song
Phi Nong, Sam Chuk, Don
Chedi, Dan Chang and Nong Yasai, |
| Doem
Bang Nangbuat. |
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Distance from Suphanburi city to its districts |
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Amphoe Bangpla Ma 10 kms. |
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Amphoe Dan Chang 79 kms. |
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Amphoe Doem Bang Nangbuat 52 kms. |
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Amphoe Don Chedi 33 kms. |
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Amphoe Nong Yasai 56 kms. |
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Amphoe Sam Chuk 39 kms. |
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Amphoe Si Prachan 21 kms. |
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Amphoe Song Phi Nong 69 kms. |
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Amphoe Uthong 32 kms |
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