Pathum Thani Province

Pathum Thani ( Thai: ปทุมธานี, pā.t ʰ t ʰ ā ː ūm nī ː ) is a province ( Changwat ) in central Thailand. It lies north of the capital Bangkok, whose metropolitan region it belongs to. Provincial capital is the same Pathum Thani, by far the largest city but Rangsit.

  • 4.1 Academic institutions
  • 4.2 Research Facilities

Geography

The Pathum Thani province is located in the central plain of the Chao Phraya River. The entire province is crossed by a network of artificial canals ( Khlongs ) that irrigate both the numerous rice fields, but also serve as a transport route.

The province is located directly north of Bangkok and is part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. The Pathum Thani province is an example of the city and development geographical concept Desakota. This describes regions that urban neither pure, nor are characterized purely agricultural, but in which both use forms occur side by side and are intensively mixed together. It takes the originally predominant agricultural use decreases rapidly, while the industrialization progresses rapidly. Particularly strong urban sprawl and industrialization on both sides of Thanon Phahonyothin, the main northern arterial road in Bangkok ( "northern corridor" ) has progressed. Amongst other things companies in the high-tech industry have settled. In the resulting jobs have masses of domestic migrant workers from less developed regions of Thailand attracted, especially young women.

History

In 1650 settled here Mon, who came from Martaban in Burma today. Originally it was known as Sam Khok. 1815 King Rama II visited the place and the people here brought him many lotus flowers as a gift. This prompted the king to change the name of the city in Pathum Thani, ie "City of the Lotus ".

In the 1890s laid the Siam Land, Canals, and Irrigation Company, funded by the then King Rama V ( Chulalongkorn ) in the Rangsit area, the eastern part of the province ( present-day Amphoe Khlong Luang, Thanyaburi, Nong Suea, Lam Luk Ka ), which at that time the most modern irrigation system of the country whose main vein is the Rangsit canal. This was the room to one of the most productive rice-growing areas, the Bangkok elite invested in land and farmers and workers flocked from other parts of the country come here to work the fields.

In the 1970s and 80s, the territory of the province was under the progressive industrialization of Thailand and the explosive growth of Bangkok into a major industrial center. End of the 1980s, then gave way to educational institutions due to lack of space from Bangkok here. Thus, the Thammasat University first moved only the engineering and science faculties, but now her whole teaching ( with the exception of some graduate courses ) on their Rangsit campus. In addition a number of private universities. With the Thailand Science Park and a number of state research centers, the government developed the province then a nationwide center of science and technology.

Economy

Industrial parks

  • Navanakorn ( Nawa Nakhon ) Industrial Promotion Zone ( 5.6 km ²)
  • Bang Kadi Industrial Park ( 1.9 km ²)
  • Techno Thani, a " City Technology " of the Ministry of Science and Technology

Consumption and leisure

In Rangsit ( Amphoe Thanyaburi ), right on the Thanon Phahonyothin, is the Future Park, the largest shopping mall in Thailand. In the same district there is the theme park Dreamworld.

Scientific institutions

In Pathumthani many academic training and research institutions are located particularly in the field of technical sciences and modern technology. The province is striving to be the education and technology center of the area.

Academic institutions

Research facilities

  • 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 )
  • Thai Microelectronics Center ( TMEC )
  • Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research ( TISTR )

Religion

In Amphoe Khlong Luang, the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, the largest temple in Thailand and the center of the now internationally popular Dhammakaya Foundation is located.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the province shows a pink lotus blossom, which is framed by two rice ears. Both symbols represent the fertility of the area.

The tree of the province is the Coral Tree ( Erythrina variegata ), the local flower is the Tiger Lotus ( Nymphaea lotus ).

The motto of the province of Pathum Thani is:

Management

The province is divided into seven districts ( Amphoe ), 60 communes ( tambon) and 529 villages ( Muban ).

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