Surin Province
Surin ( Thai: สุรินทร์ ) is a province ( Changwat ) in the northeast region of Thailand, Isan. The provincial capital is also called Surin Surin.
- 2.2 Data
- 2.3 Land Use
Geography
The Surin province is located in the southern part of the North East of Thailand. In the north of the province of Maenam Mun has carved a valley and flows into the Mekong. The south is occupied almost exclusively by the Dangrek mountains that form a natural border with Cambodia. The area of the province is 8,124 km ² (~ 5,077,535 Rai ).
Climate
The climate is tropical and monsunal. During the hot season from March to June, the country is practically dried up, during the subsequent rainy season often leads to devastating floods. This vicious cycle is encountered with the creation of artificial water reservoirs that release water in the heat period, they can accumulate during the rainy season.
The maximum temperature in 2009 was 36.0 ° C, the lowest temperature was measured at 14.0 ° C. At 120 days of rain fell in the same year 1534.8 mm of precipitation.
Economic importance and
In the wake of the Asian crisis in 1997, the economy of the province of Surin was affected. However, the various sectors of the economy were not equally affected. The effects were completely remarkable, however, only in 1999, the "Gross Provincial Product" ( GDP ) fell into this years back almost to the level of 1995. Then the GPP slowly recovers. See also adjacent graph.
In 2009, the Gross Provincial Product of the province was 55.030 million baht that GPP per capita was 38,260 baht. The minimum wage of the province is located at 162 Baht per day ( about 4 € ).
The Gross Provincial Product before, during and after the Asian crisis in 1997.
Data from the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board:
Data
All figures in %
Land use
For the province, the following land use is documented:
- Forest area: 582 005 rai ( 363.8 km ²), 11.5 % of the total
- The utilized agricultural area: 3,949,353 Rai ( 2468.3 km ²), 77.8 % of the total
- Not classified area: 546 178 rai ( 341.4 km ²), 10.8 % of the total
Surin living from agriculture. The province has a total of 1,191 wetlands covering an area of 152 km ², which are more or less intensively used for agriculture.
History
Surin was an important part of the Khmer Empire of Angkor during the 11th and 12th century. From this period also numerous examples of temple ruins found. 1763 a settlement was moved to the site of the present provincial capital and rebuilt as a city. This town was first called Mueang Prathai Saman.
The contemporary leader of the old settlement, Luang Surin Phakdi, the first governor of the newly established province was. In 1786 it received its present name in recognition of the first governor.
See also: History of Thailand and corresponding entry in Surin
Population
About 45 % of the population are Khmer descendants and continue to speak their language.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of the province of Surin is a Buddhist temple ( wat ) in the Khmer style, and an elephant head. Both are plentiful to be found in the province.
The local plant is the congregation Tembusu ( Fagraea fragrans ).
The motto of the province of Surin is:
Administrative units
The Surin province is divided into 17 districts ( Amphoe ). The circles are further subdivided into 158 subdistricts (tambon ) and 2011 villages ( Muban ).
In the province there is a city ( เทศบาล เมือง - thesaban Mueang ) Surin ( เทศบาล เมือง สุรินทร์ ), and there are 13 small towns ( เทศบาล ตำบล - thesaban tambon).