Chonburi ( Thai : ชลบุรี , RTGS : Chon Buri , IAST : jalapurī , pronounced [tɕ͡ʰōn bū.rīː] ) is the capital of Chonburi Province and, as part of the district Mueang Chonburi , the seventh-largest city in Thailand . It is about 100 km southeast of Bangkok , on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand , and has an urban population of 342,959. Its name means 'city of water'.
12-554: Chonburi, along with the urban areas of Si Racha and Pattaya , forms a conurbation known as the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area, which has a total population of 999,092. Chonburi town has had town ( thesaban mueang ) status since 1935 and makes up only a small part of the current city-scape. Chonburi has a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen climate classification Aw ). Winters are fairly dry and very warm. Temperatures rise until April, which
24-851: A Japanese international school , is in Si Racha. It is an affiliate of the Thai-Japanese Association School in Bangkok . Si Racha formerly housed the Sriracha- Pattaya Japanese Supplement School, a Japanese weekend school . Bang Saen Beach Bang Saen Beach ( Thai : หาดบางแสน , RTGS : Hat Bang Saen , pronounced [hàːt bāːŋ sɛ̌ːn] ) is in Tambon (subdistrict) Saen Suk, Mueang Chonburi district , Chonburi province , eastern Thailand . It
36-526: A cliff and drowned together. Their names became the names of many places of Chonburi , such as Khao Sam Muk , a low hill near the beach. It has a shrine for Sam Muk at the foot of the hill. The sea at Bang Saen Beach is usually not clear. But from October to February of every year, the sea at Bang Saen Beach is as clear as the Maldives , a natural phenomenon. The Institute of Marine Science, Burapha University or popularly known as Bang Saen Aquarium in
48-400: A sawmill under his company Sriracha Capital Company Limited. In 1903, Surasak Montri requested that the district capital of Bang Phra district be moved to Si Racha, which it did but retained its original name before becoming Si Racha district in 1917. The municipality was created as a subdistrict municipality ( thesaban tambon ) in 1945. In 1995, the subdistrict municipality was upgraded to
60-644: A town municipality ( thesaban mueang ). On 3 September 2023, an oil pipeline that was in use filling an oil tanker off a jetty owned by Thai Oil ruptured, causing an oil spill. The spill polluted the Gulf of Thailand with 50-70 m³, producing a 5 km slick. The spill is currently under the authority of the Pollution Control Department and the Marine Department. Thai Oil was later given permission to use 6,000 litres of dispersant on
72-630: Is a subdistrict and town in Thailand on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand , about 120 km (75 mi) southeast of Bangkok in Si Racha district , Chonburi province . The town is the center of the Si Racha district , the ninth-largest urban city area in Thailand. Si Racha is in the industrial Eastern Seaboard zone, along with Pattaya , Laem Chabang , and Chonburi . It is also part of
84-400: Is about 108 km (67 mi) east of Bangkok . It is a popular beach due to its proximity to Bangkok and Pattaya . Bang Saen Beach is about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long, maintained by Thesaban Mueang (town municipality) Saen Suk. Its name, Bang Saen , comes from folklore about two young Chonburi lovers, Saen (แสน) and Sam Muk (สามมุก). The unrequited lovers threw themselves off
96-505: Is hot with the average daily maximum at 35.2 °C (95.4 °F). The monsoon season runs from May through October, with heavy rain and somewhat cooler temperatures during the day, although nights remain warm. The main road through Chonburi is Thailand Route 3, also known as Sukhumvit Road . To the northwest it connects to Bangkok and to south it connects to Rayong , Chanthaburi , and Trat . Route 344 leads east to Klaeng , also on Route 3. Route 7 runs parallel to Route 3 but bypasses
108-402: The Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area, a conurbation with a population of 999,092 people. Si Racha is known as the provenance of the popular hot sauce , Sriracha , which is named after the town. Si Racha used to be part of Bang Lamung district which it borders today to its south. In 1900 ( B.E 2443) Field Marshal Chao Phraya Surasak Montri came to the area of the modern town and built
120-420: The campus of Burapha University . The aquarium is home to a variety of creatures, ranging from clown fishes, butterfly fishes, cardinal fishes, seahorses, corals, nautiluses, horseshoe crabs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and starfishes. Highlights of this aquarium are a Bryde's whale skeleton from the Gulf of Thailand and a large tank housing giant groupers , blacktip reef sharks , and spotted eagle rays . It
132-649: The densely populated coastal area, connecting to the beach resort city of Pattaya . A number of beaches and Khao Sam Muk hill by the Bangkok Bay seashore are important tourist attractions in Chonburi city. Unithai Shipyard will serve as the main facility to repair United States Navy ships in the Thailand area. 13°21′40″N 100°59′6″E / 13.36111°N 100.98500°E / 13.36111; 100.98500 Si Racha Si Racha ( Thai : ศรีราชา , pronounced [sǐː rāːt͡ɕʰāː] )
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#1732801200020144-477: The slick. As of 7 September 2023, the coral off the coast of islands in the gulf have been unaffected by the spill. Unrelated to the oil spill, on 8 September the waters off Si Racha experienced a plankton bloom caused by recent monsoons that had occurred across the country, causing the beaches up to Bang Saen Beach to be covered by dead marine life, including ponyfishes , crabs , pufferfishes , and tilapias . The Thai-Japanese Association School Sriracha ,
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