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Pathum Thani province

Province of Thailand

Pathum Thani province
Summary

Province of Thailand

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namePathum Thani
native_nameปทุมธานี
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image1D85 3734 อนุสรณ์สถานแห่งชาติ The National Memorial of Thailand Photographed by Trisorn Triboon (30).jpg
image2Pathumthani the National Archives in Commemoration of H.M. the King’s Golden Jubilee 1.jpg
image3Thammasat University pond.jpg
image4ตลาดสดเทศบาลเมืองปทุมธานี ถนนปทุมสัมพันธ์.jpg
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image6Dhammakaya cetiya night.jpg
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image_captionFrom left to right, top to bottom: Thailand National Memorial; A Royal Ploughing Ceremony exhibition in Golden Jubilee Museum of Agriculture; Thammasat University's pond; Street in Pathum Thani town; Tornado frisbee in the Dream World; Wat Phra Dhammakaya
nicknamesPathum (ปทุม)
Mueang Pathum (เมืองปทุม)
mottoesถิ่นบัวหลวง เมืองรวงข้าว เชื้อชาวมอญ นครธรรมะ พระตำหนักรวมใจ สดใสเจ้าพระยา ก้าวหน้าอุตสาหกรรม
("Home of the royal lotus. Town of rice ears. Mon people. City of Dharma. Palace of unity. Bright Chao Phraya (River). Progressive industry.")
image_flagFlag of Pathum Thani.svg
image_sealSeal of Pathum Thani.svg
image_mapThailand Pathum Thani locator map.svg
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map_captionMap of Thailand highlighting Pathum Thani province
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameThailand
subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_name2Central Thailand
subdivision_type3Capital
subdivision_name3Pathum Thani
subdivision_type4Largest City
subdivision_name4Rangsit
leader_titleGovernor
leader_nameSomkid Chanthamaruk
(since 2024)
leader_title1PAO President
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area_total_km21,520
area_rank70th
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population_total1,236,471
population_as_of2024
population_rank17th
population_density_km2813
population_density_rank4th
demographics_type2GDP
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demographics2_title1Total
demographics2_info1baht 381 billion
(US$13 billion) (2019)
demographics_type1Human Achievement Index
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1HAI (2022)
demographics1_info10.6589 "somewhat high"
Ranked 15th
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Mueang Pathum (เมืองปทุม) ("Home of the royal lotus. Town of rice ears. Mon people. City of Dharma. Palace of unity. Bright Chao Phraya (River). Progressive industry.") (since 2024) (US$13 billion) (2019) Ranked 15th Pathum Thani (, ) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise): Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok, Chachoengsao, Bangkok, and Nonthaburi.

The province is north of Bangkok and is part of the Bangkok metropolitan area. In many places, the boundary between the two provinces is not noticeable as both sides of the boundary are equally urbanized. Pathum Thani town is the administrative seat, but Ban Rangsit, seat of Thanyaburi district, is the largest populated place in the province.

Pathum Thani is an old province, heavily populated by the Mon people, dotted with 186 temples and parks. The Dream World amusement park is here.

Geography

The province lies on the low alluvial flats of the Chao Phraya River that flows through the capital. Many canals (khlongs) cross the province and feed the rice paddies. There is no forest area in the province.

History

The city dates back to a settlement founded by Mon migrating from Mottama () in Myanmar around 1650. The original name was Sam Khok. In 1815, King Rama II visited the city and the citizens offered him many lotus flowers, which prompted the king to rename the city Pathum Thani, meaning 'lotus flower town'.

Symbols

The provincial seal shows a pink lotus flower with two rice stalks bending over it, representing the fertility of the province. The provincial tree is the Indian coral tree (Erythrina variegata). The provincial flower is the lotus (Nymphaea lotus). The provincial aquatic animal is the marble goby (Oxyeleotris marmorata).

Education and technology

Pathum Thani has a very high concentration of higher education institutions, especially ones in the field of science and technology. This, together with a large number of industrial parks and research facilities (including those in Thailand Science Park), make the region the educational and technology hub of the area.

; Academic institutes : National Science Museum, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok University (Rangsit Campus), Eastern Asia University, North Bangkok University (Rangsit), Pathumthani University, Rajamangala University of Technology, Rangsit University, Shinawatra University, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University (Rangsit Center), and Valaya Alongkorn Rajahbhat University

; Research bodies : 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), Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR)

; Industrial parks : Software Park Thailand (in Nonthaburi, southwest of Pathum Thani), Nava Nakorn Industrial Promotion Zone (1376 acres / 5.6 km2), Bangkadi Industrial Park (470 acres / 1.9 km2), Techno Thani (a "Technology City" administered by the Ministry of Science and Technology), and a number of industrial parks in neighboring Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi provinces.

Administrative divisions

Provincial government

Map of Pathum Thani province with districts
City municipalities (''thesaban nakhon'')}}

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The province is divided into seven districts (amphoes). The districts are further subdivided into 60 communes (tambons) and 529 villages (mubans).

Local government

As of 29 September 2020 there are: one Pathum Thani Provincial Administrative Organization - PAO (ongkan borihan suan changwat) and twenty-nine municipal (thesaban) areas in the province. Rangsit has city (thesaban nakhon) status. Further ten have town (thesaban mueang) status and eighteen subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon).

City municipality1Rangsit85,260
5Khu Khot44,27410Bang Kadi13,987
9Nong Sam Wang11,01618Nong Suea2,901

The non-municipal areas are administered by 35 Subdistrict Administrative

Organizations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon).

Bang Kadi18

Human achievement index 2022

Province Pathum Thani, with an HAI 2022 value of 0.6589 is "somewhat high", occupies place 15 in the ranking.

Since 2003, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at sub-national level using the Human achievement index (HAI), a composite index covering all the eight key areas of human development. National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has taken over this task since 2017.

62 - 77"low"
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References

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