Chaiya, Thailand
เทศบาลตำบลตลาดไชยา
Chaiya is a town of 12,223 people in Surat Thani, Thailand.
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About Chaiya
Talat Chaiya (Thai: ตลาดไชยา, lit. 'Chaiya Market') is the one of two sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambon) in Chaiya District, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It was founded as the center of Chaiya District in 1915 on the area of former Srivijaya city of Chaiya. It covers an area of 21 km2 and has a population of 5,549.
From the Wikipedia article Talat Chaiya (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Talat Chaiya was built on the east of the Southern Railway in 1915 in the area of sub-district (tambon) Thung. Before that, this area was called Ban Don Rongthong ('golden factory village') because the Chinese from Phumriang (the old city of Chaiya) had built a gold factory there. When the government built the southern railway line passing it and built a railway station, people from Phumriang came to develop the new town on the area near a railway station.
The new town grew fast. The district office, police station, court, and prison were built in the town. Finally, the area was made a separate sub-district, Talat Chaiya in 1938.
In 1956, 4.12 km2 of tambon Talat Chaiya was given the status of sanitation district (sukhaphiban), which was enlarged slightly in 1959. It was upgraded to municipal status (thesaban tambon) in 1999 when all sanitary districts became sub-district municipalities. In 2004 it was expanded to cover an area of 21 km2 by including the area formerly under the tambon administration organization Talat Chaiya. The town now covers most of tambon Talat Chaiya and part of tambon Lamet.
From the History section of Talat Chaiya on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Surat Thani Airport (URT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 29 km away.
- Surat Thani 31 km southeast, about 31 min by car
- Tha Kham 31 km south, about 31 min by car
- Tha Khanon 48 km southwest, about 48 min by car
- Don Sak 55 km east, about 55 min by car
- Lang Suan 64 km north, about 1 h by car
- Ban Nam Yuen 66 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Ban Na San 68 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Ko Samui 83 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Wiang Sa 85 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Ranong 89 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Photo credits
- Chaiya Railway Station, Tealsp, CC0
- Wat Long Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 4, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Long Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 1, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Long Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 6, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Long Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 5, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Long Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 2, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Long Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 3, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boromathat Chaiya (Thailand), KOSIN SUKHUM, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Phra That Of Chaiya, Kittipong khunnen, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wat Kaeo Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 7, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Kaeo Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 5, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Kaeo Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 4, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Kaeo Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 6, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Kaeo Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 1, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Kaeo Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 2, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Kaeo Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 8, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Kaeo Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 3, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 7, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 4, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 1, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 3, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 2, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 5, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 6, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 8, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 27, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 9, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- View outside Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya Ratcha Worawihan, samfotograf, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 24, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 25, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 23, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 22, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 26, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Wiang, Chaiya District, Surat Thani, Thailand - panoramio (2), ::::=UT=::::, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Wat Phra Boro That Chaiya Ahoerstemeier 21, Ahoerstemeier, CC BY 4.0
- Phra Borom That Chaiya, Xiengyod, CC BY-SA 3.0
- พระบรมธาตุไชยา, Tomavolo, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 0005138Mirage, Mirage Strike, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS044-E-102639 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS044-E-102638 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- Street-level photo, jrcarlsen, CC BY-SA 4.0
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