What is "chanthaburi"

Chanthaburi (, ) is a town ( thesaban mueang) in the east of Thailand, on the banks of the Chanthaburi River. It is the capital of the Chanthaburi Province and the Mueang Chanthaburi district.

The town covers the two tambons Talat and Wat Mai of Mueang Chanthaburi district. As of 2005, the town has a population of 27,602. The town figures in the legacy of King Taksin. In 1981 the Thai cabinet passed a resolution to bestow on him the honorary title of the Great; the Bank of Thailand issued the 12th Series of banknotes, called The Great Series. The monument of King Taksin the Great in the town's Tungnachaey recreational park appears on the back of the 20-Baht note issued December 28, 1981, the 214th anniversary of his coronation.

Chanthaburi can refer to

• the town Chanthaburi
• the Chanthaburi Province
• Amphoe Mueang Chanthaburi, the district around Chanthaburi town
• the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chanthaburi
• Chanthaburi River
• Monthon Chanthaburi, a former administrative subdivision of Thailand