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36-649: Buriram is at the south end of the Khorat Plateau , with several extinct volcanoes around the province. The southern limit of the province is a mountainous area at the limit between the Sankamphaeng Range and the Dângrêk Mountains . The total forest area is 887 km (342 sq mi) or 8.8 percent of provincial area. There is one national park, along with three other national parks, make up region 1 (Prachinburi) of Thailand's protected areas. There

72-456: A baray (pond). Archaeologist Charles Higham stated, "...we remain largely unaware of the relationships between sites and the presence or otherwise of states on the Khorat plateau" during the 7th to 11th centuries. Muang Sema and Muang Fa Daet are notable though for their religious structures, including sema stones at Muang Fa Daet. There is a paucity of information from the centuries known as

108-550: A Khmer-style Hindu shrine dedicated to Shiva . It was in use from the 9th through the 12th centuries, when the Khmer Empire 's control of the region was ended by the Thais of Ayutthaya Kingdom . The ruins are now preserved in a historical park. The provincial flower is the yellow cotton tree ( Cochlospermum regium ). The provincial tree is the pink shower ( Cassia grandis ). The Asian glass shrimp ( Macrobrachium lanchesteri )

144-576: A bright red color, wound up on uplands in a great semicircle around the southern rim. These soils overlie associated gravel horizons cleared of sand by field termites , in a prolonged and still on-going process of bioturbation . Xanthic ferralsols of the Khorat and Ubon Series, characterized by a pale yellow to brown color, developed in midlands in processes still under investigation, as are those forming lowland soils resembling European brown soils . Many prehistoric Thailand sites are found on

180-623: A population of at least 5,000 with a minimum density of 1,500 per km , plus the approval of the population within that area. Many of today's thesaban municipalities were originally sukhaphiban tambon , sanitation districts, the number of which had grown to 35 in 1935, when these were converted into municipalities. New sanitary districts were again established starting in 1952. With the Act to Upgrade Sanitary Districts to Thesaban of May 1999 all were converted in May 1999, though many of them did not actually meet

216-582: A series of droughts likely led to the collapse of the Khmer Empire, was only occupied by small groups of Austroasiatic peoples and scattered outposts of Lao mueang in the far north. In 1718, the first Lao muang in the Chi valley—and in fact anywhere in the interior of the Khorat Plateau—was founded at Suwannaphum District , in present-day Roi Et Province , by an official in the service of King Nokasad of

252-409: Is a plateau in the northeastern Thai region of Isan . The plateau forms a natural region , named after the short form of Nakhon Ratchasima , a historical barrier controlling access to and from the area. The average elevation is 200 metres (660 ft) and it covers an area of about 155,000 square kilometres (60,000 sq mi). The saucer-shaped plateau is divided by a range of hills called

288-586: Is in the Phanom Rung Historical Park . According to an inscription found there, its local ruler recognised the authority of the Khmer king. However, the area was remote and sparsely populated, and little is recorded about it until the Rattanakosin Kingdom . In the early-19th century, Muang Pae, the largest town, acknowledged Thai sovereignty and was renamed Buriram. Following administrative reforms in

324-624: Is one wildlife sanctuary, along with two other wildlife sanctuaries, make up region 7 (Nakhon Ratchasima) of Thailand's protected areas. The study of archaeologists has found evidence of human habitation since prehistoric times in Dvaravati period in Buriram including cultural evidence from the ancient Khmer Empire , which has both a brick castle and more than 60 stone castles, and have found important archaeological sites, including kilns, pottery and pottery, earthenware called Khmer wares, which determines

360-453: Is the Bang Fai traditional rocket dance, Khao Phansa, at the beginning of Buddhist Lent and Loi Krathong . Buriram is one of the northeastern provinces with a sizable Northern Khmer population. The Isan language is spoken by most, but according to the most recent census 27.6% of the population also speak Northern Khmer in everyday life. The provincial seal depicts Phanom Rung temple,

396-498: Is the provincial aquatic animal. The province's motto is "the city of sandstone sanctuaries, land of volcanoes, beautiful silk, rich culture and the best city of sport". The province is divided into 23 districts ( amphoes ). The districts are further divided into 189 subdistricts ( tambons ) and 2,212 villages ( mubans ). As of 26 November 2019 there are: one Buriram Provincial Administration Organisation ( ongkan borihan suan changwat ) and 62 municipal ( thesaban ) areas in

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432-476: 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. 14°59′39″N 103°6′8″E  /  14.99417°N 103.10222°E  / 14.99417; 103.10222 Khorat Plateau The Khorat Plateau ( Thai : ที่ราบสูงโคราช ; Northeastern Thai : ที่ฮาบสูงโคราช )

468-1411: The Kingdom of Champasak . 15°40′N 103°10′E  /  15.667°N 103.167°E  / 15.667; 103.167 Thesaban mueang Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) Dipangkorn Rasmijoti Paetongtarn Shinawatra ( PTP ) Phumtham Wechayachai ( PTP ) Suriya Juangroongruangkit ( PTP ) Anutin Charnvirakul ( BTP ) Pirapan Salirathavibhaga ( UTN ) Pichai Chunhavajira ( PTP ) Prasert Jantararuangtong ( PTP ) Wan Muhamad Noor Matha ( PCC ) Mongkol Surasajja [REDACTED] Wan Muhamad Noor Matha ( PCC ) Pichet Chuamuangphan ( PTP ) Paradorn Prissanananthakul ( BTP ) Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut ( PP ) [REDACTED] Mongkol Surasajja Kriangkrai Srirak Bunsong Noisophon President: Chanakarn Theeravechpolkul President: Prasitsak Meelarp President: Nakarin Mektrairat Diplomatic missions of / in Thailand Passport Visa requirements Visa policy Borders : Cambodia Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Maritime : India Indonesia Vietnam) Foreign aid Thesaban ( Thai : เทศบาล , RTGS :  thetsaban , pronounced [tʰêːt.sā.bāːn] ) are

504-725: The Phetchabun Mountains in the west down toward the Mekong River . The plateau is drained by the Mun and Chi Rivers , tributaries to the Mekong that forms the northeastern boundary of the area. It is separated from central Thailand by the Phetchabun Mountains and the Dong Phaya Yen Mountains in the west, the Sankamphaeng Range in the southwest and by the Dângrêk Mountains in the south, all of which historically made access to

540-530: The Phu Phan Mountains into two basins: the northern Sakhon Nakhon Basin, and the southern Khorat Basin. The plateau tilts from its northwestern corner where it is about 213 metres (699 ft) above sea level to the southeast where the elevation is only about 62 metres (203 ft). Except for a few hills in the northeastern corner, the region is primarily gently undulating land, most of it varying in elevation from 90–180 metres (300–590 ft), tilting from

576-517: The Post-Angkor Period , but the plateau seems to have been largely depopulated following this period and a long series of droughts during 13th—15th centuries. The Lao settlements were found only along the banks of the Mekong River and in the wetter northern areas such as Nong Bua Lamphu , Loei , Nong Khai , with most of the population inhabiting the wetter left banks. This began to change when

612-633: The Sukhaphiban ( สุขาภิบาล ) sanitary districts first created in Bangkok by a royal decree of King Chulalongkorn in 1897. The thesaban system was established in the Thesaban Organization Act of 1934 ( Thai : พระราชบัญญัติจัดระเบียบเทศบาล พุทธศักราช ๒๔๗๖ ), and has been updated several times since, starting with the Thesaban Act of 1939 ( Thai : พระราชบัญญัติเทศบาล พุทธศักราช ๒๔๘๑ ), which

648-653: The age around the 15th-18th. After the period of ancient Khmer or Khmer culture, the historical evidence of Buriram began to appear again at the end of the Ayutthaya period , which appears to be an old city and later appeared in the Thonburi period to the Rattanakosin period that Buriram was a city. About a thousand years ago, the area that makes up today's Buriram Province was under the Khmer Empire and many ruins remain from that time. The largest, standing on an extinct volcano ,

684-670: The area less optimal for rice . The portion known as Tung Kula Rong Hai was once exceptionally arid . The plateau uplifted from an extensive plain composed of remnants of the Cimmerian microcontinent , and terranes such as the Shan–Thai Terrane , either late in the Pleistocene or early in the Holocene Epoch , approximately Year 1 of the Holocene calendar . Much of the surface of

720-540: The city. BSS was established many years ago. There are two lines: Line 1 (Buriram Municipality Market- Khao Kradong Forest Park Line), and Line 2 (Ban Bua Line). Both lines are colored pink. Buriram's main hospital is Buriram Hospital operated by the Ministry of Public Health . Buriram promotes itself as a city of sport. Buriram United is the most successful football team in Thailand after sweeping all before them by winning

756-688: The early-19th century. None Nok Tha in the Phu Wiang District of Khon Kaen yielded evidence of an Iron Age settlement dating from about 1420 to 50 BCE. The region was once under the suzerainty of the Dvaravati Kingdom, and later under the Khmer Empire . It is dotted with the ruins of Khmer rest houses positioned about 25 kilometres (16 mi) apart, a comfortable day's walk , along the Khmer highways . These were not just places of repose, but also were hospices and libraries , and typically included

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792-501: The golden age of Lao prosperity and cultural achievements under King Surignavôngsa ( สุริยวงศา Suriyawongsa , ສຸຣິຍະວົງສາ /sú lī ɲā ʋóŋ sǎː/ ) (1637-1694) ended with a successional dispute, with his grandsons, with Siamese intervention, carving out their separate kingdoms in 1707. From its ashes arose the kingdoms of Louang Phrabang , Vientiane and later in 1713, the Champasak . The arid hinterlands, deforested and depopulated after

828-478: The late-19th century, Buriram was formally incorporated into Thailand as a province with its own governor. Aside from important religious days, Songkran Day and New Year's Day, Buriram also has other local festivals such as the festival of the 5th lunar month when the locals make merit, bathe Buddha images and the aged, play traditional sports such as Saba and tug of war. In some areas like Phutthaisong District, there

864-532: The league, the FA Cup, the League Cup, and AFC Champions League quarter-finalist. Buriram United play home games at Chang Arena , the largest club-owned football stadium in Thailand. A FIA Grade 1 and FIM Grade A racing circuit, Chang International Circuit , is near Chang Arena. Since 2003, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at sub-national level using

900-403: The lowest level municipal unit, is usually translated as "sub-district municipality". Despite the name, it may not necessarily cover the same area as a sub-district ( tambon ); i.e., it may not cover a tambon completely, or conversely, it may extend over parts of more than one tambon . For an area to qualify as a thesaban tambon , it must have a gross income of at least 5 million baht and

936-436: The municipalities of Thailand . There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the thesaban system. The municipalities assume some of the responsibilities which are assigned to the districts ( amphoe ) or subdistricts ( tambon ) for non-municipal (rural) areas. Historically, this devolution of central government powers grew out of

972-502: The national passenger rail system, provides service to Buriram at the Buriram Railway Station . SRT provides many services such as limited express trains to Bangkok and Ubon Ratchathani , commuter trains to Nakhon Ratchasima and beyond. The Transport Co., Ltd. operates a bus depot at Buriram Bus Station, and Nakhonchai Air has its bus station adjacent. The Buriram Songthaew System (BSS) provides public transportation for

1008-544: The plateau difficult. These mountains together with the Truong Son Range in the northeast catch a lot of the rainfall, so the southwest monsoon has much lower intensity than in other regions—the mean annual rainfall in Nakhon Ratchasima is about 1,150 millimetres (45 in), compared with 1,500 millimetres (59 in) in central Thailand. The difference between the dry and wet seasons is much greater, which makes

1044-444: The plateau was once classified as laterite , and layers that can easily be cut into brick-shaped blocks are still so called, but the classification of soils as various types of oxisols is more useful for agriculture . Oxisols of the type called rhodic ferralsols, or Yasothon soils, formed under humid tropical conditions in the early Tertiary . When portions of the plain uplifted as a plateau, these relict soils, characterized by

1080-599: The plateau, with some bronze relics of the Dong Son culture having been discovered. The World Heritage Ban Chiang archaeological site, discovered in 1966, yielded evidence of bronze making beginning c. 2000 BCE, but lacking evidence of weaponry so often associated with the Bronze Age in Europe and the rest of the world. The site appears to have once been part of a broader culture, until abandoned c. 200 CE, not to be resettled until

1116-476: The province. Buriram, Chum Het and Nang Rong have town ( thesaban mueang ) status. Further 59 subdistrict municipalities ( thesaban tambon ). The non-municipal areas are administered by 146 Subdistrict Administrative Organisations - SAO ( ongkan borihan suan tambon ). Buriram Airport is the only airport in Buriram province. Two airlines, Nok Air and Thai AirAsia , serve Buriram from Don Mueang International Airport (DMK). State Railway of Thailand (SRT),

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1152-432: The south. Thesaban mueang ( Thai : เทศบาลเมือง , RTGS :  thetsaban mueang , pronounced [tʰêːt.sā.bāːn mɯ̄a̯ŋ] ) is translated as "town municipality". For a municipality to qualify as a town, it either needs to be a provincial capital, or have a population of at least 10,000 and sufficient income to cover the tasks of a town. When first organized in 1934, minimum qualification for town status

1188-487: The tasks of a city. When first organized in 1934, the minimum qualifications for city status were a population of 30,000 with a density of 1,000 per km . In 1939 the required population density was increased to 2,000 per km , along with the addition of a financial requirement. In 1953 the population density requirement was again raised, to 3,000 per km , before being removed entirely in 2000. For 22 years, from 1972 to 1994, as well as between March and November 1936, there

1224-497: Was a population of 3,000 with a density of 1,000 per km . In 1939 requirements were increased to a population of 5,000 with a density of 2,000 per km , plus a financial criterion. In 1953, the minimum population requirements was raised to the present value; the population density was also raised, to 3,000 per km , before being removed entirely in 2000. Thesaban tambon ( Thai : เทศบาลตำบล , RTGS :  thetsaban tambon , pronounced [tʰêːt.sā.bāːn tām.bōn] ),

1260-403: Was only one city municipality in Thailand, which is Chiang Mai , as in 1972 Bangkok had been changed from city municipality, to special governed district. Until 1972 there were three city municipalities: Chiang Mai , Phra Nakhon (now Bangkok), and Thonburi (now part of Bangkok). In 1994, Nakhon Si Thammarat town municipality became the second city municipality of Thailand, and the first in

1296-422: Was replaced by the Thesaban Act of 1953. The 1953 act was most recently amended by the Thesaban Act (No. 12) of 2003. Thesaban nakhon ( Thai : เทศบาลนคร , RTGS :  thetsaban nakhon , pronounced [tʰêːt.sā.bāːn ná(ʔ).kʰɔ̄ːn] ) is translated as "city municipality". To qualify for city status a municipality needs to have a population of at least 50,000 and sufficient income to carry out

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