Eastern Thailand

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Eastern Region
Region
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Eastern Region in Thailand
Largest city Chaophraya Surasak City
Provinces
7 Provinces
Area
[1]
 • Total34,481 km2 (13,313 sq mi)
Population
 (2019) [2]
 • Total4,841,806
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
GDP
[3]
 • TotalUS$98.2 billion (2019)
Time zone UTC+7 (Thailand)

Eastern Thailand is a region of Thailand bordering Cambodia on the east, Northeastern Thailand in the north, and central Thailand on the west.

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Geography

Eastern Thailand lies between the Sankamphaeng Range, which forms a natural border with the Khorat Plateau to the north and the Gulf of Thailand to the south. The geography of the region is characterised by short mountain ranges (collectively grouped under the Chanthaburi Range) alternating with small basins of short rivers which drain into the Gulf of Thailand. Between the Chanthaburi and Sankamphaeng mountains lies the basin of the Bang Pakong River system.

Fruit is a major component of agriculture in the area, and tourism plays a strong part in the economy. The region's coastal location has helped promote eastern seaboard industrial development, a major factor in the economy of the region. [4]

Islands off Eastern Thailand's coast include Ko Sichang, Ko Lan, Ko Samet, and Ko Chang.

National parks

Within the eastern region there are some eight national parks. Pang Sida National Park covering 844 km2 in Sa Kaeo province, it constitutes a part of the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex UNESCO World Heritage Site, covering in total around 6,100 km2. The total forest parent area is 8,205 km2 (3,168 sq mi) or 22.4 percent of this eastern region area (incl. Nakhon Nayok province). [1] Mu Ko Chang National Park in Trat province includes 85 per cent of Thailands second largest island Ko Chang. The beaches on the western coast of Ko Chang have been excluded from the national park for reason of facilitating the tourism industry. Mu Ko Samet National Park in Rayong province is just 6 km long by 3 km wide with beaches covered with some of the finest white sand in the country.

Administrative divisions

According to the six geographical regions established by the National Research Council of Thailand, the eastern region includes seven provinces.

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The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD), the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) [5] and Royal Forest Department (RFD) also include province Nakhon Nayok in the Eastern region.

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Flag Seal  Province Capital DOPA Popul. Area
(km2) 		Dens. ISO
Flag of Chonburi.jpg Seal Chonburi.png 1 Chonburi Chonburi 91,558,3014,508346TH-20
Rayong Flag.png Seal Rayong.png 2 Rayong Rayong 50734,7533,666201TH-21
Chanthaburi Flag.png Seal Chanthaburi.png 3 Chanthaburi Chanthaburi 7537,6986,41584TH-22
Trat Flag.png Seal Trat.png 4 Trat Trat 16229,9582,86678TH-23
Chachoengsao Flag.png Seal Chachoengsao.png 5 Chachoengsao Chachoengsao 8720,1135,169139TH-24
Flag of Prachin Buri Province.jpg Seal Prachinburi.png 6 Prachin Buri Prachin Buri 31494,6805,02699TH-25
Sa Kaeo Flag.png Seal of Sa Kaeo.png 7 Sa Kaeo Sa Kaeo 63566,3036,83183TH-27

Note: Population is based on "Statistics, population and house statistics for the year 2019" from Registration Office Department of the Interior. Reference date is 31 December 2019. [2]
Area is based on "Thailand boundary from Department of Provincial Administration. [1]

Economy

For fiscal year 2018, Eastern Thailand Region had a combined economic output of 3,026 trillion baht (US$97.6 billion), or 18.5 percent of Thailand's GDP. Rayong province had an economic output of 1.045 trillion baht (US$33.7 billion). This amounted to a per-capita Gross Provincial Product (GPP) value of 1,067,449 baht (US$34,434), almost double the GPP per-capita of the three following provinces in the ranking. [6]

Gross Provincial Product (GPP)
RankProvinceGPP
(million baht)		Population
(x 1000)		GPP per capita (baht)
1Rayong1,045.79801,067,449
2Chonburi1,030.91,819566,801
3Prachin Buri319.0621513,789
4Chachoengsao386.6823469,539
5Chanthaburi120.2553217,393
6Trat43.1267161,322
7Nakhon Nayok30.2259116,717
8Sa Kaeo50.863080,716
 Eastern region3,026,4955,951508,568

Languages

The main language of Eastern Thailand is Central Thai language but also regionalism. Krungthep dialect (dominant variant) is spoken among Thai Chinese communities, that is EEC area (such as in Chonburi, Siracha, Pattaya, Padriew, Bangpakong etc.), dialect from Prachinburi Province pretty similar with Ayutthaya dialect (traditional working class dialect in Bangkok), while the Rayong dialect and Chantaburi dialect are pretty similar with Suphanburi dialect (another dialect in Central Thailand).

Isan language are minority status in Eastern Thailand, most are spoken in the eastern part of Prachinburi and upper part of Sa Kaeo Provinces, this is the same variant as the Khonkaen dialect (Standard Lao language). Khmer language in Eastern Thailand is mostly spoken among older generation in Chantaburi and today become endangered language.

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