Si Racha
Town municipality in Chonburi, Thailand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the town in Thailand. For the sauce, see Sriracha. For other uses, see Si Racha (disambiguation).
Si Racha[2] (Thai: ศรีราชา, pronounced [sǐː rāːt͡ɕʰāː]) is a subdistrict and town in Thailand on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 120 km southeast of Bangkok in Si Racha district, Chonburi province. The town is the center of the Si Racha district, the ninth-largest urban city area in Thailand. Si Racha is in the industrial Eastern Seaboard zone, along with Pattaya, Laem Chabang, and Chonburi. It is also part of the Pattaya-Chonburi Metropolitan Area, a conurbation with a population of 999,092 people.
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Si Racha
ศรีราชา | |
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Si Racha Town Municipality | |
Coordinates: 13.174°N 100.930°E / 13.174; 100.930 | |
Country | Thailand |
Province | Chonburi |
District | Si Racha district |
Government | |
• Type | Town municipality |
• Mayor | Chatchai Timkrachang |
Area | |
• Town municipality | 4.058 km2 (1.567 sq mi) |
• Urban | 616.4 km2 (238.0 sq mi) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Town municipality | 24,127 |
• Density | 5,900/km2 (15,000/sq mi) |
• Urban | 327,172 |
Registered residents only | |
Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
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Si Racha is known as the provenance of the popular hot sauce, Sriracha, which is named after the town.[3]