Chai Nat ชัยนาท | |
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 Wat Pak Khlong Makham Thao | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto(s): หลวงปู่ศุขลือชา เขื่อนเจ้าพระยาลือชื่อ นามระบือสวนนก ส้มโอดกขาวแตงกวา ("Revered Luang Pu Suk. Renowned Chao Phraya Dam. Famous Bird Park. Rich in pomelos and white cucumbers.") | |
 Map of Thailand highlighting Chai Nat province | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Capital | Chai Nat |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Natee Montriwat |
| • PAO President | Jitthana Yingthaweelapa |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,506 km2 (968 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 65th |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Total |  313,759 |
| • Rank | 69th |
| • Density | 131/km2 (340/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 33rd |
| Human Achievement Index | |
| • HAI (2022) | 0.6124 "low" Ranked 73rd |
| GDP | |
| • Total | baht 32 billion (US$1.1 billion) (2019) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 17xxx |
| Calling code | 056 |
| ISO 3166 code | TH-18 |
| Website | chainat |
Chai Nat (Thai:ชัยนาท,pronounced[tɕʰājnâːt]) is one of the centralprovinces (changwat) ofThailand.[5] Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise)Nakhon Sawan,Sing Buri,Suphan Buri, andUthai Thani. The town of Chai Nat is 188 km north of Bangkok.[6]
Chai Nat is on the flat river plain of central Thailand'sChao Phraya River valley. In the south of the province, theChao Phraya Dam (formerly Chai Nat Dam) impounds the Chao Phraya River, both for flood control as well as to divert water into the country's largest irrigation system for the irrigation of rice paddies in the lower river valley. Thedam, part of the Greater Chao Phraya Project, was finished in 1957 and was the first dam constructed in Thailand. The total forest area is 64 km2 (25 sq mi) or 2.6 percent of the provincial area.[7]
Chai Nat was first established during the Ayutthaya period and was used as a successful base of operations for confronting the Burmese army. As the Burmese were defeated every time, the area earned the name Chai Nat, meaning 'place of victory'.[5]
AfterWorld War II, when the Japanese had left, economic conditions were bad and food was in short supply. Chai Nat suffered this problem especially badly when bandits gathered in the countryside stealing cattle and inciting violence and crime.[8]
Theprovincial seal shows adhammachakka with a mountain in the background. It refers to the Dhammachak Buddha image housed in the hall of Wat Dhammamoen, built on the slope of a mountain.[9]
Theprovincial tree is thebael fruit tree (Aegle marmelos), and the provincial flower is theRainbow Shower tree (Cassia javanica).Bleeker's sheatfish (Phalacronotus bleekeri) is the provincial fish.
The slogan of the province is "Venerable Luang Pu Suk, renowned Chao Phraya Dam, famous bird park and tasty khao taengkwa pomelo."
Chai Nat is divided into eight districts (amphoes). The districts are further subdivided into 53 sub-districts (tambons) and 503 villages (mubans).
As of 26 November 2019 there are:[10] one Chai Nat Provincial Administrative Organization - PAO (ongkan borihan suan changwat) and 39 municipal (thesaban) areas in the province. Chai Nat has town (thesaban mueang) status. Further 38 subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon).The non-municipal areas are administered by 20 Subdistrict Administrative Organizations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon).
Apart from Chao Phraya Dam, Chai Nat also has various important places such as
| Health | Education | Employment | Income |
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| 68 | 24 | 72 | 67 |
| Housing | Family | Transport | Participation |
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| 46 | 63 | 60 | 19 |
| Province Chai Nat, with an HAI 2022 value of 0.6124 is "low", occupies place 73 in the ranking. | |||
Since 2003, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at sub-national level using theHuman 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.[3]
| Rank | Classification |
| 1–13 | "High" |
| 14–29 | "Somewhat high" |
| 30–45 | "Average" |
| 46–61 | "Somewhat low" |
| 62–77 | "Low" |
| Map with provinces and HAI 2022 rankings |
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)9 Chai Nat: 1 PAO, 1 Town mun., 38 Subdistrict mun., 20 SAO.
Chai Nat travel guide from WikivoyagePlaces adjacent to Chai Nat province | |
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