Suphan Buri Province

Suphan Buri (Thai: สุพรรณบุรี) is ane o the central provinces (changwat) o Thailand. Neighboringprovinces are (frae north clockwise) Uthai Thani, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Nakhon Pathom an Kanchanaburi.

Etymology

The wird Suphan oreeginates frae the Sanskrit wird Suvarna (Devanagari: सुवर्ण), meanin gold, an the wird buri frae Sanskrit Purī (Devanagari: पुरी), meanin toun or ceety. Hence the name o the province literally means Ceety o Gold.

Geography

The terrain o the province is maistly law river plains, wi sma muntain ranges in the north an the wast o the province. The sootheastren pairt wi the vera law plain o the Tha Cheen river is paddy rice farmin aurie.

History

Suphan Buri might be the site o the legendary Suvarnabhumi, which is mentioned in vera auld Buddhist writins.^[1] Housomeivver the first confirmed historical dounset wis in the Dvaravati period, when the ceety wis kent as Mueang Thawarawadi Si Suphannaphumi. Its foondin did tak place 877-882. Later it wis cawed U Thong, an wis the hame ceety o Prince U Thong, the foonder o the Ayutthaya Kingdom. Keeng Khun Luang Pha Ngua finally gae it the current name. Suphan Buri wis an important mairch ceety, an an' a' the location o several battles wi the neighborin Burmese.

Seembols

The provincial seal shows the elephant battle atween Keeng Naresuan the Great an the croun prince o Burma in 1592, which teuk place in Suphan Buri.

Provincial tree is the Ebony Tree (Diospyros mollis), มะเกลือ.

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