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Central Thailand (Central Plain) is a region of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River
Chao Phraya River

The Chao Phraya is a major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial river plain marking the mainland of the country. It runs through Bangkok, the capital of Thailand....
. It is separated from North-East Thailand
Isan

Isan is the northeast region of Thailand. It is located on the Khorat Plateau, bordered by the Mekong to the north and east, by Cambodia to the southeast and the Prachinburi mountains south of Nakhon Ratchasima....
 (Isan
Isan

Isan is the northeast region of Thailand. It is located on the Khorat Plateau, bordered by the Mekong to the north and east, by Cambodia to the southeast and the Prachinburi mountains south of Nakhon Ratchasima....
) by the Phetchabun mountain range
Phetchabun Mountains

The Phetchabun mountains are a mountain range in Thailand. It extends in a roughly north-south direction, and separates the broad Chao Phraya river valley of central Thailand from the Khorat Plateau of Isan....
, and another mountain range separates it from Myanmar
Myanmar

Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with...
 to the west. In the north it gently changes into the more hilly Northern Thailand
Northern Thailand

Northern Thailand, one of the Provinces of Thailand of Thailand, usually describes the area covered by 17 provinces.Numbers of the Thai highway networks in this region begin with the digit Phahon Yothin highway....
. The area was the heartland of the Ayutthaya kingdom
Ayutthaya kingdom

The kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai people kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Han Chinese, Vietnamese , Indo-Aryans, Japanese people and Persians, and later the Portuguese people, Spanish people, Dutch and French people, permitting them to set up villages outside the city wa...
, and is still the dominant area of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. Central Thailand contains the Thai capital of Bangkok
Bangkok

The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
. Central Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 is the most populated region in the country.

grouping of Thai provinces into regions follow two major systems, in which Thailand is divided into either six or four regions.






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Central Thailand (Central Plain) is a region of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River
Chao Phraya River

The Chao Phraya is a major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial river plain marking the mainland of the country. It runs through Bangkok, the capital of Thailand....
. It is separated from North-East Thailand
Isan

Isan is the northeast region of Thailand. It is located on the Khorat Plateau, bordered by the Mekong to the north and east, by Cambodia to the southeast and the Prachinburi mountains south of Nakhon Ratchasima....
 (Isan
Isan

Isan is the northeast region of Thailand. It is located on the Khorat Plateau, bordered by the Mekong to the north and east, by Cambodia to the southeast and the Prachinburi mountains south of Nakhon Ratchasima....
) by the Phetchabun mountain range
Phetchabun Mountains

The Phetchabun mountains are a mountain range in Thailand. It extends in a roughly north-south direction, and separates the broad Chao Phraya river valley of central Thailand from the Khorat Plateau of Isan....
, and another mountain range separates it from Myanmar
Myanmar

Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar, is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia, or Indochina. The country is bordered by the People's Republic of China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, and the Bay of Bengal to the southwest with...
 to the west. In the north it gently changes into the more hilly Northern Thailand
Northern Thailand

Northern Thailand, one of the Provinces of Thailand of Thailand, usually describes the area covered by 17 provinces.Numbers of the Thai highway networks in this region begin with the digit Phahon Yothin highway....
. The area was the heartland of the Ayutthaya kingdom
Ayutthaya kingdom

The kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai people kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Han Chinese, Vietnamese , Indo-Aryans, Japanese people and Persians, and later the Portuguese people, Spanish people, Dutch and French people, permitting them to set up villages outside the city wa...
, and is still the dominant area of Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
. Central Thailand contains the Thai capital of Bangkok
Bangkok

The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
. Central Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
 is the most populated region in the country.

Definition

The grouping of Thai provinces into regions follow two major systems, in which Thailand is divided into either six or four regions. In the six-region system commonly used in geographical studies, Central Thailand extends from Sukhothai and Phitsanulok Privinces to the north to the provinces bordering the Gulf of Thailand to the south, excluding the mountainous provinces bordering Myanmar to the west and the coastal provinces of the East. The four-region system covers provinces only as north as Chai Nat, Sing Buri and Lop Buri, and extends west and east to the borders of Myanmar and Cambodia.

Administration

Thailand Central
Central Thailand, as defined by the four-region system, is divided into 26 provinces
Provinces of Thailand

Thailand is divided into 75 provinces , which are geographically grouped into 6 regions. The capital Bangkok is not a province but a special administrative area and is included as the 76th province since it is administered at the same level as the other 75 provinces....
. Especially for statistical purposes these are divided into 4 groups:

  • Greater Bangkok
    Bangkok Metropolitan Area

    The Bangkok Metropolitan Area , also known as Greater Bangkok, is the urban conglomeration of Bangkok, Thailand, which includes 5 adjacent provinces....
    : Bangkok
    Bangkok

    The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...
    , Nakhon Pathom
    Nakhon Pathom Province

    Nakhon Pathom is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Suphan Buri Province, Ayutthaya Province, Nonthaburi Province, Bangkok, Samut Sakhon Province, Ratchaburi Province and Kanchanaburi Province....
    , Nonthaburi
    Nonthaburi Province

    Nonthaburi is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ayutthaya Province, Pathum Thani Province, Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom Province....
    , Pathum Thani
    Pathum Thani Province

    Pathum Thani is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ayutthaya Province, Saraburi Province, Nakhon Nayok Province, Chachoengsao Province, Bangkok and Nonthaburi Province....
    , Samut Prakan
    Samut Prakan Province

    Samut Prakan is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand.Neighboring provinces are in the west and north Bangkok and Chachoengsao Province to the east....
    , Samut Sakhon
    Samut Sakhon Province

    Samut Sakhon is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand.Neighboring provinces are Samut Songkhram province, Ratchaburi province, Nakhon Pathom province and Bangkok....


  • Sub-Central Thailand region: Ang Thong
    Ang Thong Province

    Ang Thong is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand.Noted for huge reclining Buddha, courageous heroes, court dolls, famous wickerwork, drum-making region, double reclining Buddha, etc....
    , Ayutthaya
    Ayutthaya Province

    Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ang Thong Province, Lopburi Province, Saraburi Province, Pathum Thani Province, Nonthaburi Province, Nakhon Pathom Province and Suphanburi Province....
    , Chainat
    Chainat Province

    Chai Nat is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Sawan Province, Singburi Province, Suphanburi Province and Uthai Thani Province....
    , Lopburi
    Lopburi Province

    Lop Buri is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phetchabun Province, Chaiyaphum Province, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Saraburi Province, Ayutthaya Province, Ang Thong Province, Sing Buri Province and Nakhon Sawan Province....
    , Nakhon Nayok
    Nakhon Nayok Province

    Nakhon Nayok is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Saraburi Province, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Prachinburi Province, Chachoengsao Province and Pathum Thani Province....
    , Saraburi
    Saraburi Province

    Saraburi is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Lopburi Province, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Nakhon Nayok Province, Pathum Thani Province and Ayutthaya Province....
    , Singburi
    Sing Buri Province

    Sing Buri is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Sawan Province, Lopburi Province, Ang Thong Province, Suphanburi Province and Chainat Province....


  • Western Thailand region: Kanchanaburi
    Kanchanaburi Province

    Kanchanaburi is the largest of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Tak Province, Uthai Thani Province, Suphanburi Province, Nakhon Pathom Province and Ratchaburi Province....
    , Phetchaburi
    Phetchaburi Province

    Phetchaburi is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ratchaburi Province, Samut Songkhram Province and Prachuap Khiri Khan Province....
    , Prachuap Khiri Khan
    Prachuap Khiri Khan Province

    Prachuap Khiri Khan is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phetchaburi Province in the north and Chumphon Province in the south....
    , Ratchaburi
    Ratchaburi Province

    Ratchaburi is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kanchanaburi province, Nakhon Pathom province,...
    , Samut Songkhram
    Samut Songkhram Province

    Samut Songkhram is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand.Neighboring provinces are Phetchaburi province, Ratchaburi province and Samut Sakhon province....
    , Suphanburi
    Suphanburi Province

    Suphan Buri is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Uthai Thani Province, Chainat Province, Sing Buri Province, Ang Thong province, Ayutthaya Province, Nakhon Pathom Province and Kanchanaburi Province....


  • Eastern Thailand region: Chachoengsao
    Chachoengsao Province

    Chachoengsao is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Prachinburi Province, Sa Kaeo Province, Chanthaburi Province, Chonburi Province, Samut Prakan Province, Bangkok, Pathum Thani Province and Nakhon Nayok Province....
    , Chanthaburi
    Chanthaburi Province

    Chanthaburi is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, at the border to Battambang Province and Pailin of Cambodia and the shore to the Gulf of Thailand....
    , Chonburi
    Chonburi Province

    Chonburi is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chachoengsao Province, Chanthaburi Province and Rayong Province. To the west is the Gulf of Thailand....
    , Rayong
    Rayong Province

    Rayong province is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chonburi Province and Chanthaburi Province. To the south is the Gulf of Thailand....
    , Prachinburi
    Prachinburi Province

    Prachin Buri is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Sa Kaeo Province, Chachoengsao Province and Nakhon Nayok Province....
    , Sa Kaeo
    Sa Kaeo Province

    Sa Kaeo is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand.It is located in the east of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chanthaburi Province, Chachoengsao Province, Prachinburi Province, Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Buriram Province....
    , Trat
    Trat Province

    Trat is a Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. It is located in the east of Thailand, and has borders with Chanthaburi Province to the northwest, Cambodia to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the south....


The eastern region is sometimes listed as a separate region destinct from central Thailand - sometimes only the four coastal provinces, sometimes the above list excluding Nakhon Nayok. None of these regions are actually administrative subdivision, they are only geographical or statistical groupings.