buriram province

Buriram (Thai บุรีรัมย์) is one of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from south clockwise) Srakaeo, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham and Surin. To the south-east it borders Cambodia. The name Buriram means City of happiness.

Geography

Buriram is located at the southern end of the Khorat Plateau, with several extinct volcanoes around the province.

History

Buriram was a settlement from the Khmer empire, and many ruins from that time are still visible there. The biggest of them on a extinct volcano is protected in the Phanom Rung historical park.

Symbols

Provincial seal

|The provincial seal shows the Phanom Rung sandstone castle, a Hindu shrine of the Shivaite sect. The monument was in use from the 9th till the 12th century when the Khmer Empire was overthrown from Ayutthaya. It is now a historic park. The provincial flower is the Yellow Cotton Tree (Cochlospermum regium), and the provincial tree is the Pink Shower (Cassia grandis).

Administrative divisions

The province is subdivided into 21 districts (Amphoe) and 2 minor districts (King Amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 189 communes (tambon) and 2212 villages. Amphoe>

!\|King Amphoe
Mueang Buri Ram Khu Mueang Krasang Nang Rong Nong Ki Lahan Sai Prakhon Chai Ban Kruat Phutthaisong Lam Plai Mat	\| Satuek Pakham Na Pho Nong Hong Phlapphla Chai Huai Rat Non Suwan Ban Mai Chaiyaphot Non Din Daeng Chaloem Phra Kiat	\| Ban Dan Khaen Dong

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