- Talad Chaiya
Talat Chaiya ( _th. ตลาดไชยา, lit. "Chaiya Market") is the one of two subdistrict municipalities ("
thesaban tambon ") in the Chaiya district,Surat Thani Province , southern Thailand. It was founded as the center of Chaiya district in 1915 on the area of formerSrivijaya city of Chaiya. It covers an area of 21.0 km² of municipal area and has a population of 5,549.History
Talat Chaiya was built on the east of Southern Railway in 1915 in the area of subdistrict ("
tambon ") Thung. Before that, this area was called Ban Don Rongthong ("Golden Factory Village") because the Chinese from Phumriang (the old city of Chaiya) had built a gold factory on it. When the royal government built the southern railway line passing it and built a railway station, people from Phumriang came to develop the new town on the area near a railway station.The new town grew fast. The district office, police station, court and prison were built in the town. Finally, the area was made the separate subdistrict ("
tambon ") Talat Chaiya in 1938. [cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=55|issue=0 ง|pages=3244–3245|title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนแปลงเขตตำบลในจังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานี|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2481/D/3244.PDF|date=December 26 1938|language=Thai]In
1956 4.12 km² of the "tambon" Talat Chaiya was given the status Sanitation district ("sukhaphiban ") [cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=73|issue=45 ง ฉบับพิเศษ|pages=85–86|title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลตลาดไชยา อำเภอไชยา จังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานี|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2499/D/045/85.PDF|date=May 30 1956|language=Thai] , which was enlarged slightly in 1959. [cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=76|issue=42 ง|pages=1020–1022|title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง การเปลี่ยนแปลงเขตสุขาภิบาลตลาดไชยา จังหวัดสุราษฎร์ธานี|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2502/D/042/1020.PDF|date=April 07 1959|language=Thai] It was upgraded to municipal status ("thesaban tambon ") in1999 when all sanitary districts became subdistrict municipalities. In 2004 it was expanded to cover an area of 21 km² by including the area formerly under the Tambon admistration organization Talat Chaiya. [cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=121|issue=พิเศษ 75 ง|pages=19–21|title=ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง รวมองค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลกับเทศบาล|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/0E/00144390.PDF|date=July 09 2004|language=Thai] The town now covers most of "tambon" Talat Chaiya and part of "tambon" Lamet.References
External links
*http://www.chaiyacity.go.th Website of town (Thai)
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