- Thonburi
Thon Buri ( _th. ธนบุรี) was capital of
Thailand for a short time during the reign of KingTaksin , after the previous capital Ayutthaya was sacked by the Burmese. It locates on opposite bank ofChao Phraya River , or nowaday Royal Palaces. During Ayutthaya time,Thon Buri was an important garrison- town at the mouth of the river.King
Rama I moved the capital toBangkok in1782 to the other side of theChao Phraya River . Thon Buri stayed an independent town and province, and was merged into Bangkok in1972 .Thon Buri stayed less developed than the original Bangkok part of the city, several of the traditional small waterways ("
Khlong s") still exist there, which are nearly gone on the other side of the river.In 1950, Bangkok had 1,299,528 people, and the municipality of Thon Buri 403,818.
Thon Buri was Thailand's second largest city proper with around 600,000 residents in 1970. (3 times more than the next largest). No Thai city other than Bangkok since has reached 400,000 residents.
Notes
References
* Smithies, Michael (2002), "Three military accounts of the 1688 "Revolution" in Siam", Itineria Asiatica, Orchid Press, Bangkok, ISBN 9745240052.
External links
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Bangkok/Thonburi Wikitravel: Bangkok/Thonburi]
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