Kanchanaburi
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This article is about the town Kanchanaburi. For other uses, see Kanchanaburi (disambiguation).
Kanchanaburi (Thai: กาญจนบุรี) is a city in the west of Thailand. Geographical location , it has a population of 52,000. It is located where the Kwai Noi and Kwai Yai rivers converge into the Mae Klong river, where in 1942, under Japanese control, the famous Bridge on the River Kwai was built by Prisoners Of War (POW). A memorial and two museums are also located in Kanchanaburi: The Thailand-Burma Railway Museum (opened in March 2003), the JEATH War Museum about the bridge, the Death Railway, and a World War II Allied cemetery. It is the easiest access point to the nearby Tiger Temple.
Kanchanaburi is capital of Kanchanaburi province.
[edit] Trivia
- Kanchanaburi was one of the stops on the first season of The Amazing Race.
- It is the birthplace of the Buddhist monk Phrabhavanaviriyakhun.
- Thai politician Chamlong Srimuang opened an organic farm here 1993.
- The Himantura kittipong sting ray was first discovered here in 2004.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- http://www.kanchanaburi-info.com/en/ Website of Kanchanaburi Province (English)
- Kanchanaburi (city) travel guide from Wikitravel
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