Talad Chaiya Town
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Talad Chaiya Town (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลตลาดไชยา) is the one of two towns in the Amphoe Chaiya. It was founded as the center of Chaiya district in 1915 on the area of former Srivijaya city of Chaiya. It covers an area of 21.0 km² of municipal area and has 5,549 inhabitant in the town.
[edit] History
Talad Chaiya (lit. Chaiya Market) was built on the east of Southern Railway in 1915 in the area of commune (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 did grow fast. It became the center of district and the northern part of Surat Thani Province. The District office, Police Station, Court and Prison were built new in the town. Finally the area was made the separate tambon Talad Chaiya.
In 1949 4.12 km² of the tambon Talad Chaiya was given the status Sanitation district (sukhaphiban) and upgraded to municipal status (thesaban tambon) in 1999 and expand an area to 21 km² in 2004. The town now covers most of tambon Talad Chaiya and part of tambon Lamet.
[edit] Geography
Talad Chaiya is located in the north of Surat Thani Province. It has an area around 21.00 km².
