Rangsit ( th, รังสิต, ) is a city and neighbourhood in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand. Rangsit is a metropolitan city that supports the expansion of Bangkok in the north. Rangsit has become a departure point for travel to provinces in north, northeast, and eastern Thailand. Rangsit is the home of

Rangsit University Rangsit University ( Thai: มหาวิทยาลัยรังสิต) (RSU) is a private university in Pathum Thani, Thailand, focusing mainly on music, design, Information technology, and public health including independent professions ...

The area is served by

Rangsit station Rangsit is the current northern terminus of the SRT Dark Red Line in Rangsit, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand. It also serves intercity State Railway of Thailand trains on the Northern Line and Northeastern Line. Rangsit Station is located nex ...

on the SRT's

northern line The Northern line is a London Underground line that runs from North London to South London. It is printed in black on the Tube map. The Northern line is unique on the Underground network in having two different routes through central London, two ...

and dark red line.

History

In the past, the area of Rangsit was a vast field, covering the area from the north of Bangkok, Pathum Thani to

Saraburi Saraburi City (''thesaban mueang'') is the provincial capital of Saraburi Province in central Thailand. In 2020, it had a population of 60,809 people, and covers the complete ''tambon'' Pak Phriao of the Mueang Saraburi district. Location Sa ...

and the east side of the

Chao Phraya River The Chao Phraya ( or ; th, แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา, , or ) is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Et ...

was called "Thung Luang" (ทุ่งหลวง, refers to large field), with an area of approximately 2,000 km^² (about 772 mi^²). At that time, it was a place of habitat for many kinds of

wildlife Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animal species (biology), species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous ...

, such as wild elephants, therefore called "

Tha Khlong Tha Khlong ( th, ท่าโขลง, ) is a ''thesaban mueang'' (town municipality) in the Khlong Luang District of Pathum Thani Province in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region of Central Thailand. History In the past, Tha Khlong was part of ...

" (ท่าโขลง, refers to pier of herd of elephants) in another name. There are often wild elephants from

Khao Yai Khao Yai National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาใหญ่, , ) is a national park in Thailand. Established in 1962 as Thailand's first national park, it is the third largest national park in Thailand. Descr ...

often living. In addition, it was also the only habitat in the world of

Schomburgk's deer The Schomburgk's deer (''Rucervus schomburgki'') is an extinct species of deer once endemic to central Thailand. It was described by Edward Blyth in 1863 and named after Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, who was the British consul in Bangkok from 1857 t ...

(''Rucervus schomburgki'') an extinct medium-sized deer. Until the reign of

King Chulalongkorn Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร� ...

(Rama V) in middle Rattanakosin period, Thailand's first irrigation canal was canalized and passed through this area, it was called "

Khlong Rangsit The Rangsit Canal ( th, คลองรังสิต; ), is a canal in the eastern part of the Chao Phraya valley, central Thailand. The name of the canal was given by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) in honour of his son, Rangsit, Prince of Chai N ...

" in honour to his son, Prince

Rangsit Prayurasakdi Rangsit Prayurasakdi, Prince of Chai Nat ( th, สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้ารังสิตประยูรศักดิ์ กรมพระยาชัยนา� ...

, Prince of Chainat, causing Rangsit to become an agricultural area especially

rice cultivation The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated and cultivated by humans, the spread of cultivation to different regions of the planet, ...

, including various kinds of fruits such as

tangerine The tangerine is a type of citrus fruit that is orange in color. Its scientific name varies. It has been treated as a separate species under the name ''Citrus tangerina'' or ''Citrus'' × ''tangerina'', or treated as a variety of ''Citrus retic ...

and make the area of Rangsit continue to prosper respectively.

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* Populated places in Pathum Thani province {{PathumThani-geo-stub Neighbourhoods in Thailand