Talat Chaiya ( th, ตลาดไชยา, lit. 'Chaiya Market') is the one of two sub-district municipalities (''

thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The mu ...

'') in Chaiya District, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand. It was founded as the center of Chaiya District in 1915 on the area of former

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city of Chaiya. It covers an area of 21 km² and has a population of 5,549.

History

Talat Chaiya was built on the east of the Southern Railway in 1915 in the area of sub-district (''

tambon ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province ('' changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 '' khwaen ...

'') Thung. Before that, this area was called Ban Don Rongthong ('golden factory village') because the

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from Phumriang (the old city of Chaiya) had built a gold factory there. When the government built the southern railway line passing it and built a

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, 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 a separate sub-district, Talat Chaiya in 1938. In 1956, 4.12 km² of ''tambon'' Talat Chaiya was given the status of sanitation district (''

sukhaphiban Sukhaphiban ( th, สุขาภิบาล ; translated as "sanitary district") were administrative divisions of Thailand. Sanitary districts were the first sub-autonomous entities established in Thailand. A first such district was created in ...

''), which was enlarged slightly in 1959. It was upgraded to municipal status (''

'') in 1999 when all sanitary districts became sub-district municipalities. In 2004 it was expanded to cover an area of 21 km² by including the area formerly under the tambon administration organization Talat Chaiya. 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) {{Authority control Populated places in Surat Thani province