Chumphon is a town with the Thai municipal status of thesaban mueang, in southern Thailand. It is the capital of Chumphon Province and of Mueang Chumphon District, and it lies about 463 kilometers, or 288 miles, from Bangkok. The town covers the commune of Tha Taphao completely and takes in parts of five neighboring communes: Bang Mak, Wang Phai, Na Thung, Tak Daet and Khun Krathing. Its main economic activity is agriculture. Around 2018 the town had a population of about 33,600 people. As a provincial seat it serves as the local administrative center for the surrounding district and province.
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1. Chumphon (Wikipedia)
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As of 2018 it had a population of around 33,600.
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Part Of: Thailand, Lead, first sentence
is a town (thesaban mueang) in southern Thailand, capital of the Chumphon Province and Mueang Chumphon District.
On Continent: Asia, Lead, first sentence
is a town (thesaban mueang) in southern Thailand, capital of the Chumphon Province and Mueang Chumphon District.
View the Source2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.25, 99.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.25, 99.25
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3. GeoNames: Chumphon - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1153557, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1153557, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
10.4957 99.17971 P PPLA TH 58 8601 55835 8 Asia/Bangkok
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