Laem Chabang is a port city municipality spanning the Si Racha and Bang Lamung districts of Chonburi Province, Thailand. It grew up around its deep-sea port, described as the largest in Thailand and able to handle the largest Post-Panamax vessels, and lies on the coastal highway between Pattaya and Bangkok. More than 200 companies operate industrial factories there, making it one of the largest employers in the province, and the city is also known for a Japanese retirement community with stores catering to it. In 2019 it had a registered population of 88,271, with an estimated 60,000 additional unregistered workers.
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Climate Zone Sources
1. Laem Chabang (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 77,798 (2014)
2. 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 13.25, 100.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 13.25, 100.75
13.25 100.75 Aw
3. GeoNames: Laem Chabang - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1897926, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1897926, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
13.08775 100.88433 P PPL TH 46 2007 200703 88271 9 Asia/Bangkok
Laem Chabang (Wikipedia)
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Laem Chabang (Thai: แหลมฉบัง, pronounced [lɛ̌ːm tɕʰābāŋ]) is a port city municipality (thesaban nakhon) in Si Racha and Bang Lamung districts of Chonburi Province, Thailand.
- In Group: Cities of South-eastern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
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