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'''Trat''' ({{lang-th|ตราด}}, {{IPA-th|tràːt|pron}}), also spelt '''Trad''', is a town in [[Thailand]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kato|first=Kenichi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSbnBQAAQBAJ&q=Trat+thailand|title=From ancient to present : Trat, Thailand Photo collection 01: Trat, Thailand Photo collection 01|date=2014-12-22|publisher=makewthus product team|language=en}}</ref> capital of [[Trat Province]] and the [[Mueang Trat District]]. The town is in the east of Thailand,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m39ENQEACAAJ&q=Trat+thailand|title=(Eastern Part of the Gulf of Thailand): Trat, Chantaburi, Rayong|date=1986|language=en}}</ref> at the mouth of the [[Trat River]], near the border with [[Cambodia]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Gray|first1=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYkJkgQ2gA8C&dq=Trat+thailand+border&pg=PA210|title=The Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches and Islands|last2=Ridout|first2=Lucy|date=2002|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-829-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last1=Planet |first1=Lonely |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RrMuDwAAQBAJ&dq=Trat+thailand+border&pg=PT619|title=Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand| last2=Tang| first2=Phillip |last3=Bewer| first3=Tim| last4=Bloom| first4=Greg| last5=Bush| first5=Austin| last6=Ray| first6=Nick| last7=Waters| first7=Richard| last8=Williams| first8=China| date=2017-08-01| publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-78701-007-9|language=en| display-authors=1}}</ref>
'''Trat''' ({{langx|th|ตราด}}, {{IPA|th|tràːt|pron}}), also spelt '''Trad''', is a town in [[Thailand]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kato|first=Kenichi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSbnBQAAQBAJ&q=Trat+thailand|title=From ancient to present : Trat, Thailand Photo collection 01: Trat, Thailand Photo collection 01|date=2014-12-22|publisher=makewthus product team|language=en}}</ref> capital of [[Trat province]] and the [[Mueang Trat district]]. The town is in the east of Thailand,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m39ENQEACAAJ&q=Trat+thailand|title=(Eastern Part of the Gulf of Thailand): Trat, Chantaburi, Rayong|date=1986|language=en}}</ref> at the mouth of the [[Trat River]], near the border with [[Cambodia]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Gray|first1=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYkJkgQ2gA8C&dq=Trat+thailand+border&pg=PA210|title=The Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches and Islands|last2=Ridout|first2=Lucy|date=2002|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-829-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book| last1=Planet |first1=Lonely |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RrMuDwAAQBAJ&dq=Trat+thailand+border&pg=PT619|title=Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand| last2=Tang| first2=Phillip |last3=Bewer| first3=Tim| last4=Bloom| first4=Greg| last5=Bush| first5=Austin| last6=Ray| first6=Nick| last7=Waters| first7=Richard| last8=Williams| first8=China| date=2017-08-01| publisher=Lonely Planet|isbn=978-1-78701-007-9|language=en| display-authors=1}}</ref>


== Etymology ==
== Etymology ==
''Trat'' is believed to be a corruption of "Krat"(กราด) the Thai name for the tree ''[[Dipterocarpus intricatus]],'' common to the region and used to make brooms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trat, General Infomation|url=https://www.thai-tour.com/eng/trat/introduction.html|access-date=25 March 2021|website=www.thai-tour.com}}</ref> It is also spelt Trad.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://pflanzengesundheit.julius-kuehn.de/dokumente/upload/th3-einlasstellen2017.pdf| title= List of Plant quarantine station in Thailand |date= 2017|access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://research.usc.edu.au/esploro/outputs/bookChapter/Pred-Nai-Community-Forest-Trad-Province/99448615902621 |title=Pred Nai Community Forest, Trad Province, Thailand (Book chapter)| website=[[University of the Sunshine Coast]], [[Queensland]] | access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1=Anheier | first1=H.K. | last2=Simmons | first2=A. | last3=Winder | first3=D. | title=Innovation in Strategic Philanthropy: Local and Global Perspectives | publisher=Springer US | series=Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-387-34253-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CCEwQ-95vhsC&pg=PA102 | access-date=23 September 2021 | page=102}}</ref>
''Trat'' is believed to derive from ''Krat'' ({{lang|th|กราด}}), the Thai name for the tree ''[[Dipterocarpus intricatus]],'' common to the region and used to make brooms.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trat, General Information|url=https://www.thai-tour.com/eng/trat/introduction.html|access-date=25 March 2021|website=www.thai-tour.com}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=September 2022}} It is also spelt ''Trad''.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://pflanzengesundheit.julius-kuehn.de/dokumente/upload/th3-einlasstellen2017.pdf| title= List of Plant quarantine station in Thailand |date= 2017|access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://research.usc.edu.au/esploro/outputs/bookChapter/Pred-Nai-Community-Forest-Trad-Province/99448615902621 |title=Pred Nai Community Forest, Trad Province, Thailand (Book chapter)| website=[[University of the Sunshine Coast]], [[Queensland]] | access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last1=Anheier | first1=H.K. | last2=Simmons | first2=A. | last3=Winder | first3=D. | title=Innovation in Strategic Philanthropy: Local and Global Perspectives | publisher=Springer US | series=Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-387-34253-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CCEwQ-95vhsC&pg=PA102 | access-date=23 September 2021 | page=102}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
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Under King [[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V), Trat and Chanthaburi province were briefly occupied by the [[French colonial empire|French]]. In a complicated exchange of territory, Trat (and Chanthaburi) was returned on March 23, 1906, but Thailand relinquished the area around Siem Reap and Sisophon in present-day Cambodia.
Under King [[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V), Trat and Chanthaburi province were briefly occupied by the [[French colonial empire|French]]. In a complicated exchange of territory, Trat (and Chanthaburi) was returned on March 23, 1906, but Thailand relinquished the area around Siem Reap and Sisophon in present-day Cambodia.


When the Vietnamese pushed the [[Khmer Rouge]] out of [[Cambodia]] in 1985, [[Pol Pot]] fled to Thailand and made his headquarters in a plantation villa near Trat. It was built for him by the Thai Army and nicknamed "Office 87".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shenon|first1= Philip|title=Pol Pot, the Mass Murderer Who Is Still Alive and Well|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/06/weekinreview/pol-pot-the-mass-murderer-who-is-still-alive-and-well.html|work=The New York Times|accessdate=11 July 2017|date=6 February 1994}}</ref>
When the Vietnamese pushed the [[Khmer Rouge]] out of [[Cambodia]] in 1985, [[Pol Pot]] fled to Thailand and made his headquarters in a plantation villa near Trat. It was built for him by the Thai Army and nicknamed "Office 87".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shenon|first1= Philip|title=Pol Pot, the Mass Murderer Who Is Still Alive and Well|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/06/weekinreview/pol-pot-the-mass-murderer-who-is-still-alive-and-well.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=11 July 2017|date=6 February 1994}}</ref>


== Geography ==
== Geography ==
[[Trat Province]] is located in the eastern part of the central region of Thailand, in the extreme southeast of Thailand near the border with [[Cambodia]]. It is just over 300 km from the capital [[Bangkok]].
[[Trat Province]] is located in the eastern part of the central region of Thailand, in the extreme southeast of Thailand near the border with [[Cambodia]]. It is just over 300 km from the capital [[Bangkok]].

=== Climate ===
Trat experiences a [[tropical monsoon climate]], with the dry season taking place from November to April and the wet season lasting from May to October.
{{Weather box
| location = Trat (1991-2020, extremes 1961-present)
| single line = yes
| metric first = yes
|Jan record high C = 36.1
|Feb record high C = 35.7
|Mar record high C = 38.2
|Apr record high C = 35.7
|May record high C = 36.1
|Jun record high C = 34.5
|Jul record high C = 34.2
|Aug record high C = 34.2
|Sep record high C = 34.2
|Oct record high C = 35.9
|Nov record high C = 36.1
|Dec record high C = 35.8
| Jan high C = 31.9
| Feb high C = 32.0
| Mar high C = 32.6
| Apr high C = 33.3
| May high C = 32.8
| Jun high C = 31.5
| Jul high C = 30.7
| Aug high C = 30.7
| Sep high C = 30.9
| Oct high C = 31.8
| Nov high C = 32.6
| Dec high C = 32.2
| year high C = 31.9
| Jan mean C = 26.8
| Feb mean C = 27.3
| Mar mean C = 28.1
| Apr mean C = 28.6
| May mean C = 28.4
| Jun mean C = 27.5
| Jul mean C = 27.1
| Aug mean C = 27.2
| Sep mean C = 27.0
| Oct mean C = 27.0
| Nov mean C = 27.7
| Dec mean C = 27.1
| year mean C = 27.5
| Jan low C = 22.2
| Feb low C = 22.9
| Mar low C = 24.2
| Apr low C = 24.7
| May low C = 24.8
| Jun low C = 24.3
| Jul low C = 24.0
| Aug low C = 24.1
| Sep low C = 23.8
| Oct low C = 23.6
| Nov low C = 23.5
| Dec low C = 22.6
| year low C = 23.7
|Jan record low C = 13.0
|Feb record low C = 15.0
|Mar record low C = 15.9
|Apr record low C = 19.5
|May record low C = 21.0
|Jun record low C = 21.0
|Jul record low C = 19.9
|Aug record low C = 20.0
|Sep record low C = 19.5
|Oct record low C = 18.5
|Nov record low C = 15.7
|Dec record low C = 13.0
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 51.1
| Feb precipitation mm = 81.5
| Mar precipitation mm = 140.0
| Apr precipitation mm = 196.0
| May precipitation mm = 419.9
| Jun precipitation mm = 777.2
| Jul precipitation mm = 1024.1
| Aug precipitation mm = 969.7
| Sep precipitation mm = 816.4
| Oct precipitation mm = 337.6
| Nov precipitation mm = 85.2
| Dec precipitation mm = 27.8
| year precipitation mm = 4926.5
| unit precipitation days = 1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 3.5
| Feb precipitation days = 5.6
| Mar precipitation days = 9.6
| Apr precipitation days = 11.7
| May precipitation days = 18.8
| Jun precipitation days = 23.3
| Jul precipitation days = 24.6
| Aug precipitation days = 24.6
| Sep precipitation days = 22.5
| Oct precipitation days = 17.4
| Nov precipitation days = 6.8
| Dec precipitation days = 2.4
| year precipitation days = 170.8
| Jan humidity = 73.0
| Feb humidity = 76.8
| Mar humidity = 79.3
| Apr humidity = 80.3
| May humidity = 83.1
| Jun humidity = 86.5
| Jul humidity = 87.3
| Aug humidity = 87.6
| Sep humidity = 87.2
| Oct humidity = 84.5
| Nov humidity = 75.3
| Dec humidity = 69.8
| year humidity = 80.9
| source = NOAA<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Thailand/CSV/Trad_48501.csv
| title = Trad Climate Normals 1991-2020
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = April 16, 2024
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1981-2010/RA-II/Thailand/Climatological%20%20Normals-(1981-2010)_060719.xlsx
| title = Khlong Yai Climate Normals 1981-2010
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = April 16, 2024
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/WMO/1961-1990/TABLES/REG_II/TH/48501.TXT
| title = Khlong Yai Climate Normals 1961-1990
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| accessdate = April 16, 2024
}}</ref>
}}


== Economy ==
== Economy ==
Trat, favored by its proximity to the Cambodian border, is of some importance as a [[Trade|trading]] city. The area around Trat is rich in gemstone mines, whose yield (rubies and sapphires) is processed right in the town. Fruit growing is also important: durian, rambutan and mangosteen are the main products.
Trat, favored by its proximity to the Cambodian border, is of some importance as a [[Trade|trading]] city. The area around Trat is rich in gemstone mines, whose yield (rubies and sapphires) is processed right in the town. Fruit growing is also important: [[durian]], [[rambutan]] and [[mangosteen]] are the main products.


For tourists, Trat is more interesting as a starting point to the large islands of Ko Chang and Ko Mak.
For tourists, Trat is more interesting as a starting point to the large islands of [[Ko Chang]] and [[Ko Mak]].


The city of Trat had 10,207 inhabitants {{as of|lc=yes|2012}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Provincial Administration|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5523_03.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{clear|left}}
The city of Trat had 10,207 inhabitants {{as of|lc=yes|2012}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Department of Provincial Administration|url=http://stat.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5523_03.html}}</ref>{{clear|left}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{commons cat inline}}
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Trat}}
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Trat}}


Latest revision as of 10:25, 24 October 2024

This article is about the town Trat. For other uses, see Trat (disambiguation).
Trat
ตราด
Town
Trat Airport
Trat Airport
Trat is located in Thailand
Trat
Trat
Coordinates: 12°14′30″N 102°30′45″E / 12.24167°N 102.51250°E / 12.24167; 102.51250
Country Thailand
ProvinceTrat province
DistrictMueang Trat district
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Calling code(+66) 39

Trat (Thai: ตราด, pronounced [tràːt]), also spelt Trad, is a town in Thailand,[1] capital of Trat province and the Mueang Trat district. The town is in the east of Thailand,[2] at the mouth of the Trat River, near the border with Cambodia.[3][4]

Etymology

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Trat is believed to derive from Krat (กราด), the Thai name for the tree Dipterocarpus intricatus, common to the region and used to make brooms.[5][better source needed] It is also spelt Trad.[6][7][8]

History

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A traditional wooden Thai house built on stilts in Amphoe Bo Rai, Trat Province, Thailand.
Night market in Trat, Thailand.

Trat was already an important seaport in the Kingdom of Ayutthaya.[citation needed]

Under King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), Trat and Chanthaburi province were briefly occupied by the French. In a complicated exchange of territory, Trat (and Chanthaburi) was returned on March 23, 1906, but Thailand relinquished the area around Siem Reap and Sisophon in present-day Cambodia.

When the Vietnamese pushed the Khmer Rouge out of Cambodia in 1985, Pol Pot fled to Thailand and made his headquarters in a plantation villa near Trat. It was built for him by the Thai Army and nicknamed "Office 87".[9]

Geography

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Trat Province is located in the eastern part of the central region of Thailand, in the extreme southeast of Thailand near the border with Cambodia. It is just over 300 km from the capital Bangkok.

Climate

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Trat experiences a tropical monsoon climate, with the dry season taking place from November to April and the wet season lasting from May to October.

Climate data for Trat (1991-2020, extremes 1961-present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 36.1
(97.0) 		35.7
(96.3) 		38.2
(100.8) 		35.7
(96.3) 		36.1
(97.0) 		34.5
(94.1) 		34.2
(93.6) 		34.2
(93.6) 		34.2
(93.6) 		35.9
(96.6) 		36.1
(97.0) 		35.8
(96.4) 		38.2
(100.8)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 31.9
(89.4) 		32.0
(89.6) 		32.6
(90.7) 		33.3
(91.9) 		32.8
(91.0) 		31.5
(88.7) 		30.7
(87.3) 		30.7
(87.3) 		30.9
(87.6) 		31.8
(89.2) 		32.6
(90.7) 		32.2
(90.0) 		31.9
(89.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) 26.8
(80.2) 		27.3
(81.1) 		28.1
(82.6) 		28.6
(83.5) 		28.4
(83.1) 		27.5
(81.5) 		27.1
(80.8) 		27.2
(81.0) 		27.0
(80.6) 		27.0
(80.6) 		27.7
(81.9) 		27.1
(80.8) 		27.5
(81.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 22.2
(72.0) 		22.9
(73.2) 		24.2
(75.6) 		24.7
(76.5) 		24.8
(76.6) 		24.3
(75.7) 		24.0
(75.2) 		24.1
(75.4) 		23.8
(74.8) 		23.6
(74.5) 		23.5
(74.3) 		22.6
(72.7) 		23.7
(74.7)
Record low °C (°F) 13.0
(55.4) 		15.0
(59.0) 		15.9
(60.6) 		19.5
(67.1) 		21.0
(69.8) 		21.0
(69.8) 		19.9
(67.8) 		20.0
(68.0) 		19.5
(67.1) 		18.5
(65.3) 		15.7
(60.3) 		13.0
(55.4) 		13.0
(55.4)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 51.1
(2.01) 		81.5
(3.21) 		140.0
(5.51) 		196.0
(7.72) 		419.9
(16.53) 		777.2
(30.60) 		1,024.1
(40.32) 		969.7
(38.18) 		816.4
(32.14) 		337.6
(13.29) 		85.2
(3.35) 		27.8
(1.09) 		4,926.5
(193.96)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) 3.5 5.6 9.6 11.7 18.8 23.3 24.6 24.6 22.5 17.4 6.8 2.4 170.8
Average relative humidity (%) 73.0 76.8 79.3 80.3 83.1 86.5 87.3 87.6 87.2 84.5 75.3 69.8 80.9
Source: NOAA[10][11][12]

Economy

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Trat, favored by its proximity to the Cambodian border, is of some importance as a trading city. The area around Trat is rich in gemstone mines, whose yield (rubies and sapphires) is processed right in the town. Fruit growing is also important: durian, rambutan and mangosteen are the main products.

For tourists, Trat is more interesting as a starting point to the large islands of Ko Chang and Ko Mak.

The city of Trat had 10,207 inhabitants as of 2012.[13]

References

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  1. ^ Kato, Kenichi (2014-12-22). From ancient to present : Trat, Thailand Photo collection 01: Trat, Thailand Photo collection 01. makewthus product team.
  2. ^ (Eastern Part of the Gulf of Thailand): Trat, Chantaburi, Rayong. 1986.
  3. ^ Gray, Paul; Ridout, Lucy (2002). The Rough Guide to Thailand's Beaches and Islands. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-829-1.
  4. ^ Planet, Lonely; et al. (2017-08-01). Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & Northern Thailand. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-78701-007-9.
  5. ^ "Trat, General Information". www.thai-tour.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ^ "List of Plant quarantine station in Thailand" (PDF). 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Pred Nai Community Forest, Trad Province, Thailand (Book chapter)". University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  8. ^ Anheier, H.K.; Simmons, A.; Winder, D. (2007). Innovation in Strategic Philanthropy: Local and Global Perspectives. Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies. Springer US. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-387-34253-5. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  9. ^ Shenon, Philip (6 February 1994). "Pol Pot, the Mass Murderer Who Is Still Alive and Well". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Trad Climate Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  11. ^ "Khlong Yai Climate Normals 1981-2010". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  12. ^ "Khlong Yai Climate Normals 1961-1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  13. ^ "Department of Provincial Administration".
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