Chaiya
Chaiya is a town of 5,500 people on the Malay Peninsula, below the Kra Isthmus, on the Central Gulf Coast of Southern Thailand. It offers an interesting history, temples and handicrafts, and is worth visiting if you're touring Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat provinces.- Town with about 5,220 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- Description: subdistrict municipality in Surat Thani province, Thailand
- Also known as“Amphoe Chaiya”“Amphoe Moeang Jaiya”“Ban Bhum Rieng”“Ban Phummariang”“Ban Phumrieng”“Ban Pum Riang”“Ban Pun Riang”“Cahaya”“Chaija”“Jaiya”“Muang Chaiya”“Muang Chaya”“Phum Riang”“Pumreang”“Pumriang”“Srivijaya”“Talat Chaiya”
Places of Interest
Discover Chaiya railway station and Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya.
Chaiya railway station
Chaiya station is a railway station in northern Surat Thani Province, Thailand.
Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya
Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya Ratchaworawihan…
Chaiya
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Latitude
9.3858° or 9° 23′ 9″ north
Longitude
99.1965° or 99° 11′ 47″ east
Open location code
6MXX95PW+8H
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Thai—“Chaiya” goes by many names.
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