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CHANTABUN, or CITANTABURI

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 846 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHANTABUN, or CITANTABURI , the See also:principal See also:town of the Siamese See also:province of the same name, on the E. See also:side of the Gulf of See also:Siam, in 102° 6' E., 12° 38' N. Pop. about 5000. The town lies about 12 M. from the See also:sea on a See also:river which is navigable for boats and inside the See also:bar of which there is See also:good anchorage for See also:light-draft vessels. The See also:trade is chiefly in rubies and sapphires from the mines of the Krat and Pailin districts, and in See also:pepper, of which about 500 tons are exported annually. Cardamoms and See also:rosewood are also exported. In 1905 Chantabun was made the headquarters of a high See also:commissioner with See also:jurisdiction ex-tending over the See also:coast districts from the Nam Wen on the See also:East to Cape Liant on the See also:West, which were thus See also:united to See also:form a provincial See also:division (See also:Manton). In 1893 Chantabun was occupied by a See also:French force of four See also:hundred men, a step taken by See also:France as a See also:guarantee for the See also:execution by Siam of undertakings entered into by the treaty of that See also:year. The occupation, which was merely military and did not affect the See also:civil See also:government, lasted until See also:January 1905, when, in accordance with the provisions of the Franco-Siamese treaty of 1904, the See also:garrison of occupation was withdrawn. Chantabun has been since the 17th See also:century, and still is, a stronghold of the See also:Roman See also:Catholic missionaries, and the See also:Christian See also:element amongst the See also:population is greater here than anywhere else in Siam.

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