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{{Short description|Province of Thailand}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Chonburi
| other_name         = 
| native_name        = {{nobold|ชลบุรี}}
| native_name_lang   = th
| settlement_type    = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = {{lang|zh-hant|萬佛歲}}
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[Teochew Min|Teochew]]
| translit_lang1     = Other
| image_skyline      = {{Photomontage|position=center
| photo1a                = Central Pattaya and beach at sunset in 2017.jpg
| photo2a                = The Sancturay of Truth, Pattaya, Thailand.JPG
| photo3a                = Na Chom Thian, Sattahip District, Chon Buri, Thailand - panoramio (21).jpg
| size                   = 270
| spacing                = 1
| color                  = white
| border                 = 0
}}
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = From top: View of [[Pattaya]] skyline, [[Sanctuary of Truth]], [[Phra Chuthathut Palace]] of [[Ko Sichang]]
| image_flag         = File:Chonburi flag.svg
| flag_alt           = 
| image_seal         = File:Seal of Chonburi.svg
| seal_alt           = 
| nickname           = 
| mottoes              = ทะเลงาม ข้าวหลามอร่อย อ้อยหวาน จักสานดี ประเพณีวิ่งควาย <br> ("Beautiful seas. Delicious Khao Lam. Sweet sugar cane. Fine weaving. The buffalo racing festival.")
| image_map          = Thailand Chonburi locator map.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_alt            = Map of Thailand, with a small highlighted area near the centre of the country, near the coast of the Gulf of Thailand
| map_caption        = Location within Thailand
| coordinates        = {{coord|13|13|N|101|11|E|type:adm1st_region:TH-20|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Thailand]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Regions of Thailand|Region]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Eastern Thailand]]
| subdivision_type3  = Capital
| subdivision_name3  = [[Chonburi]]
| subdivision_type4  = Largest City
| subdivision_name4  = [[Si Racha]]
| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = {{nowrap|c. 7th century, as Phrarot city}}
| established_title2 = Founded as city
| established_date2  = 1897–1932
| established_title3 = Founded as province
| established_date3  = 1933
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    =
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = Governor
| leader_name        = Thawatchai Srithong<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-14 |title=449 police, soldiers make show of force in Pattaya |url=https://www.pattayamail.com/news/449-police-soldiers-make-show-of-force-in-pattaya-413334 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Pattaya Mail |language=en-US}}</ref><br />(since 2022)
| leader_party1      = 
| leader_title1      = PAO President
| leader_name1       = 
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| unit_pref          = Metric
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| area_footnotes          = <ref name="AREA">{{cite web |url=https://www.forest.go.th |title=Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019 |publisher=Royal Forest Department |access-date=6 April 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 4,508
| area_rank               = [[Provinces of Thailand|47th]]
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 50
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="DOPA2024">{{cite web |url=https://stat.bora.dopa.go.th/stat/statnew/statMenu/newStat/home.php |publisher=Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA) |title=Official statistics registration systems |access-date=10 February 2025 |postscript= , year 2024 >provincial level >Excel File >no.20}}</ref>
| population_total        = {{increase}}1,635,525
| population_as_of        = 2024
| population_rank         = [[Provinces of Thailand|6th]]
| population_density_km2  = 363
| population_density_rank = [[Provinces of Thailand|10th]]
| population_demonym      = 
| population_note         = 
| demographics_type2 = GDP
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="NESDB-2017">{{cite journal|title=''Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition''|journal=Gross Regional and Provincial Product |date=July 2019|url=https://www.nesdc.go.th/ewt_dl_link.php?nid=5628&filename=gross_regional|access-date=22 January 2020|publisher=Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC)|language=en|issn=1686-0799}}</ref>
| demographics2_title1 = Total
| demographics2_info1 = [[baht]] 976 billion<br />([[US$]]33 billion) (2019)
| timezone1          = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset1        = +07:00
| demographics_type1 = Human Achievement Index
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="HAI 2565">{{cite web |url=https://www.nesdc.go.th/main.php?filename=Social_HAI |department=Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC)|title=ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF) |language=thai |trans-title=Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF) |access-date=12 March 2024 |postscript= , page 22}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = HAI (2022)
| demographics1_info1 = 0.6896&nbsp;"high"<br/>[[#Human achievement index 2022|Ranked 1st]]
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in Thailand|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = 20xxx
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in Thailand|Calling code]]
| area_code          = 038
| iso_code           = [[ISO 3166-2:TH|TH-20]]
| website            = {{URL|chonburi.go.th}}
| footnotes          = 
}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Chonburi Provincial Administrative Organization
| native_name             = องค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดชลบุรี
| native_name_lang        = th
| settlement_type         = [[Provincial Administrative Organization]]
| image_seal              = Seal of Chonburi Provincial Administstrative Organization.png
| government_type         = [[Administrative divisions of Thailand#Local administrative divisions|Local administrative divisions]]
| governing_body          = Chonburi Provincial Administrative Organization
| leader_title            = President
| leader_name             = [[Wittaya Khunpluem]]
| website                 = {{URL|chon.go.th}}
}}

'''Chonburi''' ({{Langx|th|ชลบุรี}}, {{RTGS|''Chon Buri''}}, {{IPA|th|tɕ͡ʰōn bū.rīː||th-chonburi.ogg}}) is a [[Provinces of Thailand|province of Thailand]] (''changwat'') located in [[Eastern Thailand#Administrative divisions|eastern Thailand]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About Chon Buri|url=https://www.tourismthailand.org/About-Thailand/Destination/Chon-Buri|website=Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)|access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref> Its capital is also named [[Chonburi]]. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise from north) [[Chachoengsao province|Chachoengsao]], [[Chanthaburi province|Chanthaburi]], and [[Rayong province|Rayong]], while the [[Bay of Bangkok]] is to the west. [[Pattaya]], a major tourism destination in Thailand, is located in Chonburi, along with [[Laem Chabang]], the country's primary seaport. The population of the province has grown rapidly and now totals 1.7 million residents, although a large portion of the population is floating or unregistered.<ref name="citypopulation"/> The registered population as of 31 December 2024 was 1.635 million.<ref name="DOPA2024" />

==Toponymy==
The Thai word ''chon'' ({{lang|th|ชล}} /{{IPA|t͡ɕʰon˧}}/) originates from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''{{IAST|jalá}}'' ({{lang|sa|जल}})  meaning "water", and the word ''buri'' ({{lang|th|บุรี;}} /{{IPA|bu˨˩.riː˧}}/) from Sanskrit ''{{IAST|purī}}'' ({{lang|sa|पुरी}});  meaning "town" or "city"; hence the name of the province means "city of water".  The local Chinese name for the province is {{lang-zh|c=萬佛歲|poj=Bān-pu̍t-sòe|labels=no}}, which is a rendering of "Bang Pla Soi" ({{lang|th|บางปลาสร้อย}}) the former name of [[Mueang Chonburi district]], the capital district of Chonburi province (this name is retained for one of Mueang Chonburi's subdistricts.)  The standard Chinese name for the province is a phonetic rendering of "Chonburi", {{lang-zh|c=春武里|poj=Chhun-bú-lí|labels=no}}.

== History ==
Human habitation of the province dates back to the Neolithic era, when early inhabitants lived in the area along the Panthong river in modern day Phan Thong district.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.chonburimots.go.th/en/about-us/chonburi-info/history/83-english/chonburi-info.html |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=สำนักงานการท่องเที่ยวและกีฬาจังหวัดชลบุรี |language=en-gb}}</ref>

During the [[Dvaravati]] period, the city of Mueang Phra Rot (Phra That Noen That) was established close to the mouth of the Bang Pakong river in modern-day Phanat Nikhom District. The city was in the shape of an irregular rectangle and was surrounded by a moat. Mueang Phra Rot was established from the 600s to the 1000s and had goods imported from the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] and [[Song dynasty|Song dynasties]] and from either [[Persia]] or [[lower Mesopotamia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mueang Phra Rot - Archeological site |url=https://www.routeyou.com/en-th/location/view/51155944/mueang-phra-rot |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=RouteYou |language=en}}</ref>

To the east of Phra Rot was Mueang Sri Phalo in modern-day Nong Mai Daeng, which was established near the end of Phra Rot in the 1000s.<ref name=":1" /> Located near the mouth of the [[Bang Pakong River|Bang Pakong river]], it became a wealthy port and fishing town, serving as a stopping point for Khmer, Vietnamese and Chinese [[barque]]s before they ventured into the [[Chao Phraya River|Chao Phraya river]].<ref name=":0" /> However, it lost prominence in the 1300s when the mouth of the river became shallower due to sedimentation. As a result in the town's economy declining, its inhabitants moved south to Bang Pla Soi. Construction of Sukhimvit road erased the town's eastern wall.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Mueang Sri Phalo - Archeological site |url=https://www.routeyou.com/en-th/location/view/51157203/mueang-sri-phalo |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=RouteYou |language=en}}</ref>

=== Late 19th century to present ===
In the reign of King Nangklao, [[Rama III]], Phra Intha-asa, The Governor of Phanat Nikhom I (Princely member of Nakhon Phanom royal family) took many immigrants (Nakhon Phanom Laotians, Named Lao Asa Pak Nam) from Samut Prakan and New Nakhon Phanom Laotians to Phanat Nikhom. The Siamese King at the time allowed them to establish a habitat between Chonburi and Chachoengsao (Named Phanat Nikhom in the present).

In 1892, [[Ko Sichang district|Ko Sichang]], an island off the mainland, served as a holiday point for [[Chulalongkorn|King Chulalongkorn]] and his wife [[Saovabha Phongsri|Queen Saovabha Phongsri]]. Chulalongkorn later built a summer palace called "[[Phra Chuthathut Palace]]" named after his son, [[Chudadhuj Dharadilok|Prince Chudadhuj Dharadilok]], who was born on Ko Sichang.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ko Sichang |url=https://www.thailandtourismdirectory.go.th/en/info/attraction/detail/itemid/4989 |accessdate=26 August 2018 |website=Thailandtourismdirectory.com |archive-date=20 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820074710/https://www.thailandtourismdirectory.go.th/en/info/attraction/detail/itemid/4989 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the [[Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893]], the island was occupied by the French.<ref>{{cite web |title=พิพิธภัณฑ์พระจุฑาธุชราชฐานเกาะสีชัง – CU100 |url=http://www.cu100.chula.ac.th/story/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%91%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%91%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87/ |accessdate=26 August 2018 |website=Cu100.chula.ac.th}}</ref> During this time, the island was a part of [[Samut Prakan province]] before being transferred to Chonburi province on 1 January 1943 as a minor district (''[[king amphoe]]'') in Si Racha district.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 Jan 1943 |script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง ให้กิ่งอำเภอเกาะสีชัง ขึ้นกับอำเภอศรีราชา จังหวัดชลบุรี |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2486/D/001/6.PDF |url-status=dead |journal=Royal Gazette |language=Thai |volume=60 |issue=1 ง |pages=6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718005828/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2486/D/001/6.PDF |archive-date=July 18, 2011}}</ref> Ko Sichang became its own district on 4 July 1994.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=3 Jun 1994 |script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอเปือยน้อย ... และอำเภอศรีวิไล พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๗ |url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2537/A/021/32.PDF |url-status=dead |journal=Royal Gazette |language=Thai |volume=111 |issue=21 ก |pages=32–35 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185742/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2537/A/021/32.PDF |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}</ref>

Following the end of World War II, coastal towns particularly Ang Sila witnessed an influx of Teochew Chinese migrants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ang Sila |url=https://www.tourismthailand.org/Attraction/ang-sila |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.tourismthailand.org |language=en}}</ref> The Vietnam War would also cause an influx of American G.I.s to arrive, particularly in Pattaya. This would go on to lead Chonburi province to become popular among foreign tourists.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-25 |title=Pattaya history, Introduction to Pattaya, festivals and events |url=http://thailand.sawadee.com/pattaya/introduction.html |access-date=2023-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225163220/http://thailand.sawadee.com/pattaya/introduction.html |archive-date=2020-02-25 }}</ref>

== Symbols ==
The [[Seals of the provinces of Thailand|provincial seal]] shows the hill [[Khao Sam Muk]], on which there is a ''[[Sala (Thai architecture)|sala]]'' with a statue of the goddess Chao Mae Sahm Muk, who, it is believed, protects seafarers and the local population.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chonburi|url=http://thailex.asia/THAILEX/THAILEXENG/LEXICON/Copy%20of%20Chonburi.htm|website=THAILEX Travel Encyclopedia|access-date=31 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127012331/http://thailex.asia/THAILEX/THAILEXENG/LEXICON/Copy%20of%20Chonburi.htm|archive-date=2015-11-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[list of Thai provincial trees|provincial tree]] and flower is the New Guinea rosewood (''[[Pterocarpus indicus]]'', called ''Mai Pradu'' in Thai).{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}} The provincial aquatic life is [[bamboo shark]] ''[[Chiloscyllium punctatum]]''.

The provincial motto is "Beautiful seas. Delicious Khao Lam. Sweet sugar cane. Fine weaving. The buffalo racing festival."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chonburimots.go.th/en/about-us/chonburi-info/history/83-english/chonburi-info.html|title=History|website=สำนักงานการท่องเที่ยวและกีฬาจังหวัดชลบุรี|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>

==Geography==
The province is on the [[Bay of Bangkok]], the northern end of the Gulf of Thailand. The [[Khao Khiao Massif|Khao Khiao]] mountain range stretches from the northwest to the southeast of the province. The plains of the north were long used for farming. Laem Chabang, between Chonburi and Pattaya, is one of the few deep-water harbours of Thailand. The total forest area is {{convert|551|km²|abbr=on}} or 12.2 percent of provincial area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forest.go.th |title=ตารางที่ 2 พี้นที่ป่าไม้ แยกรายจังหวัด พ.ศ.2562 |year=2019 |department=Royal Forest Department |language=Thai |trans-title=Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019 |access-date=6 April 2021 |postscript=, information, Forest statistics Year 2019}}</ref>

===Wildlife sanctuary===
There is one wildlife sanctuary, along with three other wildlife sanctuaries, make up [[Protected Areas Regional Offices of Thailand|region 2 (Si Racha)]] of Thailand's protected areas. 
* [[Khao Khio–Khao Chomphu Wildlife Sanctuary]], {{convert|145|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name="AREA WS">{{cite web |url=http://it2.dnp.go.th/wp-content/uploads/ตาราง-5-พื้นที่เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่า-ปี-2562.pdf |title=ตาราง 5 พื้นที่เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่า พ.ศ. 2562 |year=2019 |department=Department of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Plant Conservation |language=Thai |trans-title=Table 5 Wildlife Sanctuary Areas in 2019 |access-date=1 November 2022}}</ref>{{rp|4}}

The provincial permanent legal population rose at nearly four per cent annually, from 1,040,865 in 2000 to 1,554,365 in 2010.<ref name="citypopulation">{{cite web| url = http://www.citypopulation.de/php/thailand-admin.php| title = Thailand: Administrative Division (Provinces and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map}}</ref> There is a large floating population of long-term non-Thai residents without permanent status, on a perpetual [[tourist visa]] and/or [[migrant worker]]s (legal or not), as well as heavy, short-term tourist influxes.

==Demographics==
{{Empty section|date=August 2019}}

===Religion===
According to a 2015 survey,<ref name=Religion>http://cbi.onab.go.th/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=327&Itemid=206 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210123708/http://cbi.onab.go.th/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=327&Itemid=206 |date=2020-02-10 }} Religion in Chonburi</ref> around 97.87% of the population of Chonburi practices [[Buddhism in Thailand|Buddhism]], followed by [[Islam in Thailand|Islam]] with 1.56% and [[Christianity in Thailand|Christianity]] with 0.60%.

{|class="wikitable"
!Religion
!Census 2015<ref name=Religion />
!%
|-
|style="background:#FFFFC0;"|[[Buddhism]]||1,256,081||97.87%
|-
|style="background:#E0FFC0;"|[[Islam]]||20,000||1.56%
|-
|style="background:#E0F0FF;"|[[Christianity]]||7,707||0.60%
|-
|style="background:#F0E0F0;"|Other religions||800||0.06%
|}

{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Religion in Chonburi (census 2015)<ref name=Religion />
|label1 = [[Buddhism]]
|value1 = 97.87
|color1 = Yellow
|label3 = [[Christianity]]
|value3 = 0.60
|color3 = DodgerBlue
|label2 = [[Islam]]
|value2 = 1.56
|color2 = green
|label4 = Other
|value4 = 0.06
|color4 = Black
}}

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| align        = center
| direction    = horizontal
| width        = 150

| image1    = Wat Yansangwararam วัดญาณสังวราราม 2562 01.jpg
| caption1  = Wat Ñanasamvara Woramahawihan in Huai Yai, [[Bang Lamung District|Bang Lamung]].

| image2    = เขาชีจรรย์.jpg
| caption2  = Khao Chi Chan in Na Chom Thian, [[Bang Lamung District|Bang Lamung]].

| image3    = Wat Tham Nimit Chonburi Thailand.JPG
| caption3  = Wat Tham Nimit in Ban Suan, [[Mueang Chonburi District|Chonburi]].

| image4    = Pattaya buddha.jpg
| caption4  = Wat Khao Phra Bat in [[Pattaya]], [[Bang Lamung District|Bang Lamung]].
}}

== Administrative divisions ==
{{main|Chonburi provincial and local government}}

=== Provincial government ===
Chonburi province consists of 11 districts (''[[districts of Thailand|amphoe]]''). These are further subdivided into 92 [[subdistrict]]s (''[[tambon]]'') and 710 villages (''[[muban]]'').
* [[Pattaya]] is a special governed city in Bang Lamung district.
* [[Laem Chabang]] is a port city municipality in Si Racha and Bang Lamung districts.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" align=center
|-
! Map
! #
! Name
! Thai
! Population (2018) 
! Subdivisions
|-
|rowspan=13|[[File:Districts Chonburi.png|440px]]
|-bgcolor=lightblue
|Colspan=5 align=center|'''— [[districts of Thailand|Districts]] —'''
|-
|1
|[[Mueang Chonburi district|Mueang Chonburi]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|เมืองชลบุรี}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|335,063
|18 ''tambon'' — 107 ''muban''
|-
|2
|[[Ban Bueng district|Ban Bueng]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|บ้านบึง}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|103,377
|8 ''tambon'' — 52 ''muban''
|-
|3
|[[Nong Yai district|Nong Yai]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|หนองใหญ่}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|23,625
|5 ''tambon'' — 24 ''muban''
|-
|4
|[[Bang Lamung district|Bang Lamung]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|บางละมุง}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|315,437
|8 ''tambon'' — 72 ''muban''
|-
|5
|[[Phan Thong district|Phan Thong]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|พานทอง}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|69,429
|11 ''tambon'' — 76 ''muban''
|-
|6
|[[Phanat Nikhom district|Phanat Nikhom]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|พนัสนิคม}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|124,637
|20 ''tambon'' — 185 ''muban''
|-
|7
|[[Si Racha district|Si Racha]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|ศรีราชา}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|301,799
|8 ''tambon'' — 73 ''muban''
|-
|8
|[[Ko Sichang district|Ko Sichang]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|เกาะสีชัง}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|4,560
|1 ''tambon'' — 7 ''muban''
|-
|9
|[[Sattahip district|Sattahip]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|สัตหีบ}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|165,492
|5 ''tambon'' — 40 ''muban''
|-
|10
|[[Bo Thong district|Bo Thong]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|บ่อทอง}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|50,318
|6 ''tambon'' — 47 ''muban''
|-
|11
|[[Ko Chan district|Ko Chan]]
|<span style="font-size:115%;">{{lang|th|เกาะจันทร์}}</span>
|style="text-align:right;"|37,670
|2 ''tambon'' — 27 ''muban''
|}

=== Local government ===
The local governments are overseen by the Pattaya City Special Local Government in Pattaya and the Chonburi Provincial Administrative Organisation (CPOA, ''{{lang|th-Latn|ongkan borihan suan changwat}} chonburi'') throughout Chonburi. The 47 municipalities are split up into two city municipalities (''[[thesaban nakhon]]''), 10 town municipalities ([[Thesaban Mueang|''thesaban mueang'']]),<ref name="LOCAL">{{cite web |url=https://www.chonburilocal.go.th/public/history/data/index/menu/22 |title=ข้อมูลพื้นฐานของอปท |date=2020 |access-date=22 September 2020 |language=th |trans-title=Basic information of local authorities}}</ref> and 35 subdistrict municipalities (''[[Thesaban Tambon|thesaban tambon]]''). Local communities are also overseen by 50 subdistrict administrative organisations (SAO, ''ongkan borihan suan tambon'').<ref>https://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719112521/http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/index.jsp |date=2019-07-19 }} Thesaban - 14 June 2562 (2019)</ref>

==Transport==
===Road===
The Bangkok-Chonburi-Pattaya Motorway (Hwy 7) is linked with [[Bangkok]]'s Outer Ring Road (Hwy 9) with another intersection at Si Nakharin and Rama IX Junction.

The Bang Na-Trat Highway (Hwy 34) from Bang Na travels through Bang Phli and crosses the Bang Pakong River into Chonburi. There is a Chonburi bypass that meets [[Sukhumvit Road]] (Hwy 3), passing [[Bang Saen Beach]], Bang Phra, Pattaya and Sattahip.

===Airports===
Chonburi is about {{convert|120|km}} by road from [[Suvarnabhumi Airport]] (BKK), the country's largest international airport. By road, it is accessed from [[Sukhumvit Road]] and [[Thai motorway network#Motorway route 7|Motorway 7]] from Bangkok. Chonburi is also served by scheduled flights via [[U-Tapao International Airport]] (UTP), which is a 45-minute drive south of the city.

===Highways===
The main road through Chonburi is [[Thailand Route 3]], also known as Sukhumvit Road. To the northeast, it connects to [[Bangkok]], and to the south, it connects to Rayong province, Chanthaburi province and [[Trat province]]. [[Thailand Route 44|Route 344]] leads east to [[Klaeng]] (which is also on Route 3). Route 7 runs parallel to Route 3 but bypasses the densely populated coastal area, connecting to the beach resort city of Pattaya.

===Rail===
The [[State Railway of Thailand]], the national passenger rail system, provides service in the province, with the main station being [[Chonburi railway station]].

== Health ==
Many hospitals exist in Chonburi, both public and private. Chonburi has one university hospital, [[Burapha University Hospital]]. Its main hospital operated by the [[Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)|Ministry of Public Health]] is [[Chonburi Hospital]]. Hospitals operated by other organisations, such as the [[Thai Red Cross|Thai Red Cross Society]]'s [[Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital]] and the [[Queen Sirikit Naval Hospital]] run by the [[Royal Thai Navy]], are also found in the province.

== Educational facilities ==
===Universities===
*[[Burapha University]] (BUU)
*[[Kasetsart University|Kasetsart University Si Racha Campus]] (KU SRC)
*Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok (RMUTTO)
*[[Sripatum University|Sripatum University Chonburi Campus]] (SPU)
*Thailand National Sports University (TNSU)
*[[Thammasat University|Thammasat University Pattaya Campus]] (TU)

===Colleges===
*Graduate School of Public Administration, [[National Institute of Development Administration]] (GSPA NIDA)
*Interior College (IC)
*Panyapiwat Institute of Management (PIM)

== Human achievement index 2022 ==
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="width:400px;"
|- 
| style="text-align:center; width:100px; background:black; color:white;"| Health
| style="text-align:center; width:100px; background:black; color:white;"| Education
| style="text-align:center; width:100px; background:black; color:white;"| Employment
| style="text-align:center; width:100px; background:black; color:white;"| Income
|-
| [[File:Health icon Thai.png|95px]]
| [[File:Round Landmark School Icon - Transparent.svg|100px]]
| [[File:Employment icon.png|100px]]
| [[File:Numismatics and Notaphily icon.png|100px]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 5
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 2
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 1
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 4 
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| Housing
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| Family
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| Transport
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| Participation 
|-
| style="height:100px;"| [[File:586-house-with-garden.svg|100px]] 
| [[File:Parents, enfants, famille.png|center|85px]]
| [[File:Groundtransport inv.svg|100px]]
| [[File:Icon Sociopolítica y relaciones internacionales (wikiproyect, es.wp).png|90px]]
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 72
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 16
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 34
| style="text-align:center; background:black; color:white;"| 69  
|-
| colspan="4"; style="background:black; color:white;"| Province Chonburi, with an HAI 2022 value of 0.6896 is "high", occupies place 1 in the ranking.
|}
Since 2003, the [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at a sub-national level using the [[Human achievement index]] (HAI), a composite index covering all eight key areas of human development. The [[National Economic and Social Development Board]] (NESDB) has taken over this task since 2017.<ref name="HAI 2565" />
{| class="wikitable" ---valign=top
||Rank||Classification
|-
||&nbsp;&nbsp;1–13||"High"
|-
||14–29||"Somewhat high"
|-
||30–45||"Average"
|-
||46–61||"Somewhat low"
|-
||62–77||"Low"
|}
{|role= "presentation" class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|<strong>Map with provinces and HAI 2022 rankings</strong>
|-
|[[File:HAI 2022 rankings.svg|950px]]
|}
{{clear}}

== Tourism ==
[[file:Chon-Buri-2561.jpg|thumb|left|Sand [[cetiya|pagoda]]s in the 2018 Wan Lai festival during [[Songkran (Thailand)|Songkran]]]]
Some nine million visitors to the province were recorded in 2012, of which 6.1 million were from abroad, 2.2 million of these being Russian.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chon Buri sees 9mn visitors in 2012|url=http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Chon-Buri-sees-9mn-visitors-in-2012-30203664.html|date=8 April 2013|access-date=2 October 2018|work=The Nation|archive-date=2 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002180540/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Chon-Buri-sees-9mn-visitors-in-2012-30203664.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

One major tourist attraction is the Chonburi Buffalo Race (งานประเพณีวิ่งควาย), which takes place in the districts of Ban Bueng and Nong Yai. The animals are dressed outrageously or creatively by owners. Assembled in the courtyard in front of the town hall, the buffaloes partake in racing or physical fitness and fashion contests. The Chonburi Buffalo Race festival started over 100 years ago.<ref>สำนักงานคณะกรรมการวัฒนธรรมแห่งชาติ, ประเพณีวิ่งควาย (1994). ชีวิตไทยชุดบรรพบุรุษของเรา.กรุงเทพฯ: คุรุสภาลาดพร้าว, 2013	</ref> Usually, the races will be complemented with booths selling locally made items, stage performances, games, and beauty contests.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chonburi buffalos race Oct. 14-20|url=http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/chonburi-buffalos-race-oct-14-20-29888|website=Pattaya Mail|access-date=31 May 2015|date=2013-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610211807/http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/chonburi-buffalos-race-oct-14-20-29888|archive-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The annual Buffalo Race is held around the 11th [[lunar month]], normally in October. It takes seven days and takes place on the field in front of the city and provincial government offices. The highlight of the festival is the buffalo race, which takes place on the last two days. This race is {{convert|100|m|yd}} long. The prize for the first nose past the finish line is a trophy and some money.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chonburi Buffalo Racing |url=https://www.tourismthailand.org/Events-and-Festivals/Chonburi-Buffalo-Racing--5749 |website=Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) |access-date=19 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419154213/https://www.tourismthailand.org/Events-and-Festivals/Chonburi-Buffalo-Racing--5749 |archive-date=19 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Songkran (Thailand)|Songkran]] day in [[Bangsaen]] (''Ko Phra Sai Wan Lai Bangsaen'') is a tradition that has been held continuously for over ten years at Bang Saen Beach and Laem Thaen. The event takes place between April 16–17 of each year. The highlight of this event is a contest in which the contestants build a sand Buddha at Bangsaen Beach. In each Buddha sand arch is a decoration. The combination of the sea atmosphere and Thai decorations has helped this become one of the most popular Songkran festivals in Thailand. Other activities also take place, such as meriting [[alms]] to monks, bathing Buddha images, pouring water on the elders, traditional sporting events, sea boxing competitions, and oyster sheep competitions. Seafood and local food are often sold, along with other local products as part of [[One Tambon One Product]] (OTOP). Well-known artists have also given concerts at the event.

== See also ==
* [[Chonburi F.C.]]
* [[Sriracha F.C.]]
* [[Pattaya United F.C. (2023)|Pattaya United F.C.]]
* [[Supreme Chonburi VC]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Chonburi Province}}
*{{Wikivoyage inline|Chonburi}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111227233124/http://www.chonburi.go.th/ Provincial administration] (Thai)
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