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{{About|the town Trat}}
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| official_name          = Trat
| native_name            = ตราด
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| subdivision_name1      = [[Trat province]]
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| subdivision_name2      = [[Mueang Trat district]]
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'''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 ==
''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 ==
[[File:Thai Traditional House On Stilts Trat Thailand.jpg|thumb|left|A traditional wooden Thai house built on stilts in Amphoe Bo Rai, Trat Province, Thailand.]]
[[File:Trat - Marché de nuit.JPG|thumb|Night market in Trat, Thailand.]]
Trat was already an important seaport in the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Kingdom of Ayutthaya]].{{cn|date=September 2021}}

Under King [[Chulalongkorn]] (Rama V), Trat and Chanthaburi provinces 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|access-date=11 July 2017|date=6 February 1994}}</ref>

== 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]].

=== 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
| collapsed = Y
|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 ==
Its proximity to the Cambodian border gives Trat 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]].

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==
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==External links==
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*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Trat}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Trat province]]