|
 Once
a prosperous and extensive community but ravaged by floods, Roi Et has
made a come-back as a town of great promise, with its huge Thung Kula
Rong Hai (flat-land) being developed into a fertile and productive land.
Roi Et is 512 kilometers from Bangkok. Places of Interest: Right in the
town center is the Bung Phlan Chai a lake which has been deepened to make
a beautiful spot for the town people. It is also where the Roi Et Town
Pillar is located. The Roi Et Reservoir, about three kilometers from town
center, is another area popular with the people. For it provides both
beautiful scenery and restful atmosphere for relaxation. Thung Kula Rong
Hai is a huge flat-land covering four provinces, Surin, Roi Et, Maha-Sarakam
and Buriram, with an area of about one million acres. The name literally
means the Weeping Field of the Kula (a tough nomad people). For it was
scorching dry in the summer and totally inundated during the rainy season,
with no natural water sources or tall trees to provide shade. However,
it has been partially developed for agricultural purpose through a land
reform project ot turn it into a vast productive farming area.
|
| General
Information |
| Area
sq km |
8,299
|
|
|
Anual
rainfall mm (2002) |
1,357
|
| Forest
Land (1999) |
185
|
2.2 %
|
Days
of rain (2002) |
113
|
| Farm
Land (1999) |
5,186
|
62.5 %
|
Mean
Temperature High/Low (2002) |
32.6
/
22.8
|
| Unclassified
Land (1999) |
2,928
|
35.3 %
|
BOI
Zone |
3
|
| Population
/ sq. km (2003) |
159
|
|
Gross
provincial product rank (2001) |
36
|
|
|
| Population |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
| Male |
50.0 %
|
50.0 %
|
50.0 %
|
50.0 %
|
50.0 %
|
50.1 %
|
50.0 %
|
50.1 %
|
| Female |
50.0 %
|
50.0 %
|
50.0 %
|
50.0 %
|
50.0 %
|
49.9 %
|
50.0 %
|
49.9 %
|
| Total |
1,322,389
|
1,322,864
|
1,319,589
|
1,317,787
|
1,320,824
|
1,321,035
|
1,310,095
|
1,302,422
|
|
|
| Household
income (baht) |
2002 |
2000 |
1998 |
1996 |
1994 |
| Average
monthly income |
9,442
|
7,207
|
5,987
|
6,746
|
3,675
|
| Average
monthly expenditures |
8,146
|
6,462
|
5,432
|
6,690
|
3,980
|
| Voluntary
reserves |
13.7 %
|
10.3 %
|
9.3 %
|
0.8 %
|
-
|
| Monthly
income / Person |
2,484
|
1,947
|
1,496
|
1,823
|
918
|
| Average
household size |
3.8
|
3.7
|
4.0
|
3.7
|
4.0
|
|
|
| Gross
provincial product |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
| Agriculture |
21.6 %
|
20.0 %
|
21.9 %
|
27.6 %
|
25.8 %
|
21.6 %
|
20.7 %
|
21.3 %
|
| Manufacturing |
5.3 %
|
5.3 %
|
4.8 %
|
4.6 %
|
4.2 %
|
4.4 %
|
4.7 %
|
5.1 %
|
| Construction |
1.6 %
|
2.9 %
|
2.2 %
|
3.0 %
|
5.5 %
|
8.4 %
|
8.5 %
|
8.2 %
|
| Transport
& communication |
5.5 %
|
5.3 %
|
5.3 %
|
5.1 %
|
4.9 %
|
5.4 %
|
5.0 %
|
5.8 %
|
| Wholesale
& retail trade |
23.4 %
|
24.1 %
|
23.6 %
|
21.6 %
|
24.1 %
|
24.1 %
|
25.4 %
|
25.6 %
|
| Services |
21.8 %
|
21.0 %
|
20.5 %
|
17.8 %
|
16.6 %
|
16.1 %
|
15.5 %
|
14.4 %
|
| Others |
20.8 %
|
21.4 %
|
21.7 %
|
20.3 %
|
18.9 %
|
20.0 %
|
20.2 %
|
19.6 %
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
(million baht) |
29,307
|
28,367
|
27,395
|
28,841
|
28,085
|
26,148
|
23,910
|
21,194
|
| GPP
per capita (baht) |
22,209
|
21,526
|
20,740
|
21,832
|
21,437
|
20,076
|
18,375
|
16,405
|
|
|
| Commercial
bank |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
| No.
of offices |
21
|
21
|
22
|
24
|
19
|
19
|
18
|
18
|
| Deposits
(million baht) |
10,682
|
10,046
|
10,034
|
8,754
|
9,724
|
9,724
|
9,919
|
9,369
|
| Loans
(million baht) |
9,238
|
8,340
|
7,280
|
12,056
|
13,478
|
13,478
|
14,727
|
13,889
|
| Deposits
/ capita (baht) |
8,106
|
7,605
|
7,595
|
6,681
|
7,466
|
7,473
|
7,678
|
7,373
|
| Loans/deposits
ratio |
86.5 %
|
83.0 %
|
72.6 %
|
137.7 %
|
138.6 %
|
138.6 %
|
148.5 %
|
148.2 %
|
|
|
| Public
health |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1993 |
| No.
of hospitals |
21
|
21
|
21
|
21
|
22
|
20
|
19
|
19
|
17
|
| No.
of hospital beds |
1,416
|
1,376
|
1,409
|
1,403
|
1,403
|
1,187
|
972
|
907
|
847
|
| Avg.
Beds / Hospital |
67
|
65
|
67
|
66
|
63
|
59
|
51
|
47
|
49
|
| Capita
/ Hospital bed |
931
|
957
|
937
|
941
|
933
|
1,097
|
1,338
|
1,424
|
1,500
|
| No.
of physicians |
103
|
136
|
107
|
114
|
104
|
93
|
83
|
82
|
76
|
| Capita
/ Physician |
12,811
|
9,689
|
12,344
|
11,588
|
12,597
|
14,004
|
15,676
|
15,754
|
16,718
|
|
No. of dentists |
28
|
36
|
23
|
19
|
22
|
19
|
17
|
18
|
11
|
|
Capita / Dentist |
47,128
|
36,605
|
57,427
|
69,528
|
59,549
|
68,548
|
76,540
|
71,769
|
115,509
|
| No.
of nurses |
714
|
659
|
660
|
620
|
534
|
488
|
442
|
374
|
349
|
|
|
| Education |
2002 |
2000 |
1998 |
1996 |
1994 |
1993 |
| No.
of teachers |
-
|
12,632
|
12,757
|
12,270
|
12,218
|
12,217
|
| No.
of students |
-
|
251,619
|
252,295
|
542,714
|
236,556
|
216,475
|
| No.
of schools |
-
|
896
|
900
|
896
|
882
|
879
|
| No.
of classrooms |
-
|
10,330
|
10,284
|
10,123
|
9,878
|
8,895
|
| Ratio
: students / teacher |
-
|
19.9
|
19.8
|
44.2
|
19.4
|
17.7
|
| Ratio
: students / classroom |
-
|
24.4
|
24.5
|
53.6
|
23.9
|
24.3
|
|
|
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