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Phetchabun

 

Phetchabun is the province situated almost at the middle point of Thailand, 346 km. from Bangkok. .

Nam Nao National Park is very attractive place for sightseeing According to its cold weather, the area has been originally called "the cold weather forest".

 

General Information
Area sq km
12,668
Anual rainfall mm (2002)
1,493
Forest Land (1999)
2,430
19.2 %
Days of rain (2002)
140
Farm Land (1999)
6,209
49.0 %
Mean Temperature High/Low (2002)
33.5 / 22.8
Unclassified Land (1999)
4,029
31.8 %
BOI Zone
3
Population / sq. km (2003)
83
Gross provincial product rank (2001)
37
 
Population 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Male
50.1 %
50.1 %
50.1 %
50.1 %
50.1 %
50.2 %
50.3 %
50.3 %
Female
49.9 %
49.9 %
49.9 %
49.9 %
49.9 %
49.8 %
49.7 %
49.7 %
Total
1,052,286
1,040,786
1,036,336
1,036,526
1,040,731
1,049,516
1,040,917
1,032,662
 
Household income (baht) 2002 2000 1998 1996 1994
Average monthly income
9,548
8,435
8,051
8,204
5,175
Average monthly expenditures
6,185
5,980
6,977
5,225
5,031
Voluntary reserves
35.2 %
29.1 %
13.3 %
36.3 %
2.8 %
Monthly income / Person
2,728
2,279
2,118
2,217
1,361
Average household size
3.5
3.7
3.8
3.7
3.8
 
Gross provincial product 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Agriculture
36.4 %
30.2 %
33.2 %
37.2 %
32.2 %
33.3 %
31.8 %
30.3 %
Manufacturing
3.1 %
3.2 %
2.9 %
2.7 %
2.7 %
2.6 %
3.2 %
3.2 %
Construction
3.0 %
4.0 %
3.8 %
3.8 %
6.1 %
9.9 %
10.3 %
9.4 %
Transport & communication
3.6 %
3.3 %
3.3 %
3.3 %
3.5 %
3.2 %
3.2 %
3.4 %
Wholesale & retail trade
20.0 %
23.0 %
21.8 %
20.2 %
23.2 %
20.6 %
21.4 %
22.6 %
Services
15.9 %
16.6 %
15.8 %
14.0 %
14.0 %
12.5 %
12.2 %
12.8 %
Others
18.0 %
19.7 %
19.2 %
18.8 %
18.3 %
17.9 %
17.9 %
18.3 %
Total (million baht)
29,101
26,569
26,464
27,315
25,684
26,576
24,061
20,492
GPP per capita (baht)
28,080
25,632
25,428
26,026
24,674
25,735
23,276
20,920
 
Commercial bank 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
No. of offices
26
26
27
27
25
25
31
30
Deposits (million baht)
13,014
12,513
12,150
10,940
11,212
11,212
11,465
11,265
Loans (million baht)
8,595
8,725
7,712
8,882
9,661
9,661
12,369
1,076
Deposits / capita (baht)
12,555
12,023
11,576
10,509
10,857
10,846
11,704
10,876
Loans/deposits ratio
66.0 %
69.7 %
63.5 %
81.2 %
86.2 %
86.2 %
107.9 %
9.6 %
 
Public health 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
No. of hospitals
15
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
10
No. of hospital beds
1,173
1,074
1,134
1,091
1,038
966
894
784
674
Avg. Beds / Hospital
78
76
81
77
74
74
68
60
67
Capita / Hospital bed
883
965
917
961
1,002
1,069
1,156
1,249
1,536
No. of physicians
81
71
74
72
59
56
53
51
51
Capita / Physician
12,794
14,598
14,063
14,576
17,642
18,440
19,503
19,206
20,309
No. of dentists
25
21
18
19
17
17
18
13
14
Capita / Dentist
41,453
49,358
57,818
55,237
61,230
60,744
57,427
75,348
73,982
No. of nurses
542
459
468
443
485
420
355
314
273
 
Education 2002 2000 1998 1996 1994 1993
No. of teachers
-
9,142
9,348
9,173
8,882
8,916
No. of students
-
182,788
182,549
177,846
172,599
164,608
No. of schools
-
667
671
682
683
690
No. of classrooms
-
6,977
7,091
7,101
6,904
6,684
Ratio : students / teacher
-
20.0
19.5
19.4
19.4
18.5
Ratio : students / classroom
-
26.2
25.7
25.0
25.0
24.6
 
   

 

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