Map Ta Phut

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Map Ta Phut ({{langx|th|มาบตาพุด}}, {{IPA|th|mâːp tāː pʰút|pron}}) is a town (thesaban mueang) in Rayong Province, Thailand. It is the site of Thailand's largest industrial park, the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate. Provincial offices are in Map Ta Phut.

Geography

The town covers parts of the sub-districts Noen Phra and Thap Ma, the whole sub-districts Huai Pong and Map Tha Phut of Mueang Rayong District, and parts of Map Kha sub-district in Nikhom Phatthana District.

Toponymy

The name Map Ta Phut consists of three elements. Map is the vernacular, it means low-lying plain, the second and third elements Ta Phut is a person's name meaning the old Phut. According to local legend, Map Ta Phut is the residence of an elderly couple. The male name is Ta Phut, hence the name.{{cite web|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/lifestyle/culture/2720258|date=2023-08-27|accessdate=2023-08-27|language=thai|title="ศาลตายาย" ศรัทธาแห่ง "โลกทิพย์" เกษตรกรบ้านยายดา จังหวัดระยอง|author=Rak-Yom|work=Thairath}}

History

In 1962, the sanitary district (sukhaphiban) Map Tha Phut was created as the first local government of the settlement.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=79|issue=100 ง|pages=2370–2371|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลมาบตาพุด อำเภอเมืองระยอง จังหวัดระยอง|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2505/D/100/2370.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012427/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2505/D/100/2370.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2013|date=1962-11-13|language=Thai}} In 1991 it was upgraded to a sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon),{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=108|issue=211 ก ฉบับพิเศษ|pages=42–47|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาจัดตั้งเทศบาลตำบลมาบตาพุด อำเภอเมืองระยอง และอำเภอบ้านค่าย จังหวัดระยอง พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๔|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2534/A/211/42.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233337/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2534/A/211/42.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2013|date=1991-12-04|language=Thai}} and in 2001 to a town.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=118|issue=52 ก|pages=10–14|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาจัดตั้งเทศบาลเมืองมาบตาพุด พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๔|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00016809.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001858/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00016809.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2013|date=2001-07-04|language=Thai}}

According to the World Resources Institute, Map Ta Phut is "...one of Thailand's most toxic hot spots with a history of air and water pollution, industrial accidents, illegal hazardous waste dumping, and pollution-related health impacts including cancer and birth deformities."{{cite book|last1=Excell|first1=Carole|last2=Moses|first2=Elizabeth|title=Thirsting for Justice; Transparency and Poor People's Struggle for Clean Water in Indonesia, Mongolia, and Thailand|date=2017|publisher=World Resources Institute|location=Washington DC|isbn=978-1-56973-921-1|url=http://www.wri.org/sites/default/files/17_Report_STRIPE.pdf|accessdate=30 August 2017}}{{RP|20}}

References

External links

[http://mtp.go.th/ Map Ta Phut Municipality] (Thai)

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Category:Populated places in Rayong province