Phibunsongkhram province

{{Short description|Former province of Thailand}}

{{Infobox Former Subdivision

| conventional_long_name = Phibunsongkhram Province

| native_name = จังหวัดพิบูลสงคราม

| common_name = Phibunsongkhram Province

| subdivision = Province

| nation = Thailand

| year_start = 1941

| year_end = 1946

| date_start = May 9

| date_end = November 17

| event_start = Franco-Thai War

| event_end = Thailand returns annexed territories to French Indochina{{Cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/laos/16.htm|title=Laos - INDEPENDENCE}}{{Cite book |url=https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%20344/v344.pdf |title=United Nations Treaty Series |publisher=Secretariat of the United Nations |year=1959 |volume=344 |pages=59-93}}

| p1 = French protectorate of Cambodia

| flag_p1 = Flag of Cambodia under French protection.svg

| s1 = French protectorate of Cambodia

| flag_s1 = Flag of Cambodia under French protection.svg

| image_flag = Flag of Thailand.svg

| flag_type =

| image_coat = Seal Phibunsongkhram Province.png

| image_map = Provinces of Cambodia loss to Thailand during Franco-Thai War.png

| image_map_caption = Phibunsongkhram is shaded blue

| capital = Sisophon

| today = Cambodia

| anthem = Phleng Chat Thai
File:Phleng Chat Thai (instrumental) - The Orchestra of the Fine Arts Department (1958).oga

}}

File:Map of Siam (territorial cessions).svg, which were used as a justification for the annexation.]]

Phibunsongkhram Province ({{langx|th|พิบูลสงคราม}}) was a province of Thailand that existed between 1941 and 1946. It was created as a result of the annexation of Cambodian territory by Thailand following the 1940-41 Franco-Thai war. The province was named after Plaek Phibunsongkhram, prime minister of Thailand at the time.[http://www.historytoday.com/george-horvath/thailands-war-vichy-france Thailand's War With Vichy France] The province was dissolved and returned to Cambodia in 1946.

History

The province was formed in 1941 after France ceded Siem Reap (excluding Siem Reap town and the Angkor Wat ruins{{cite web|title=Regional Flag 1941-1945 (Thailand)|url=http://crwflags.com/fotw/flags/th1941.html|publisher=Flags of the World|accessdate=13 November 2013}} ), Oddar Meanchey and Banteay Meanchey provinces to Thailand as a result of the Franco-Thai war.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111107120252/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2484/A/1920.PDF Ratchakitcha] access date 20 May 2013 The province was dissolved in 1946 and returned to France after the post-war French government threatened to veto Thailand's entry into the UN.

Administrative divisions

File:Map of Thailand World War II (Japanese) 1943.jpg

Phibunsongkhram was divided into six districts (amphoe):

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
! Name

! Thai

! corresponding to Cambodian

1

|Phairirayodet

|ไพรีระย่อเดช

|Puok District

2

|Kalantha Buri

|กลันทบุรี

|Kralanh District

3

|Phrom Khan

|พรหมขันธ์

|Chong Kal

4

|Kriangsakphichit

|เกรียงศักดิ์พิชิต

|Samraong District

5

|Wari Saen

|วารีแสน

|Varin District

6

|Chom Krasan

|จอมกระสานติ์

|Choam Khsant District

See also

References

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