Introduction

There are 76 provinces in Thailand, plus the Bangkok administrative area.

This page will guide you through the provinces of Thailand, in latin alphabet but also in thai if you learn the thai alphabet.

Official sign posts

In thai, provinces are written จังหวัด = changwat. In the streetview, you can find the full name of the province on official buildings and city sign posts.

The usual pattern is the subdistrict, then the district, and finally at the bottom right, the province. It is written either as จังหวัดพิษณุโลก = changwat phitsanulok, either with the changwat word abridged like in the image จ.พิษณุโลก = ch. phitsanulok.

Provincial roads

In thailand, national roads are in white on google maps, they have only a number in the streetview. Provincial roads are in blue n google maps, in the streetview they have 2 letters followed by a numbers, the 2 letters being the province abbreviation.

This sign post indicates the junction of national road 230 and provincial road ขก 1027. ขก = KH K = Khon Kaen.

This kilometric post tells us we're on road ชน 4053. ชน = CH N = Chai Nat. Beware, all kilometric post also have the kilometer value written with 2 letters : กม = K M = kilomètre.

Advice

If you learn the provinces in thai alphabet, especially abridged thai, i recommand you try to learn little by little with the different tabs rather than trying all the provinces at once.

I also recommand to play the different quiz in hard mode with no border, so that it reflects the experience you'll have when playing geoguessr and trying to find your province.

Quiz

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provinces abbreviated with อ

7 provinces start with letter อ, meaning they start with a vowel but if it's abbreviated, you don't know which one. Those provinces are north of Bangkok or near the Laos border.

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provinces abbreviated with บ

8 provinces finish with บ = B. 7 of those are บุรี = buri provinces, which are all around Bangkok.

2 provinces start with b : จังหวัดบึงกาฬ = Changwat Bueng Kan and จังหวัดบุรีรัมย์ = Changwat Buri Ram.

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Provinces abbreviated with พ

8 provinces start with พ = PH : 5 in the north, 1 "buri" near Bangkok, 3 in the south.

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provinces abbreviated with ล

4 provinces start with ล, they're rather north of the country. 2 provinces finish with ล, one in the north one in the south.

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provinces abbreviated with ม

5 provinces have the letter ม in their abbreviated form.

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provinces abbreviated with ร

9 provinces have the letter ร in their abbreviated form.

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provinces abbreviated with ย

5 provinces have the letter ย in their abbreviated form.

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provinces abbreviated with ต

5 provinces have the letter ต dans their abbreviated form, all of them are near a border.

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