PETRIOU (also called Cha-chang-sao)

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PETRIOU (also called Cha-chang-sao) , a town and port of Siam, in the division of Pachim, about 45 M. E. of Bangkok. It is the centre of that

part

PART

of southern Siam which is watered by the

Bang

BANG, HERMANN
JOACHIM
- JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)
(1858– )

Pakong River. It is built on low-lying, swampy ground, about ro m. from the mouth of the above river. The

population

POPULATION (Lat. populus,
people
- PEOPLE
; populare, to populate)

is about io,000, mixed Siamese and Chinese, the latter slightly predominating.

Rice

-mills give employment to a large number of indentured Chinese coolies, but the inhabitants are chiefly engaged in

agriculture

. A railway connecting with Bangkok was opened in the

spring

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger.
springer
- SPRINGER (Fr. rein)
- SPRINGER, ANTON HEINRICH (1825–1891)
, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

of 1908.

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