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Phra Tabong province

Phra Tabong Province (Thai: พระตะบอง) was a province of Thailand, from the late-18th century until it was ceded to French Indochina in 1907, and again between 1941-1946 after Thailand recaptured it during the Japanese occupation of Cambodia in World War II. The province was dissolved and returned to Cambodia in 1946. The area is now in Battambang Province, Cambodia.

Phra Tabong
จังหวัดพระตะบอง

Battambang (de facto)

 

1941

17 November 1946

Cambodia

Name[edit]

Phra Tabong (Thai: พระตะบอง) is the Thai version of the name Preah Bat Dambang Kranhung, the namesake of Battambang, who according to Khmer legend threw his staff from Angkor, landing in the area of modern Battambang.

Phromyothi (: พรหมโยธี) was renamed for Colonel Luang Phromyothi (common name Mangkon Phromyothi, later General), who commanded army troops.

Thai

Athuekthewadet (: อธึกเทวเดช) was renamed for Air Marshal Luang Athuekthewadet (common name Bunchiam Komonmit), who commanded airmen.

Thai

When it was rejoined to Thailand on 23 July 1941, Phra Tabong was divided into seven districts (amphoe):


Three of the former Cambodian districts were renamed to honor the military officers who led the three major divisions of the Thai armed forces in the French-Thai War:


On 23 December 1941, Si Sophon and Sinthu Songkhram Chai were reassigned to Phibunsongkhram Province.[3]


On 3 November 1942, Mueang Phra Tabong was established as a town (thesaban mueang).[4]


On 17 September 1943, due to its small size, Phromyothi District was downgraded to a minor district (king amphoe) and renamed Pak Phraek (Thai: ปากแพรก). At the same time, four sub-districts from Mongkhon Buri District were combined into a new Phromyothi District.[5]

Japanese occupation of Cambodia

Thailand in World War II

The Land Boundaries of Indochina: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

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