Welcome to Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi,which has mostly mpuntainous terrain,covers an area of approximately 19,483.2 square kilometers and is the third largest province in Thailand after Nakhon Ratchsima and Chiang Mai. Situated approximately 129 kilometers west of Bangkok, Kanchanaburi shares a boder with Myanmar to the west, Tak and Uthai Thani Provinces to the north, Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom Provinces to the east, and Ratchaburi Province to the south.

The Bridge over the River Kwae

The internationally famous bridge, as part of the Death Railway linking Thailand and Myanmar, During the Japanese occupation of Thailand in World War II, the Japanese Imperial Army brought the iron bridge from Java. It was then resembled by Allied Prisoners of War (POW) under Japanese supervision. The bridge was part of a strategic railway rote to Myanmar in which the Japanese aimed to secure supplies with which to conquer other western Asian coutries.

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