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Suphan Buri, town, west-central Thailand. Suphan Buri is located at the head of navigation of the Nakhon Chai Si River, 55 miles (88 km) northwest of Bangkok. An ancient walled city, it became part of the Angkor-based Khmer empire in the 11th century, the Sukhothai state in the 13th, and the Ayutthaya kingdom in the 14th. The modern town is a commercial centre for an agricultural region that produces rice, corn (maize), and oil seeds. Pop. (2000) 52,666.

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