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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-02-22 01:01:50 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 39208 - submitted by 'jbradfor' >> What's a "second town"? If "second largest city" was meant, according to wikipedia it's actually the 6th. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand#Demographics] Editor: Short answer ~ As a reference to Chiang Mai, it is a customary label, meaning "second in importance", and is *not* intended as a designation as the second-largest city of Thailand in terms of population (although it seems it may reasonably be considered to be second-largest -- see final paragraph below). Longer answer ~ "The well-known chief city of this region [the north] is Chiang Mai, which is the second city of Thailand in terms of its degree of economic development." ---- http://www.avrdc.org/pdf/dynamics/Thailand.pdf "Second City" is a traditional nickname for a city, just as Chicago has the traditional nickname "the second city of the US" (originally coined by A. J. Liebling, according to Wikipedia) even though Chicago is no longer the second largest city in the US. The following dialogue suggests that the notion of "second city" is more subtle than "second biggest city" ~ A: "It's hard for me to grasp LA as the "second city" of America. It's just so...blah. Such a poseur town." B: "By any measure LA is considerably larger, so poseurs notwithstanding it is the number 2." A: "yeah, but it lacks the history, landmarks, architecture, culture and je ne sais quois of Chicago." C: "I've always considered DC to be the second city." ---- http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php? thread_id=862505&forum_id=2&PHPSESSID=0ba6554a174d0df4695a01e71fe0ccbb Look at how much information there is in Wikipedia on the Thai cities rated #2 - #5 in terms of population. Those articles are quite sparse compared to the article on Chiang Mai. That article says: "Chiang Mai then slowly grew in cultural, trading and economic importance to its current status as the unofficial capital of northern Thailand, second in importance only to Bangkok." The #2 city in Thailand in terms of population (on the quoted list), Nonthaburi, is considered a suburb of Bangkok. Google "second city of Thailand" and you will find that almost every such reference is a reference to Chiang Mai. Finally, Wp @ Chiang Mai says ~ "While officially the city of Chiang Mai only covers most parts of the Mueang Chiang Mai district with a population of 160,000, the urban sprawl of the city now extends into several neighboring districts. This Chiang Mai Metropolitan Area has a population of nearly one million people". One million is a much larger population than any city on the list, other than Bangkok. |
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- 清邁 清迈 [Qing1 Mai4] /Chiang Mai, Thailand's second town/ # + 清邁 清迈 [Qing1 Mai4] /Chiang Mai (city in Thailand)/ + 清邁 清迈 [Qing1 Mai4] /Chiang Mai, second city of Thailand/ |