BKK是Bangkok=曼谷的简称
PathumThaniisaneighbouringprovinceofBangkok.ItissituatedontheChaoPhrayabasinwithplentyofcanalsandorangeplantations.ItsoriginalnameisMueangSamKhok,whichwasfoundedduringtheAyutthayaera.ItwasthesettlementfortheMonpeoplemigratingfromMohtama(inMyanmar)over350yearsago.Intheyear1815whenKingRamaIImadearoyalvisittothisarea,theinhabitantsofferedhimplentyoflotusflowerswhichistheoriginofthepresentname.
Paumthani是在泰国中部,不在BKK里面.是曼谷隔邻的一个省份,占地1525平公里离曼谷46公里
ThePathumThaniTownisonly46kms.fromBangkok.Itoccupiesanareaof1,525squarekilometres.