รถ
The place
รถ (Thai for "car") in Ratchaburi province, Suan Phueng/Ban Bung area (western Thailand, Burmese border, Thailand), at 193 m altitude, Tenasserim foothills. Continuous western Thailand cluster (batches 336-360). "Rot" = "car", a cryptic short name for a rural station/car dealer (questionable "refuge" categorisation, OSM, to be reviewed), in an area of dry dipterocarp forest + Suan Phueng, famous for its "Sheep Farm" tourist attraction + the Karen people (a minority fleeing Myanmar, 200,000 in Thailand, Mae La refugee camp 40,000 + Bhutanese-Karen refugees 100,000 resettled to third countries, USA/EU, 2007-2020) + heritage of the Mon people (a pre-Columbian Austroasiatic people, founders of the historic Dvaravati civilisation, 6th-11th c. + the Khmer Angkor Empire, 802-1431 + the Mon-Khmer ancestral language).
The setting
Ratchaburi Suan Phueng/Ban Bung western Thailand Burmese border 193 m Tenasserim, continuous cluster batches 336-360, "rot" car cryptic short name questionable OSM categorisation, dipterocarp forest + Suan Phueng Sheep Farm tourism + Karen 200,000 refugees Mae La 40,000 + Bhutanese-Karen 100,000 resettled USA/EU 2007-2020, Mon Austroasiatic Dvaravati 6th-11th c + Khmer Angkor 802-1431 Mon-Khmer ancestral language.
