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Surin: silk
Silk from Surin, Thai.
Surin
Thailand
Surin, town, east-central Thailand. The town is located on the railway between Nakhon Ratchasima and Ubon Ratchathani and is a trade and production centre for rice, lacquerware, and silk. It has an agricultural college and attracts tourists with its annual Elephant Round-Up. The town lies about 35 miles (56 km) north of the border with Cambodia, and many of its residents speak the Khmer language. Pop. (2000) 41,582.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.
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