In thai language, kanchanaburi means "golden city", kanchana-gold and buri-city. It is a "fortified town",situated at thai-myanmer border abundant with natural resources such as minerals, tropical forests,rivers,waterfalls as well as wildlife. The province is in the west of thailand,129km from bangkok,and covers a total area of approximately 19,483 km. it is the country's third largest province, after naknon Ratchasima and chiang mai topographically, it is covered with timeber and evergreen forests which merge at kanchanaburi city to from the mae klong river