Kut Chik

History

Historically, there were locals, immigrant Chinese, merchants who settled down at Kut Chik. It was an important economic zone of Nakhon Ratchasima and Sung Noen. The northeastern railway has passed here since the King Chulalongkorn (Rama V)'s era, the economic growth was prosperous. The old Chinese or locals had a trading here. Kut Chik in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, market opened early in the morning to evening. The area behind Kut Chik railway station that were all farming zones and the rice mill was nearby. Farmers delivered their crops on the rail to Bangkok. The railway at that time was considered the most important transportation route because there is no Mittraphap Road (Highway 2), railway as a main lifeblood of local economic growth. People traveling to bring agricultural produce to sell either in Korat (Nakhon Ratchasima city) or Bangkok must travel through here. During the Second World War, Chinese merchants in Korat moved here to seek refuge from the bomb. They came to stay Kut Chik from time to time and when it's time for important festivals many of them still come back to pay their respects. Kut Chik has many Chinese joss houses.

Geography

Kut Chik is regarded as an area with fertility suitable for cultivation because there is a Lam Takhong river flowing through. So, Kut Chik have full of water and can farm rice throughout the year.

Most-observed species

• Zebra Dove

  Geopelia striata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  51
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  47
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  46
• Asian Weaver Ant

  Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775) · Insecta
  41
• Red-wattled Lapwing

  Vanellus indicus (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  41
• Greater Coucal

  Centropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815) · Aves
  40
• Ashy Woodswallow

  Artamus fuscus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  36
• Red Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia tranquebarica (Hermann, 1804) · Aves
  31