The town covers the two tambons Talat and Wat Mai of Mueang Chanthaburi District.

In 1981 the Thai cabinet passed a resolution to bestow on him the honorary title of the Great.

When the Bank of Thailand issued the 12th Series of banknotes, called The Great Series, the monument of King Taksin the Great in the town's Tungnachaey recreational park appeared on the back of the 20 baht note issued 28 December 1981,[1] the 214th anniversary of his coronation.

Rainfall is light and infrequent in the short dry season (December to February), but the wet season (April to October) features torrential rain.

Route 3 (Sukhumvit Road) passes near Chanthaburi and connects to city to Rayong, Pattaya, Chonburi, and Bangkok to the northwest and Trat to the southeast.