Nongbua Lamphu Province
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| Capital: | Nongbua Lamphu town |
| Area: | 3,859.0 km² Ranked 55th |
| Inhabitants: | 482,207 (2000) Ranked 51st |
| Pop. density: | 125 inh./km² Ranked 33rd |
| ISO 3166-2: | TH-39 |
| Governor: | Decha Tantiyawarong (since October 2007) |
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Nong Bua Lamphu (Thai หนองบัวลำภู) is one of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Udon Thani, Khon Kaen and Loei.
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[edit] Geography
Nong Bua Lamphu is located in the heart of the Khorat Plateau.
[edit] History
Nong Bua Lam Phu was traditionally given as appendage to the crown prince of Lan Xang. Chao Anou designated Phagna Narin the governor of this place in 1827, famous in history for being the spot where the King-Liberator of Siam, Naresuam, came in the sixteenth century to learn the outcome of the war between the Lao and the Burmese in the Vientiane region. Nong Bua Lam Phu was a Lao stronghold, where the birth place of the principal wife of Siribunyasan, last independent King of Vientiane.
The province was originally 5 Amphoe (districts) in the province Udon Thani. In 1993 this province was decentralized and the new province Nong Bua Lamphu was created. It is thus one of the three youngest provinces of Thailand, together with Amnat Charoen and Sa Kaeo.
[edit] Symbols
| The seal of the province shows king Naresuan in his shrine. This shrine was built to commemorate the visit of king Naresuan to the city of Nong Bua Lamphu in 1574 when he was collecting troops to fight Burman kingdom of Taungoo. Behind the shrine is a pond with Lotus flowers (Nymphaea lotus), which is also the provincial flower. The provincial tree is the Siamese Rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis), |
[edit] Administrative divisions
The province is subdivided into 6 districts (Amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 59 sub-districts (tambon) and 636 villages (muban).
[edit] External links
- Province page from the Tourist Authority of Thailand
- Website of province (Thai only)
- Nong Bua Lamphu provincial map, coat of arms and postal stamp
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