Country Thailand Province Nakhon Pathom Province | Time zone ICT (UTC+7) | |
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Districts of Thailand Amphoe Mueang Nakhon Pathom Weather 34°C, Wind SE at 18 km/h, 47% Humidity Amphoes Nakhon Pathom Province, Mueang Nakhon Pathom District Points of interest Phra Pathommachedi, Sanam Chandra Palace, Nakhon Pathom Youth Ce, Wat Huai Chorakhe, Chalee Mongkol at Royal Pal | ||
Nakhon Pathom (Thai: นครปฐม, [náʔkʰɔ̄ːn pā.tʰǒm]) is a city (thesaban nakhon) in central Thailand, former capital of the Nakhon Pathom Province. One of the most important landmarks is the giant Phra Pathom Chedi. The city is also home to Thailand's only Bhikkhuni temple Wat Song Thammakanlayani (วัดทรงธรรมกัลยาณี), which is also open to women from abroad.
Map of Nakhon Pathom, Mueang Nakhon Pathom District, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand
Nakhon Pathom houses a campus of Silpakorn University within the Sanam Chan Palace.
The city lies 57 km west of Bangkok.
According to Charles Higham, "Two silver medallions from beneath a sanctuary at Nakhon Pathom, the largest of the moated sites, proclaim that it was 'the meritorious work of the King of Sri Dvaravati', the Sanskrit term Dvaravati meaning 'that which has gates'. The script is in south Indian characters of the seventh century." Nakhon Pathom was the largest Dvaravati center.