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Nong Bua Lamphu Province

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Country
  
Thailand

Capital
  
Nongbua Lamphu town

Area
  
3,859.0 km2



Map of Nong Bua Lamphu Province

Nong Bua Lamphu (Thai: หนองบัวลำภู,  [nɔ̌ːŋ būa lām pʰūː]) is one of the northeastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, and Loei.

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Nong Bua Lamphu Province in the past, History of Nong Bua Lamphu Province

Thai street food at isaan market nong bua lamphu


Geography

Nong Bua Lamphu Province Tourist places in Nong Bua Lamphu Province

Nong Bua Lam Phu is in the heart of the Khorat Plateau.

Paleontological remains

Nong Bua Lamphu Province Festival of Nong Bua Lamphu Province

Chalawan, an extinct genus of crocodylin, is known solely from its holotype collected in the early 1980s from a road-cut near the town of Nong Bua Lam Phu, in the upper part of the Phu Kradung Formation. This single specimen is the most well preserved vertebrate fossil that has been found from the formation. It contains a single species, Chalawan thailandicus.

History

Nong Bua Lamphu Province Festival of Nong Bua Lamphu Province

Nong Bua Lam Phu is famous as the spot where in the 16th century Naresuan, the king-liberator of Siam, came to learn of the outcome of a war between the Lao and Burmese in the area of Vientiane. This place was long a Lao stronghold. During the existence of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang (1354–1707), Nong Bua Lam Phu was traditionally given to the crown prince (Uparat) to rule. It was the birthplace of the principal wife of Chao Siribunyasan (พระเจ้าศิริบุญสาร), the last independent king of Vientiane. In 1827, Chao Anou of Vientiane designated Phagna Narin to be governor at the onset of the Laotian Rebellion of 1826-1828.

Under Thai rule, the province originally consisted of five amphoe (districts) in Udon Thani Province. In 1993 Udon was decentralized and a separate province of Nong Bua Lam Phu was created. It is one of the newest provinces of Thailand, together with Amnat Charoen Province, Sa Kaeo Province, and Bueng Kan Province.

Administrative divisions

The province is subdivided into six districts (amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 59 sub-districts (tambon) and 636 villages (muban).

References

Nong Bua Lamphu Province Wikipedia