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Capital: | Lampang[?] |
Area: | 12,534.0 km² Ranked 10th |
Inhabitants: | 779,215 (2001) Ranked 29th |
pop. density: | 62 inh./km² Ranked 67th |
ISO 3166-2: | TH-52 |
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Lampang (Thai ลำปาง) is one of the northern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Chiang Rai, Phayao[?], Phrae[?], Sukhothai, Tak, Lamphun[?] and Chiang Mai. The old name of Lampang is Khelang Nakhon.
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The provincial seal show a white cock inside a mondhop of the Pra Thart Lampang Luang temple. According to the local legend Buddha visited the province in his lifetime. The god Indra worried that the people would not get up by themselves to show respect to Buddha, and thus woke them himself by transforming into a white cock. The provincial flower is the Heliconia[?] (Heliconia sp.), and the provincial tree is the Indian Elm[?] (Holoptelea integrifolia[?]). |
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