Nong Bua Lamphu หนองบัวลำภู | |
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| Mottoes: ศาลสมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช อุทยานแห่งชาติภูเก้า ภูพานคำ แผ่นดินธรรมหลวงปู่ขาว เด่นสกาวถ้ำเอราวัณ นครเขื่อนขันธ์กาบแก้วบัวบาน ("Shrine of King Naresuan the Great. Phu Kao National Park. Phu Phan Kham. Land of Dharma and Luang Pu Khao. Famed Erawan cave. Nakhon Khuean Khan Kab Kaew Bua Ban.") | |
 Map of Thailand highlighting Nong Bua Lam Phu province | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Capital | Nong Bua Lam Phu |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Surasak Aksornkul |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,099 km2 (1,583 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 54th |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Total |  504,379 |
| • Rank | 54th |
| • Density | 123/km2 (320/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 38th |
| Human Achievement Index | |
| • HAI (2022) | 0.6098 "low" Ranked 75th |
| GDP | |
| • Total | baht 25 billion (US$0.9 billion) (2019) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 39xxx |
| Calling code | 042 |
| ISO 3166 code | TH-39 |
| Website | nongbualamphu |
Nong Bua Lamphu Provincial Administrative Organization องค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดหนองบัวลำภู | |
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 Interactive map of Nong Bua Lamphu Provincial Administrative Organization | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local administrative divisions |
| • Body | Nong Bua Lamphu Provincial Administrative Organization |
| • President | Saranya Suwanphrom |
| Website | nppao |
Nong Bua Lamphu (sometimes renderedNongbua Lamphu andNong Bua Lam Phu) (Thai:หนองบัวลำภู,RTGS: Nong Bua Lam Phu,pronounced[nɔ̌ːŋbūalāmpʰūː];Northeastern Thai:หนองบัวลำภู,pronounced[nɔ̌ːŋbùalâmpʰûː]) is one of Thailand's seventy-sixprovinces (changwat). It lies inupper northeastern Thailand, a region also known asIsan. The province was created in 1993 when five districts were split from Udon Thani province. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise from North)Udon Thani,Khon Kaen, andLoei. Nong Bua Lamphu is one of the eight quadruply-landlocked Thai provinces, as its neighboring provinces are triply-landlocked.
Nong Bua Lamphu is in the heart of theKhorat Plateau. The total forest area is 480 km2 (190 sq mi), or 11.7 percent of the area of the province.[1]
There is one national park and one national park (preparation), along with five other national parks, make upregion 10 (Udon Thani) of Thailand's protected areas.
Chalawan, anextinctgenus of crocodylin, is known solely from itsholotype collected in the early-1980s from a road-cut near the town ofNong Bua Lam Phu, in the upper part of thePhu 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.[7]
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Nong Bua Lam Phu is noted for it being the area where in the 16th century,Naresuan, the king-liberator ofSiam, came to learn of the outcome of a war between theLao andBurmese in the area ofVientiane. This place was formerly a Laostronghold and named "Nakhon Khuean Khan Kab Kaew Bua Ban" (Thai:นครเขื่อนขันธ์กาบแก้วบัวบาน). During the existence of the Lao Kingdom ofLan 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 ofOng Boun (พระเจ้าศิริบุญสาร), the last independent king of Vientiane.[8] In 1827, Chao Anou ofVientiane designated Phagna Narin to be governor at the onset of theLaotian Rebellion of 1826–1828.
Under Thai rule, the province originally consisted of fiveamphoe (districts) inUdon 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 withAmnat Charoen province,Sa Kaeo province, andBueng Kan province.
On 6 October 2022,a mass murder occurred at and near a daycare center in Uthai Sawan, a town located in the province. A total of 36 people were killed, and 10 others were injured, before the attacker committed suicide. It was the deadliest mass murder by a single perpetrator in the modern history of Thailand.[9]
Nong Bua Lamphu is the poorest province in Thailand according to theBangkok Post. Incomes, as of 2018, average 41,000 baht annually.[10]
The province is largely agricultural. Sticky rice has long been the area's traditional crop, although there has been a shift to sugarcane due to low rice prices and sugarcane's resistance to flooding. In 2016, more than one third of the available agricultural land in Nong Bua Lamphu was used for sugarcane plantations. According to the provincial Office of Agricultural Economics, sugarcane cultivation is expected to rise. In contrast, the area devoted to rice farming shrunk by 73 percent from 2000 to 2016.[11]
| Theseal of the province shows King Naresuan in a shrine. This shrine was built to commemorate the visit of King Naresuan to the city of Nong Bua Lam Phu in 1574 when he was gathering troops to fight theBurmesekingdom Toungoo. Behind the shrine is a pond with lotus flowers (Nymphaea lotus), which is the provincial flower. Theprovincial tree is the Siamese rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis). The edible minnowHenicorhynchus siamensis is the provincial aquatic life. |
The province is divided into six districts (amphoe). The districts are further divided into 59 subdistricts (tambon) and 636 villages (muban).
As of 26 November 2019 there are:[12] one Nong Bua Lamphu Provincial Administration Organisation (ongkan borihan suan changwat) and 24 municipal (thesaban) areas in the province. Nong Bua Lamphu has town (thesaban mueang) status. Further 23 subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon). The non-municipal areas are administered by 43 Subdistrict Administrative Organisations – SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon).
| Health | Education | Employment | Income |
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| 34 | 64 | 52 | 73 |
| Housing | Family | Transport | Participation |
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| 20 | 13 | 18 | 76 |
| Nong Bua Lamphu, with a 2022 HAI value of 0.6098 is "low", occupies place 75 in the ranking. | |||
Since 2003, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at the sub-national level using theHuman achievement index (HAI), a composite index covering all the eight key areas of human development. The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has taken over this task since 2017.[3]
| Rank | Classification |
| 1 – 13 | "high" |
| 14–29 | "somewhat high" |
| 30–45 | "average" |
| 46–61 | "somewhat low" |
| 62–77 | "low" |
| Map with provinces and HAI 2022 rankings |
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)Born to Siribunyasan (r. 1760–1779), the last independent king of Vientiane, and a princess from the principality of Nong Bua Lam Phu, Chao Anou eventually presided as monarch over both sides of the Mekong River
70 Nong Bua Lamphu: 1 PAO, 1 Town mun., 23 Subdistrict mun., 43 SAO.
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