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Lamphun is a town (thesaban mueang) in northern Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, capital of Lamphun Province
Lamphun Province

Lamphun is one of the northern Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Mai Province, Lampang Province and Tak Province....
. It covers the whole tambon
Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2000 census there are 7254 tambon, not including the 154 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every Amphoe contains 8-10 tambon....
 Nai Mueang of Mueang Lamphun district
Amphoe Mueang Lamphun

Mueang Lamphun is the capital district of Lamphun Province, northern Thailand....
. As of 2006 it has a population of 14,030.

town was founded in the 9th century (CE) by Queen Chama Thevi as the capital of the Haripunchai
Haripunchai

Hariphunchai was a Mon kingdom in the north of present Thailand in the centuries before the Thais moved into the area. Its capital was at Lamphun, which at the time was also called Hariphunchai....
 kingdom, the last Mon
Mon people

The Mon are an ethnic group from Myanmar, living mostly in Mon State, Bago Division, Irrawaddy Delta of present Burma, and along the southern Thai-Myanmar border....
 kingdom in the area which now forms Thailand. Situated 26 km south of Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai , also sometimes written as "Chiengmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, and is the capital of Chiang Mai Province....
, this generally quiet town is said to be constructed in the shape of a conch
Conch

A conch is one of a number of different species of medium-sized to large saltwater snails or their shells.True conchs are Marine gastropod molluscs in the family Strombidae, and the genus Strombus....
 shell, following the Khuang River on its east side and divided by moats at the remaining points of the compass.






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Lamphun is a town (thesaban mueang) in northern Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
, capital of Lamphun Province
Lamphun Province

Lamphun is one of the northern Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Mai Province, Lampang Province and Tak Province....
. It covers the whole tambon
Tambon

Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2000 census there are 7254 tambon, not including the 154 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every Amphoe contains 8-10 tambon....
 Nai Mueang of Mueang Lamphun district
Amphoe Mueang Lamphun

Mueang Lamphun is the capital district of Lamphun Province, northern Thailand....
. As of 2006 it has a population of 14,030.

History

The town was founded in the 9th century (CE) by Queen Chama Thevi as the capital of the Haripunchai
Haripunchai

Hariphunchai was a Mon kingdom in the north of present Thailand in the centuries before the Thais moved into the area. Its capital was at Lamphun, which at the time was also called Hariphunchai....
 kingdom, the last Mon
Mon people

The Mon are an ethnic group from Myanmar, living mostly in Mon State, Bago Division, Irrawaddy Delta of present Burma, and along the southern Thai-Myanmar border....
 kingdom in the area which now forms Thailand. Situated 26 km south of Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai , also sometimes written as "Chiengmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, and is the capital of Chiang Mai Province....
, this generally quiet town is said to be constructed in the shape of a conch
Conch

A conch is one of a number of different species of medium-sized to large saltwater snails or their shells.True conchs are Marine gastropod molluscs in the family Strombidae, and the genus Strombus....
 shell, following the Khuang River on its east side and divided by moats at the remaining points of the compass. Lamphun is host to one of the north's most important wat
Wat

A wat is a monastery temple in Cambodia, Thailand, Lanna or Laos. The word "wat" means "school." Strictly speaking a wat is a Buddhist sacred precinct with monks' quarters, the temple proper, an edifice housing a large image of Buddha, and a structure for lessons....
s (temples), Wat Phra That Haripunchai. The "Phra That" in the title indicates the presence of a Buddha
Gautama Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama was a Spirituality teacher in the northern region of the Indian subcontinent who founded Buddhism. He is generally seen by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddhahood of our age....
 relic, in this case one of His hairs, which was interred in a chedi
Stupa

A stupa is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, once thought to be places of Buddhist worship, typically the remains of a Buddha or saint....
 in 897 and is probably the founding date of the Wat. Queen Chama Thevi is remembered in the Wat of her name, which is said to be the resting place of her ashes. Near the town's main morning market in the southwest of the city is a statue of the Queen at which offerings are still made today by citizens. The Haripunchai
Haripunchai

Hariphunchai was a Mon kingdom in the north of present Thailand in the centuries before the Thais moved into the area. Its capital was at Lamphun, which at the time was also called Hariphunchai....
 kingdom Chama Thevi founded eventually fell under the control of the Khmers
Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was the largest empire of South East Asia based in what is now Cambodia. The empire, which seceded from the kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalised parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand,Vietnam, Myanmar, and Malaysia....
 of Angkor
Angkor

Angkor is a name conventionally applied to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the Khmer empire that flourished from approximately the ninth century to the fifteenth century A.D....
 in modern day Cambodia
Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
, probably at the end of the 10th century. After the fall of Angkor to Thai forces, King Mengrai
Mengrai

King Mangrai was the 25th King of Ngoen Yang and the first King of Chiang Mai , capital of the Lanna Kingdom ....
, founder of Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai , also sometimes written as "Chiengmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, and is the capital of Chiang Mai Province....
 finally seized Lamphun in 1281 and made it part of the Lanna
Lanna

Lanna was a kingdom in the north of Thailand around the city of Chiang Mai.The kingdom was founded in 1296 by King Mengrai the Great, when he succeeded his father as the leader of the Ngoen Yang city state....
 Kingdom. The town is surrounded by lush countryside punctuated by rice fields and orchards of the popular fruit, longan
Longan

The longan is a tropical tree native to southern China. It is also found in Southeast Asia. It is also called guiyuan in Chinese language, lengkeng in Indonesia, mata kucing in Malaysia, nh?n in Vietnamese , Mora in Sinhalese and also "longan" in Tagalog language....
, which is celebrated in a festival every August.

External links

  • Website of town (Thai)