Place:Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand

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NameKamphaeng Phet
Alt namesKambaeng Petchsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 584
Kamphaeng Phetsource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates16.25°N 99.5°E
Located inThailand
See alsoNorthern,removed name of Region
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ban Saen To
Kamphaeng Phet
Khlong Khlung
Phran Kratai
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Kamphaeng Phet is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) that lies in lower northern Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan, and Tak.

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Kamphaeng Phet was already a royal city in the Sukhothai Kingdom in the 14th century, then known under its old name Chakangrao. It formed an important part of the defence system of the kingdom, as well as later of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.

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