Nong Bua Lamphu province

Nong Bua Lamphu is in the heart of the Khorat Plateau. The total forest area is {{convert|480|km2|abbr=on}}, or 11.7 percent of the area of the province.

There is one national park and one national park (preparation), along with five other national parks, make up region 10 (Udon Thani) of Thailand's protected areas.

• Phu Kao–Phu Phan Kham National Park, {{convert|318|km2|abbr=on}}

{{cite web |url=https://catalog.dnp.go.th/dataset/areaofnp/resource/3b372140-f2bf-4811-8819-bb8a8b1a100a |title=ข้อมูลพื้นที่อุทยานแห่งชาติ ที่ประกาศในราชกิจจานุบกษา 133 แห่ง |date=December 2020 |department=Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation |language=Thai | trans-title=National Park Area Information published in the 133 Government Gazettes |access-date=1 November 2022}}{{rp|50}}

• Phu Hin Chom That–Phu Phra Bat National Park, {{convert|177|km2|abbr=on}}

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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.{{Cite journal | last1 = Martin | first1 = J. E. | last2 = Lauprasert | first2 = K. | last3 = Buffetaut | first3 = E. | last4 = Liard | first4 = R. | last5 = Suteethorn | first5 = V. | editor1-last = Angielczyk | editor1-first = Kenneth | title = A large pholidosaurid in the Phu Kradung Formation of north-eastern Thailand | doi = 10.1111/pala.12086 | journal = Palaeontology | pages = 757–769| year = 2013 | volume=57| issue = 4 | s2cid = 128482290 | doi-access = free }}

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Nong Bua Lam Phu is noted for it being the area 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 formerly a Lao stronghold and named "Nakhon Khuean Khan Kab Kaew Bua Ban" ({{Langx|th|นครเขื่อนขันธ์กาบแก้วบัวบาน}}). 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 Ong Boun ({{lang|th|พระเจ้าศิริบุญสาร}}), the last independent king of Vientiane.{{cite book |author= Mayurī Ngaosīvat |author2=Pheuiphanh Ngaosyvathn |title= Paths to conflagration: fifty years of diplomacy and warfare in Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, 1778-1828|url=http://www.muanglao.1colony.com/index.html|publisher=Cornell University Southeast Asia Program|location= Cornell University|isbn= 0877277230|no-pp= |chapter= I. The Fabric of History. 1. Lao And Thai Contemporaries Of The Drama Speak Out|year=1998 |chapter-url=http://www.muanglao.1colony.com/about.html|quote=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|access-date= 24 June 2013}} 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.

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.{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/at-least-30-dead-including-children-after-mass-shooting-at-day-care-centre-in-thailand-12713318 |title=At least 36 dead including children after mass shooting at day care centre in Thailand |publisher=Sky News |date=6 October 2022 |accessdate=6 October 2022}}

Nong Bua Lamphu is the poorest province in Thailand according to the Bangkok Post. Incomes, as of 2018, average 41,000 baht annually.{{cite news|title=Over 90% of people's woes solved, PM claims|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1433379/over-90-of-peoples-woes-solved-pm-claims|access-date=23 March 2018|work=Bangkok Post|date=23 March 2018}}

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.{{cite news|last1=Sunsuk|first1=Donlawat|title=Sugarcane boom in Nong Bua Lamphu, a bitter pill for public health experts|url=http://isaanrecord.com/2016/07/29/sugarcane-boom-in-nong-bua-lamphu-a-bitter-pill-for-public-health-experts/|access-date=19 November 2017|work=The Isaan Record|date=29 July 2016}}

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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:{{cite web |url=http://www.dla.go.th/work/abt/province.jsp |title=Number of local government organizations by province |date=26 November 2019 |website=dla.go.th |publisher=Department of Local Administration (DLA) |access-date=10 December 2019 | quote=70 Nong Bua Lamphu: 1 PAO, 1 Town mun., 23 Subdistrict mun., 43 SAO.}} one Nong Bua Lamphu Provincial Administration Organisation ({{lang|th-Latn|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).

Since 2003, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at the sub-national level using the Human 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.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20051210162958/http://www.tourismthailand.org/destinationguide/list.aspx?provinceid=27 Province page from the Tourist Authority of Thailand]

• [http://www.nongbualamphu.go.th/ Website of province] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050512001735/http://www.nongbualamphu.go.th/ |date=12 May 2005 }} (Thai only)
• [http://www.thailex.info/THAILEX/THAILEXENG/LEXICON/Copy%20of%20Nong%20Bua%20Lamphu.htm Nong Bua Lam Phu provincial map, coat of arms and postal stamp]

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