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This article is about the town Lopburi. For other uses, see Lopburi (disambiguation).
Lopburi is the capital city of Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is located about 150 km north-east of Bangkok. As of 2006 it has a population of 26,500. The town (thesaban mueang) covers the whole tambon Tha Hin and parts of Thale Chup Son of Mueang Lopburi district, a total area of 6.85 km².

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Prang Sam Yot, the Khmer temple in Lopburi
The city has a long history, dating back into the Dvaravati period more than 1000 years ago, when it was known as Lavo. When the Khmer empire incorporated it, they destroyed all former buildings, so that the oldest ruins that can now be found in Lopburi are Khmer temples. It later became part of the Thai kingdoms and, during the reign of King Narai the Great of the Ayutthaya kingdom in the middle of the 17th century, Lopburi even served as the second capital, with a second summer palace, King Narai's Palace. The king stayed here for about eight months a year.

Today the city is most famous for the hundreds of Crab-Eating Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) that live in the middle of the city, especially around the Khmer temple, Prang Sam Yot, and a Khmer shrine, Sarn Phra Karn. They are fed by the local people, especially during the Monkey Festival in November. Because they are not afraid of humans, they steal whatever food they can find from unwary diners.

Prang Sam Yot, originally a Hindu shrine, has three prangs that represent Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva (the Hindu trinity). It was later converted to a Buddhist shrine.

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Lopburi may refer to
  • Lopburi town
  • Lopburi Province
  • Lopburi district
  • Lopburi River

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Lop Buri (Thai: ลพบุรี) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Phetchabun, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Saraburi, Phra Nakhon Si
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Anthem
Phleng Chat
Royal anthem
Phleng Sansoen Phra Barami

Capital
(and largest city) Bangkok [1]

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Bangkok
กรุงเทพมหานค?
Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
A BTS skytrain passing the Sathon area of Bangkok.
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Tambon (Thai: ตำบล) is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district (amphoe) and province (changwat), they form the third administrative subdivision level.
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Mueang Lop Buri (Thai: เมืองลพบุรี) is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Lop Buri Province, central Thailand.
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The Dvaravati kingdom of the early Thai kingdom existed from the 6th to the 11th centuries. The Kingdom was then absorbed by the growing Lavo and Subarnabhumi Kingdoms. People used ancient Mon language but unable to exactly identify the race of the population.
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Khmer Empire was the largest continuous empire of South East Asia, based in what is now Cambodia. The empire, which seceded from the kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over or vassalised parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Reign August 26 1656 – July 11 1688
Born 1629
Died July 11 1688
Predecessor Suthammaracha (Sanpet IV)
Successor Petracha
Royal House Prasat Thong Dynasty, Kingdom of Ayutthaya

King Narai
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The kingdom of Ayutthaya (Thai: อยุธยา) was a Thai kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767. King Ramathibodi I (Uthong) founded Ayutthaya as the capital of his kingdom in 1350 and absorbed Sukhothai,
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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th Century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar.

The 17th Century falls into the Early Modern period of Europe and was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement and the beginning of
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The King Narai's Palace (Thai: พระนารายณ์ราชนิเวศน์
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M. fascicularis

Binomial name
Macaca fascicularis
Raffles, 1821

The Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis) is a primarily arboreal macaque native to Southeast Asia.
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Hindu ( pronunciation   (help info ) , Devanagari: हिन्दु), as per modern definition, is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, and the
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A prang is a tall finger-like spire, usually richly carved. This was a common feature of Khmer religious architecture and was later adopted by Thai builders, typically in the Ayutthaya (1350–1767) and Bangkok periods.
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Brahma (Sanskrit masculine brahman-, nominative
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For other meanings, see Vishnu (disambiguation).


Vishnu (IAST
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For other uses, see Siva (disambiguation).


Shiva (IAST: Śiva
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Buddhism is often described as a religion[1] and a collection of various philosophies, based initially on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as Gautama Buddha.
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