Kamphaeng Phet (Thai กำแพงเพชร) is ane o the provinces (changwat) o Thailand, locatit in the north o the kintra.
Neighborin provinces are (frae north clockwise) Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan an Tak.
The wird Kamphaeng means Wall, an the wird Phet frae Sanskrit Vajra meanin diamond (or wappen o Indra). Hence the name o the province literally means Diamond Wall.
The main river o the province is the Ping, ane o the soorces o the Chao Phraya river. River flats mak up muckle o the east o the province, while the wast is maistly muntains covered wi forests.
Ane o the maist well-kent products o the province is banana. Banana festivals tak place in the province ivery year, tae thank the gods for the hairst.
Kamphaeng Phet awready wis a ryal ceety in the Sukhothai Kinrick in the 14t century, then kent unner its auld name Chakangrao. It formed an important pairt o the defence seestem o the kinrick, as well as later o the Ayutthaya Kinrick.
The provincial seal shows the ceety walls surmuntit bi diamonds, for the ceety name means diamond wall. The provincial tree is the areca nut palm (Acacia catechu) an the provincial flouer the Bullet Wid (Mimusops elengi).
The province is subdividit in 11 destricts (amphoe). Thir are further subdividit intae 78 subdestricts (tambon) an 823 veelages (muban).
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