Lampang province

Lampang
ลำปาง
ᩃᩣᩴᨻᩣ᩠ᨦ
จังหวัดลำปาง · ᨧᩢ᩠ᨦᩉ᩠ᩅᩢᨯᩃᩣᩴᨻᩣ᩠ᨦ
From left to right, top to bottom : Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, Chae Son National Park, Wat Sri Chum, Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao, Wang River, The Thai Elephant Conservation Center
Flag of Lampang
Official seal of Lampang
Nickname(s): 
Khelang Nakhon (Thai: เขลางค์นคร)
Kukuta Nakhon (white rooster city)
Mueang Rot Ma (horse carriage city)
Motto(s): 
ถ่านหินลือชา รถม้าลือลั่น เครื่องปั้นลือนาม งามพระธาตุลือไกล ฝึกช้างใช้ลือโลก
("Well-known coal. Renowned horse carriages. Celebrated pottery. The renowned beauty of Phra That (Lampang Luang). Internationally famed elephant training.")
Map of Thailand highlighting Lampang province
Map of Thailand highlighting Lampang province
CountryThailand
CapitalLampang
Government
 • GovernorSithichai Jindaluang
(since October 2021)
Area
 • Total12,488 km2 (4,822 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 9th
Population
 (2019)[2]
 • Total738,316
 • RankRanked 33rd
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
  • RankRanked 70th
Human Achievement Index
 • HAI (2022)0.6390 "average"
Ranked 42nd
GDP
 • Totalbaht 68 billion
(US$2.3 billion) (2019)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
52xxx
Calling code054
ISO 3166 codeTH-52
Vehicle registrationลำปาง
Websitewww.lampang.go.th

Lampang (Thai: ลำปาง, pronounced [lām.pāːŋ]; Northern Thai: ᩃᩣᩴᨻᩣ᩠ᨦ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat), situated in upper northern Thailand. The old name of Lampang was Khelang Nakhon.

Lampang province
"Lampang" in Thai language (top) and
Northern Thai with Tai Tham script (bottom)
Thai name
Thaiลำปาง
RTGSLampang
Northern Thai name
Northern Thaiᩃᩣᩴᨻᩣ᩠ᨦ
(Lam phuang)
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