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muban Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...

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Bang Krathum District Bang Krathum ( th, บางกระทุ่ม, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the Phitsanulok province, Thailand. Etymology ''Bang'' ( th, บาง) means 'village' or 'settlement'. The second element ''krathum'' ( th, กระทุ่ ...

of Phitsanulok Province,

Etymology

This village takes the name from its temple Wat Laemphrathat (Thai: วัดแหลมพระธาตุ). The first element, ''wat'' (Thai: วัด), means 'temple'. The second element, ''laem'' (Thai: แหลม), means 'sharp' or 'pointy'. The third element, ''phra'' (Thai: พระ), means '

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' or image of

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. The fourth element, ''that'' (Thai: ธาตุ), means 'essence'. As a whole, the temple's name loosely translates to 'Temple of the Sharp Buddha Relic', and accordingly the name of the town village means 'Village of the Sharp Buddha Relic'.

Geography

Ban Laemphrathat is in the eastern portion of Nakhon Pa Mak.

Wat Laemphrathat

This

Theravada ''Theravāda'' () ( si, ථේරවාදය, my, ထေရဝါဒ, th, เถรวาท, km, ថេរវាទ, lo, ເຖຣະວາດ, pi, , ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school' ...

Buddhist temple is said to enshrine a

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of the Buddha. It is also the location of one of Nakhon Pa Mak's four elementary schools, Wat Laemphrathat School.

References

External links

Wat Laemphrathat on WebWat.net
(Thai) Populated places in Phitsanulok province {{Phitsanulok-geo-stub