Official Name: | Ban Laemphrathat |
Other Name: | (English: Village of the Sharp Buddha-Relic) |
Native Name: | บ้านแหลมพระธาตุ |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type3: | Tambon |
Subdivision Name3: | Nakhon Pa Mak |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Bang Krathum |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Phitsanulok |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Area Total Km2: | 10.4 |
Area Blank1 Title: | Agricultural use |
Area Blank1 Km2: | 7.0 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 565 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 16.6369°N 100.4056°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 65110 |
Ban Laemphrathat (Thai: บ้านแหลมพระธาตุ) is a village (muban) in the Nakhon Pa Mak subdistrict of Bang Krathum District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.[1]
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 'monk' or image of Buddha. 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'.
Ban Laemphrathat is in the eastern portion of Nakhon Pa Mak.
This Theravada Buddhist temple is said to enshrine a relic of the Buddha. It is also the location of one of Nakhon Pa Mak's four elementary schools, Wat Laemphrathat School.