| Kamphaeng Phet | |
| Native Name: | Thai: กำแพงเพชร |
| Official Name: | Kamphaeng Phet Province Thai: จังหวัดกำแพงเพชร |
| Native Name Lang: | th |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Nickname: | Chakungrao (Thai: ชากังราว) Mueang Kluai Khai (city of lady finger bananas) |
| Motto: | กรุพระเครื่อง เมืองคนแกร่ง พระแสงฯ ล้ำค่า ศิลาแลงใหญ่ กล้วยไข่หวาน น้ำมันลานกระบือ เลื่องลือมรดกโลก ("Buddha amulets repository. City of the strong. Precious Phra Saeng swords. Large laterite slabs, Sweet lady finger bananas. Lan Krabue oil. Renowned world heritage.") |
| Map Alt: | Map showing location of Kamphaeng Phet in lower northern Thailand |
| Coordinates: | 16.5581°N 99.5111°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Thailand |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1916 |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Kamphaeng Phet |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts: | 11 districts |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Name: | Chathip Ruchanaseri (since October 2022) |
| Area Total Km2: | 8607.49 |
| Area Rank: | 22nd |
| Population Total: | 712143 |
| Population Rank: | 37th |
| Population Density Rank: | 54th |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | 82.74 |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | baht 110 billion (US$3.8 billion) (2019) |
| Demographics Type1: | Human Achievement Index |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | HAI (2022) |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 0.6283 "somewhat low" Ranked 58th |
| Timezone: | ICT |
| Utc Offset: | +07:00 |
Kamphaeng Phet (Thai: กำแพงเพชร, in Thai pronounced as /kām.pʰɛ̄ːŋ pʰét/) is a province in upper central Thailand. It borders the provinces of Sukhothai to the north; Phitsanulok to the northeast; Phichit to the east; Nakhon Sawan to the south; and Tak to the west and northwest, covering over and is the fourth-largest provinces in central Thailand. Kamphaeng Phet has the Ping River flow through is main river of the province, making river flats make up much of the east of the province, while the west is mountainous which is part of Dawna Range and it covered with plentifully forest. Kamphaeng Phet known its natural environment and has a long history. National and historical parks in the province include Kamphaeng Phet Historical Park, Khlong Lan National Park, and Mae Wong National Park.
In Thai or Lao kamphaeng means 'wall' and phet (from Sanskrit vájra) means 'diamond'. The name means 'wall as hard as diamond'. This wall served as a defensive line to protect the Ayutthaya Kingdom from what is now modern-day Burma. The old name was Khao Kampeng, referring to a 'mountain wall' between the two countries.
The main river is the Ping, a major tributary of the Chao Phraya River. River flats make up much of the east of the province, while the west is mountainous and covered with forests. The total forest area is 1997km2 or 23.5 percent of provincial area.[3]
One of the provinces best-known products is bananas, especially the kluai khai, a small, round, sweet banana. Banana festivals are held every year to thank the spirits for the harvest.
There area three national parks make up region 12 (Nakhon Sawan) of Thailand's protected areas.
Kamphaeng Phet was already a royal city in the Sukhothai Kingdom in the 14th century, then known under its old name Chakangrao. It formed an important part of the defence system of the kingdom, as well as of the later Ayutthaya Kingdom.
The provincial seal shows the city walls surmounted by diamonds, since the city name means 'diamond wall' (from the shape of the ramparts of the old city wall). The provincial tree is the areca nut palm (Acacia catechu), and the provincial flower the bullet wood (Mimusops elengi). Golden belly barb (Hypsibarbus wetmorei) is provincial fish, since it is a fish found in the Ping river especially in the area of Kamphaeng Phet.[6]
The province is divided into 11 districts (amphoes). These are further divided into 78 subdistricts (tambons) and 823 villages (mubans).
As of 26 November 2019 there are:[7] one Kamphaeng Phet Provincial Administration Organisation (Thai: ongkan borihan suan changwat) and 25 municipal (thesaban) areas in the province. Kamphaeng Phet, Pang Makha and Nong Pling have town (thesaban mueang) status. Further 22 subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon). The non-municipal areas are administered by 64 Subdistrict Administrative Organisations - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon).[8]
| Health | Education | Employment | Income | |
| 39 | 70 | 71 | 13 | |
| Housing | Family | Transport | Participation | |
| 30 | 25 | 73 | 35 | |
| Province Kamphaeng Phet, with an HAI 2022 value of 0.6283 is "somewhat low", occupies place 58 in the ranking. | ||||
| Rank | Classification | |
| 1–13 | "High" | |
| 14–29 | "Somewhat high" | |
| 30–45 | "Average" | |
| 46–61 | "Somewhat low" | |
| 62–77 | "Low" |
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Kamphaeng Phet was mentioned in crime fiction Sarawat Yai as the backdrop of the whole story. It was adapted into a television drama of the same name twice on Channel 7, in 1994 and 2019. In the versions of both television dramas, Kamphaeng Phet was changed to be called Phra Kamphaeng (พระกำแพง, in Thai pronounced as /pʰráʔ kām.pʰɛ̄ːŋ/).[9] [10]