| Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park | |
| Alt Name: | อุทยานแห่งชาติภูหินร่องกล้า |
| Iucn Category: | II |
| Location: | Phitsanulok, Loei Provinces, Thailand |
| Coordinates: | 16.9767°N 101.04°W |
| Established: | July 26, 1984 |
| Visitation Num: | 289,210 |
| Visitation Year: | 2019 |
Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติภูหินร่องกล้า,) is a national park located in the Loei and Phitsanulok Provinces of Thailand. The protected area is located in the forested mountains of the Luang Prabang Range close to the border with Laos and is part of the Luang Prabang montane rain forests ecoregion. The park was the base of operations of the long fight of Thai combatant in communist war of Thailand.
Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park is located north of Phetchabun town and east of Phitsanulok town in the Nakhon Thai district of Phitsanulok Province and Dan Sai district of Loei Province with an area of 191,875 rai ~ [1] and is neighbouring Khao Kho National Park to the southeast.
There are four types of forest, namely mixed deciduous forest, dry dipterocarp forest, hill evergreen forest and conifer forest. High mountains in the Phetchabun Mountains include: Phu Hin Rong Kla, Phu Khi Thao, Phu Phaeng Ma, the highest peak with is Phu Man Khao and second tallest with is Phu Lomlo. There are many streams such as: Huai Lam Nam Sai and Huai Luang Yai.
Between 1968 and 1972, the area was the scene of fighting between Thai communist insurgents and the Royal Thai Armed Forces. Due to the difficult terrain, it was initially impossible to achieve success against the communists and tactics had to be changed. The military were able to convince the Hmong community present around the area to cooperate with the Thai government. This worked out perfectly and the communist insurgents surrendered without further bloodshed.
A survey was set up of Phu Hin Rong Kla forest in the area of Bo Pho subdistrict, Noen Phoem subdistrict and Ban Yaeng subdistrict, Nakhon Thai district, Phitsanulok province and Kok Ssathon subdistrict, Dan Sai district, Loei province in February 1983. Later the Royal Forest Department proposed to include Phu Hin Rong Kla in the system of national parks on March 15, 1983. Phu Hin Rong Kla was declared the 48th national park on July 26, 1984. Since 2002 this national park has been managed by Protected Areas Regional Office 11 (Phitsanulok)
The park is generally cool all year round, with temperatures rarely rising above . The temperature occasionally drops below freezing.
See also: Wildlife of Phitsanulok Province. Plant species include:Orchids species include:
At the present, humans come and settle down so there are less wild animals in the national park.
The number of sightings in the park are:
Nine species of mammels, include:The park has some 260 species of birds, of which some 190 species of passerine from 42 families, represented by one species:and some 70 species of non-passerine from 21 families, represented by one species:Eighteen species of reptiles from four families, represented by one species:Fifteen species of amphibians from five families, represented by one species:
Much of the forest was damaged and much of the wildlife was killed or fled to safer areas during a period when the region was used as a battlefield between the Thai government and the communists.
| Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park in overview PARO 11 (Phitsanulok) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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