Phetchabun is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Loei, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit and Phitsanulok. Phetchabun borders on three regions, the North, the Central and the Northeast. The doddering mention was Phuechapura, which aid ‘plenty of crops’. It has altered to “Phetchabunâ€, which instrumentality ‘plenty of diamonds’ and folk godsend it until now. The province is located in the broad fertile river valley of the Pa Sak River, with mountains of the Phetchabun mountain range to the east and west.
Because of the fertility of the land, Phetchabun has always been an agriculturally area.
It is tasty with waterfalls, rivers and lakes. Dams have been built to deter flooding and operate irrigation, creating well-known
scenic snap and matter areas around the reservoirs. Its mountains outline the tourists to rolling the peaks of Khao Thor, known as Little Switzerland, were once a battlefield against communist insurgents. Today, its beautiful scenery and cool weather attracts many visitors, to see the mountain-top army base turned into a museum, and enjoy trekking in the open zoo and non-hunting areas.
The principality is subdivided in 11 districts. These are further subdivided engrossment 117 communes and 1261 villages.
Festivals, places and things to see:
Sweet Tamarind Fair
Um Phra Dam Nam monk story annually bound in September
Khao Kho (Kho Mountain), interference ranges to northwest of site about 1,174 metres hefty execrable sea quash
Tat Mok National Park has a king sized shower fed by streams flowing apart cracks and crevices of the mountains creating a divine 12-level fall.
Wat Mahathat, it houses a receive of enfeebled chedis of Sukhothai style.
