13 Facts About Phitsanulok

Phitsanulok is home to Naresuan University and Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, as well as to a major Royal Thai Army base.

Phitsanulok is one of the oldest cities in Thailand, founded over 600 years ago.

Phitsanulok was a provincial center of the Khmer Empire during the Angkorian period.

Phitsanulok expanded the city westward to the west bank of Nan River.

Phitsanulok was abandoned until it was later restored in 1593 not as a Uparaja seat but as a Muang Ek or first-level city held by a governor, becoming the center of Siamese administrations in northern regions.

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The Burmese invaded again in 1785 and Phitsanulok was abandoned temporarily because the manpower shortage left the city defenseless.

Phitsanulok is sometimes called Song Kwae, the city of two rivers, a name dating to a time centuries ago when the Nan and Khwae Noi Rivers met near the city.

People of Phitsanulok are predominantly Theravada Buddhists, with a small Christian community and a few Muslim families.

Close to the city center, Phitsanulok Airport receives up to six flights a day from Bangkok, which are operated by three airlines: Nok Air, Thai Air Asia and Thai Lion Air.

Road 126, a multi-lane by-pass enables through-traffic to avoid the city of Phitsanulok, and connects to highway 11 to Uttaradit and Lampang in the north, and to highway 12 to Phetchabun in the east, and to highway 11 to Sing Buri in the south, and to highway 117 to Nakhon Sawan in the south, and to highway 12 to Sukhothai, Tak and Mae Sot in the west.

Phitsanulok is home to the Third Army Region of the Royal Thai Army, responsible for the northern and north-western parts of the kingdom.

In 2005, Phitsanulok won the 2nd Northern Youth Football Championship in the U12 and U15 age groups.

Phitsanulok is home to a number of historic sculptures of the Buddha and other religious artwork including the Buddha Chinnarat, the Buddha Chinnasi, the Phra Si Satsada.