page_title: Nakhon Ratchasima Province
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Nakhon Ratchasima Province / History
caption_attribution_description: ไทย: เป็นปราสาทองค์ใหญ่ สร้างขึ้นราวพุทธศรรตวรรษที่ 16-17 ก่อสร้างด้วยศิลาทรายสีขาวหันหน้าไปทางทิศใต้ ซึ่งแตกต่างจากศาสนสถานแบบขอมในที่อื่นๆ ซึ่งมักจะหันหน้าไปทางทิศตะวันออก This is a photo of a monument in Thailand identified by the ID 0001170 (Thai Fine Art Department's link)
context_page_description: Nakhon Ratchasima is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces lies in lower northeastern Thailand also called Isan. It is the country's largest province by area, has a population of approximately 2.7 million, and generates about 250 billion baht in GDP, the highest in Isan. Neighbouring provinces are Chaiyaphum, Khon Kaen, Buriram, Sa Kaeo, Prachinburi, Nakhon Nayok, Saraburi, and Lopburi.
  The capital of the province is the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima District, also called Khorat.
context_section_description: The area around Khorat was already an important centre in the times of the Khmer empire in the 11th century, as can be seen by the temple ruins in Phimai historical park. Nakhon Ratchasima Province is one of the provinces where there is still a sizable northern Khmer population.
  A new walled-city with a surrounding moat, designated as Nakhon Ratchasima, was built in the 17th century by order of the King Narai, as the easternmost "command post", guarding the kingdom's border. It continued this duty during the Bangkok Period, although it was briefly seized during Chao Anuwong of Vientiane's 1826 revolt against King Rama III of Siam.
  Nakhon Ratchasima has long been the most important political and economic centre in the northeastern region. In the late-19th century, the railroad reached Khorat and it became the junction of two main rail lines in the northeastern, Isan, region. In 1933 it was the stronghold of the royalist troops in the Boworadet Rebellion, as they fought against the new ostensibly democratic government in Bangkok. In the 1950s, the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base was built in Nakhon Ratchasima; from 1961 until 26 February 1976, this facility was also used as a base by the United States Air Force.
  A mass shooting occurred in the province on 8 and 9 February 2020. The gunman killed 29 and wounded another 58 before being shot dead by police. It was the deadliest mass shooting in Thailand's history.
caption: Phimai historical park
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