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Lop Buri
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Lop Buri (lŭp brē`), town (1990 pop. 40,190), capital of Lop Buri prov., S Thailand. Originally called Lavo, it was ruled by the Mons in the 7th and 8th cent. and by the Khmers from the 10th to the 13th cent. While Ayutthaya was the capital of Thailand, Lop Buri served as an alternate capital.


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This large army served as insurance against both jealous Thai rivals and the Khmer threat in Lopburi 300 kilometres to the south which since the 11th century had been a Khmer empire outpost and stronghold.
During this period (usually called the Lopburi period), the Khmer empire covered the whole of northeastern and central Thailand.
In December 2003, the US Department of State announced a refugee resettlement program for [approximately equal to] 16,000 Hmong refugees from Laos, who had been living in a temporary camp for displaced persons in Lopburi, Thailand, for >10 years.
 
 
 
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