Mueang Bang Khlang

Mueang Bang Khlang (Thai: เมืองบางขลัง, pronounced [mɯ̄a̯ŋ bāːŋ kʰlǎŋ]) is a tambon (sub-district) of Sawankhalok District, Sukhothai Province, upper central Thailand.

Mueang Bang Khlang is a town in the middle between Si Satchanalai and Sukhothai, causing both warlords to use this place as a base for war against Khom Sabat Khlon Lamphong, a Khmer noble who ruled Sukhothai at that time, the result of the war, Khom Sabat Khlon Lamphong was defeated.

Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao ascended the throne in the name of Si Inthrathit and was the first monarch of the Sukhothai Kingdom.

The Buddha's relics contained in the chedi of Wat Phra That Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai today were brought from here.

[1] Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who is interested in studying Thai history, has visited here twice, the first in 2007 and the second when she presided over the opening ceremony of the Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao and Pho Khun Pha Mueang monument in front of the sub-district municipality office on October 25, 2016.