Lampang is situated on the right back of Mae Nam Wang and lies 559
kilometers north of Bangkok at the junction of highways of Chiang Rai and
Chiang Mai.
Lampang is primarily known as Horse Carriage City. At present, Lampang is
the only town in Thailand where horse carriages public transport. Tourists
can feel the liveliness as well as listen to the description about the
historical sites in Lampang by horse driver.
In addition horse carriages, another real symbol of Lampang province hardly
known by people is the white cock which stands in front of the city gate as
the emblem of Lampang. Moreover, the picture of the white cock is commonly
found on signposts, bridges and old buildings.
It has been retold that during Buddha period Buddha visited this
province. When Indra knew, he was afraid that people would not get up in
himself as a white cock to wake the people up. Lampang is therefore called
Kukkuk Nakorn meaning white cock.
