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by Mello Luchtenberg, 9 September 2012
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by Mello Luchtenberg, 9 September 2012
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According to the Thai Ministry of Interior in 2000, the flag of Phrae
province is vertically divided black and red with in the center a blue disk and
white houses with red roofs and a golden stupa, and the name of the province in
white beneath it. It should be noted that this emblem is not the provincial
seal.
The provincial flag can nowadays be seen on the provincial website:
http://www.phrae.go.th/file_econ/sattakit/phare/phare_03.html
Olivier Touzeau, 7 September 2012
![[Former Flag (Phrae Province, Thailand)]](../images/t/th-240_o.gif)
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by Eugene Ipavec, 2 February 2011
The national flag with provincial seal in the center.
Description from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seals_of_The_Provinces_of_Thailand:
The
seal of the province shows a horse with a stupa on his back. According to legend
the two cities of Phrae and Nan were once ruled by brothers. When they met to
divide the land between them the one from Phrae rode on a horse, the one from
Nan on a buffalo to the meeting point on top of a mountain. Hence Phrae uses a
horse in their seal, while Nan uses a buffalo. When the provincial government
proposed the seal in 1940, the Fine Arts Department suggested adding a historic
building to the seal in addition to the horse, thus it now has the stupa of Phra
Tat Cho Hae on the back of the horse.
Olivier Touzeau, 7 September 2012
