Phimai (Thai: พิมาย) is a township (thesaban tambon) in the Nakhon Ratchasima Province in the northeast of Thailand. Thai (th ภาษาไทย, transcription: phasa thai, transliteration:; pʰāːsǎːtʰāj is the national and Thesaban (เทศบาล are the municipalities in Thailand. Nakhon Ratchasima (นครราชสีมา often shortened to Korat or Khorat, is one of the north-eastern provinces ( changwat) of The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj The town is located at . As of 2005 the town has a population of 9,768. The town is the administrative center of the Phimai district. Phimai (พิมาย is a district ( Amphoe) in the northeastern part of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand.
The town had been an important town already at the times of the Khmer. The Khmer Empire was the largest empire of South East Asia based in what is now Cambodia. The temple Prasat Hin Phimai, located in the center of the town, was one of major Khmer temples in modern Thailand, connected with Angkor by the Ancient Khmer Highway. Angkor is a name conventionally applied to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the Khmer empire that flourished from approximately the 9th century to The Ancient Khmer Highway was a 225 km roadway going northwest between Angkor (in Cambodia) and Phimai (now in Thailand) The temple is now protected as the Phimai historical park. The Phimai historical park protects one of the most important Khmer temples of Thailand.
Phimai has also recently been the base of operations for the excavation of Ban Non Wat. Ban Non Wat is a village in central Thailand, in the Non Sung district, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, located near the small city of Phimai.
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