Bueng Kan
- This article is about the town. For the province of the same name see Bueng Kan Province.
- For the district of this name see Mueang Bueng Kan District.
Bueng Kan บึงกาฬ | |
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Township | |
Bueng Kan | |
Coordinates: 18°22′2″N 103°38′59″E / 18.36722°N 103.64972°E | |
Country | Thailand |
Province | Bueng Kan |
Amphoe | Mueang Bueng Kan |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 9,712 |
Time zone | ICT (UTC+7) |
Bueng Kan (Thai: บึงกาฬ) is a township (Thesaban Tambon) in Mueang Bueng Kan District, in Bueng Kan Province, far north-eastern Thailand. It is the district capital and is on the Mekong River,[1] opposite the Laotian town of Pakxan of Bolikhamsai Province. As of 2010, it had a population of 9,712 people and has jurisdiction over 11 villages.[2] It lies at the junction of Highways 212 and 222, 136 kilometres north-east of Nong Khai and 750 kilometres north-east of Bangkok.[3][4] The economy is based on agriculture, with para rubber as the principal crop, and tourism.
History
The settlement became a sanitary district in 1956.[5] Like all sanitary districts, it was upgraded to sub-district municipality in 1999.[6]
Bueng Kan was formerly part of Nong Khai Province until the formal establishment of the new province of the same name on 23 March 2011.
Bueng (TH: บึง) means marsh; Kan (TH: กาฬ) is associated with Hindu goddess Kali.
Transport
As of 1998, a reported seventeen buses a day make the two-hour journey from Nong Khai to Bueng Kan along Thailand Route 222, seven of which continue to Nakhon Phanom.[7]
References
- ↑ Commander, Construction Battalions Pacific. Helping Others Help Themselves, Seabee Teams. U.S. Navy Seabee Museum. p. 125. GGKEY:Y2G27C7KAW2. Retrieved 23 Jan 2012.
- ↑ "Population statistics 2010". Department of Provincial Administration.
- ↑ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
- ↑ "Buengkan". Tourism Thailand.org. Retrieved 23 Jan 2012.
- ↑ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง จัดตั้งสุขาภิบาลบึงกาฬ อำเภอบึงกาฬ จังหวัดหนองคาย (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 73 (83 ง ฉบับพิเศษ): 51–52. 1956-10-15.
- ↑ พระราชบัญญัติเปลี่ยนแปลงฐานะของสุขาภิบาลเป็นเทศบาล พ.ศ. ๒๕๔๒ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai). 116 (9 ก): 1–4. 1999-02-24.
- ↑ Gray, Paul; Ridout, Lucy (1 Dec 1998). Thailand: the rough guide. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-341-8. Retrieved 23 Jan 2012.