Yasothon

Province

Yasothon ( Thai: ยโสธร ) is a city ( เทศบาล เมือง ยโสธร ) in the Thai province of Yasothon. It is the capital of the district ( Amphoe ) Mueang Yasothon Yasothon province and Isan, the Northeast of Thailand.

The town has 20,450 inhabitants Yasothon. (2012 )

Geography

Yasothon is surrounded by a barren plain in Isan. The distance to the capital Bangkok is just over 500 kilometers.

Economic importance and

Yasothon is one of the poorest areas of Thailand. The people here deserve only about a third of the average income. This results in a steady rural exodus or rather, to a flight to Bangkok.

Modest rice cultivation and textile production are the carriers of economic development.

In March 2000, an attempt at self-government business was done. They tried to set up their own local currency, the Bia, which was used instead of the baht (1 baht Bia = 1 ). The residents were able to take interest-free loans of up to 500 Bia in claim and thus act with each other. Outside the municipal boundary of the Bia had no validity. The Bank of Thailand put a stop to this approach after just one month.

Education

• Yasothon Technical College

History

In the area of Yasothon many ruins testify to the long presence of the Khmer from Angkor. Written records have been but has not been found. In 1811, a prince of Champasak founded the Ban Kao Singh ( บ้าน สิงห์ เก่า, " Old Löwendorf " ), which he left at an abandoned temple with access to the shores of the river Chi build. In the reign of King Rama II (r. 1809-1824 ) was renamed in Yasothon and order a Chao Mueang, a sort of provincial governor was.

General Bodindecha (1777-1849) was built by King Rama III. (reigned 1824-1851 ) commissioned the suppression of a revolt of the king Anuvong Vientiane and put after the fighting in Yasothon a break -in. This is demonstrated by a statue and a large Chedi.

During the fighting against the Ho from southern China ( 1865-1890 ) Yasothon represented a force that had to defend Nong Khai on the Mekong.

Today Yasothon Province was established in 1972 by the separation of Ubon Ratchathani.

Attractions

• Wat Mahathat ( วัด มหาธาตุ - Temple of the Great Relic) - the 1000 year old Buddhist temple ( Wat ) with the Phra That Yasothon ( พระ ธาตุ ยโสธร - the holy relic of Yasothon ) who also Phra That Anon ( พระ ธาตุ อานนท์ - the Holy relic of Anon ) is called, is the main attraction of Yasothon: Phra that ( the Lao type of Thai Chedi ), supposedly over 1,000 years old, is a relic of Ananda (included the " favorite disciple" of the Buddha). The Chedi is celebrated every year in March with a special celebration.
• Phra That Kong Khao Noi ( พระ ธาตุ ก่อง ข้าว น้อย ฆ่า แม่ ) - slightly southwest of Yasothon in the village of Thong is indeed a very old chedi, which houses a Buddha statue. Every April, they will be subjected to a bath to provide rain.
• Archaeological site - a prehistoric excavation site, also in the village indeed Thong.

Local festivals

• Bun Bang Fai - Rocket Festival in mid-May, with a competition for the highest- fired missile; the festival can be traced back to animistic origins and to the rain god Phraya Thaen agree amicably.

General Bodindecha ( Singh )

Moving at Rocket Festival in Yasothon