Sakon Nakhon

Province

Sakon Nakhon ( Thai: สกลนคร, also: Sakon Nakhorn, formerly Nong Han Luang ) is a large city ( เทศบาล นคร สกลนคร ) in the Thai province of Sakon Nakhon. It is the capital of the district ( Amphoe ) Mueang Sakon Nakhon and the capital of the province of Sakon Nakhon.

Sakon Nakhon is the social, political and economic center within a region of several hundred square kilometers, it has 53 739 inhabitants ( 2012).

Origin of the name

Sakon comes from the Sanskrit sakala ( Devanagari: सकल ), meaning whole, universal, and Nakhon originates from the Sanskrit nagara ( Devanagari: नगर ) with the meaning city. In a figurative sense, Sakon Nakhon means City of Cities.

Geography

The Sakon Nakhon Province is located in the northeast region of Thailand, Isan. The city of Sakon Nakhon is located in the extreme north- east of Thailand, the area of ​​the municipality takes ( tambon) That Choeng Chum a ( ธาตุ เชิง ชุม ) and is about 650 kilometers from the capital Bangkok. It is located on a deep level of the Mekong River and is bordered to the south on a forested mountain landscape. In the northeast of the district of Nong Han Lake, the largest natural lake in Northeast Thailand is.

Within the Tambon Tha Rae ( ท่า แร่ - also written Tharae ) is the center of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng ( Archidioecesis Tharensis et Nonsengensis, อัคร สังฆมณฑล ท่า แร่ - หนอง แสง ).

Economy

Rice cultivation is the main industry; west of Sakon Nakhon is a research station for rice cultivation.

Airport

• Sakon Nakhon ( SNO )

Education

In Sakon Nakhon, there are two universities once the Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University ( มหาวิทยาลัย ราชภัฏ สกลนคร ) and Kasetsart University ( มหาวิทยาลัย เกษตรศาสตร์ ).

Attractions

• The Wat Phra Cheung Chum - a white, 24 -meter-high That ( the Lao kind of Thai Chedi ) over a still recognizable inside ancient chedi in the 16th century.
• The Great Lake Nong Han in the north with a recreational park and a small harbor; on the western shore lies the dilapidated That Dum, a temple of the Khmer Empire.
• The Wat Pha Udom Somphon, a nationally known Buddhist temple complex, with a museum (outside )

Miscellaneous

Mid-1960s had the banned Communist Party of Thailand temporarily based in the Phu Phan Mountains in the province of Sakhon Nakhon. On May 5, 1966 Jit Phumisak, " Thailand's Che Guevara ", shot and eliminated Waritchaphum near Nong Kung in Amphoe. In 1989 his remains were found and walled in by a Buddhist ceremony in a chedi at the site of the nearby Wat Prasit Sangwon. There is now a memorial.