Nong Khai (Province)

Nong Khai
หนองคาย
statistics
Capital:	Nong Khai
Telephone code:	042
Surface:	3,027.3 km² 27.
Residents:	907.250 (2009) 22.
Population density :	124 E / km² 36.
ISO 3166-2 :
Governor :
map

Satellite image of Nong Khai Province (south of the Mekong) and neighboring areas in Laos

Naga well in front of the seat of the provincial government (Sala Klang Changwat) of Nong Khai

Nong Khai ( Thai : หนองคาย ) is a province ( Changwat ) in the northeast region of Thailand , the Isan . The capital of Nong Khai Province is also called Nong Khai .

geography

The province of Nong Khai is located in the valley of the Mekong , which also forms the natural border with Laos , and extends here mainly in a west-east direction. On the other side of the Mekong, the Laotian capital Vientiane (Viang Chan) is only 25 km away. In the south of the province, small hills and mountain ranges rise.

Neighboring provinces and areas:
north	Maenam Mekong , also the national border with Laos
east	Bueng Kan
south	Sakon Nakhon and Udon Thani
west	Loei

Important rivers

• Mekong

climate

The climate is tropical - monsoonal . The mean annual temperature is 26.2 ° C. The maximum temperature in 2009 was 40.6 ° C, the lowest temperature was measured at 9.5 ° C. On 134 rainy days fell in the same year 1834.6  mm of precipitation.

Economy and Importance

In 2011, the "Gross Provincial Product" (was GDP ) of the province 36.437 billion baht . The minimum wage in the province is 169 baht per day (around € 5).

Data

The table below shows the share of the economic sectors in the gross provincial product in percent:

Industry	2006	2007	2008
Agriculture	25.8	24.7	25.6
Industry	9.7	9.8	10.1
Other	64.8	65.5	64.3

The industry that contributed most to the province's economic output in 2011 was agriculture with 8.594 billion baht, followed by education with 5.638 billion baht, manufacturing with 5.580 billion baht and wholesale and retail with 3.9 billion Baht.

Land use

The following land use is documented for the province:

• Forest area: 348,379 Rai (217.7 km²), 7.6% of the total area
• Agricultural area: 1,735,827 Rai (1,084.9 km²), 37.9% of the total area
• Unclassified area: 2,498,469 Rai (1,561.4 km²), 54.5% of the total area

More than 50% of the area is used for agriculture, 6% is woodland. The main source of income is rice cultivation . Local fishing is practiced on the Mekong .

The Nong Khai Province has a total of 1,002 wetlands with an area of ​​96.0 km², which are used more or less intensively for agriculture .

history

Nong Khai has a checkered history behind it, in the course of which it initially played a subordinate role in the Lao Kingdom of Lan Xang , when its capital was still in the area of ​​today's Luang Prabang (Xiang Dong Xiang Thong). After the Lao population was increasingly relocated to the south of today's Laos due to the constant Burmese attacks, the importance of Nong Khai also grew, especially when the new capital Viang Chan (Vientiane) was built on the other bank of the Mekong in the 16th century . But even there one was not safe from the Burmese, and so Laotians fled in several waves in the following centuries to the south and north-east Thailand ( Isan ) , where they make up a significant proportion of the population.

population

According to the official classification, the population is predominantly Thai, but the majority speaks Laotian dialects . Over 99% are Buddhists .

Attractions

In the Sala Kaeo Ku park

In addition to the Phu Wua nature reserve ( Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary , เขต รักษา พันธุ์ สัตว์ ป่า ภู วัว ) there are some waterfalls to see (for example Namtok Tham Fun น้ำตก ถ้ำ ฝุ่น or Namtok Chet Si น้ำตก เจ็ด สี ), some of which only occur in the rainy season Lead water.

Another attraction in the province is the Sala-Kaeo-Ku -Park with its imaginative, sometimes huge, concrete sculptures of the local mystic Bunleua ​​Sulilat.

traffic

Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge

Nong Khai is the end point of the northeast line of the Thai State Railways as well as the Thanon Mittraphap (National Road 2), the most important thoroughfare in northeast Thailand. It is connected to Vientiane Prefecture via the First Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge , which opened in 1994 .

education

In the province, there is a secondary campus of the University of Khon Kaen and branches of Buddhist Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University , the Rajabhat Suan Dusit University and Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University .

Symbols

Phra Sai Buddha statue

The seal of Nong Khai Province shows a pond surrounded by bamboo . The bamboo symbolizes stability, fame and persistence for the peaceful and productive country.

The local tree is the Burmese rosewood or tamalan ( Dalbergia oliveri ).

The motto of Nong Khai Province is:

"Nong Khai is the city in which the victory over the Haw is thought of,

The city of the venerated Buddha image Luang Pho Phra Sai,

The province in which the bridge brings Thailand and Laos together. "

Administrative units

Provincial Administration

Nong Khai Province is divided into nine Amphoe ('districts' or 'counties'). These are further subdivided into 62 tambon ('subdistricts' or 'parishes') and 705 muban ('villages').

No. Amphoe Thai 01 Amphoe Mueang Nong Khai อำเภอ เมือง หนองคาย 02 Amphoe Tha Bo อำเภอ ท่าบ่อ 05 Phon Phisai district อำเภอ โพนพิสัย 07th Si Chiang Mai district อำเภอ ศรีเชียงใหม่ 08th Sangkhom district อำเภอ สังคม 14th Sakhrai district อำเภอ สระ ใคร 15th Fao Rai district อำเภอ เฝ้า ไร่ 16 Rattanawapi district อำเภอ รัตน วาปี 17th Amphoe Pho Tak อำเภอ โพธิ์ ตาก

Map of the Amphoe

Note: The missing geocodes belong to the amphoe that makes up Bueng Kan Province today.

Local administration

A provincial administrative organization ( บริหาร ส่วน จังหวัด , อบ จ for short , Ongkan Borihan suan Changwat ; English Provincial Administrative Organization , PAO) exists for the entire area of ​​the province .

There are two cities in the province ( เทศบาล เมือง - Thesaban Mueang): Nong Khai ( เทศบาล เมือง หนองคาย ) and Tha Bo ( เทศบาล เมือง ท่าบ่อ ), and there are 9 small towns ( เทศบาล ตำบล - Thesaban Tambon).

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Gross Provincial Product at Current Market Prices: Northeastern Provinces, National Economic and Social Development Board, 2011.
2. ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
3. ↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
4. ↑ Edmund JV Oh, Blake D. Ratner, Simon Bush, Komathi Kolandai and Terence Y. Too (eds.): Wetlands Governance in the Mekong Region: country reports on the legal-institutional framework and economic valuation of aquatic resources . 2005.
5. ↑ Department of Provincial Administration : As of 2012 (in Thai)

literature

• Thailand in Figures 2011 . Nonthaburi: Alpha Research 13 A. 2011. ISBN = 9786167526034.

Web links

Commons : Nong Khai  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Overview map of Nong Khai Province (names in English and Thai) [last accessed on November 14, 2013]
• Tourist information about Nong Khai - Tourism Authority of Thailand TAT website

Coordinates: 17 ° 52 '  N , 102 ° 45'  E