Sakon Nakhon Province

Sakon Nakhon
	สกลนคร
statistics
Capital:	Sakon Nakhon
Telephone code:	042
Surface:	9,605.8 km²; 19.
Residents:	1,118,449 (2009); 16.
Population density :	115 E / km² ; 43.
ISO 3166-2 :
Governor :
map

Welcome sign at the provincial border

Sakon Nakhon ( Thai : สกลนคร ) is a province ( Changwat ) in the northeast region of Thailand , the Isan . The capital of the province is also called Sakon Nakhon .

origin of the name

Provinces in Thailand are named after the respective provincial capital. Sakon comes from the Sanskrit sakala (Devanagari: सकल) and means whole, all-embracing, and Nakhon comes from the Sanskrit nagara (Devanagari: नगर) meaning city. In other words, Sakon Nakhon means city of cities.

geography

Landscape in the Phu Phan Mountains

The province is located in the upper northeast of Thailand and is closed off to the south by the Phu Phan Mountains . Several important rivers have their source here. In the wooded mountains there are numerous forest temples, some of which date from the Khmer period. The Lake Nong Han is with an area of about 125 square kilometers the largest natural freshwater lake in Thailand.

Neighboring provinces:
north	Nong Khai and Bueng Kan
east	Nakhon Phanom
south	Mukdahan and Kalasin
west	Udon Thani

Important cities

Nong Han Luang

Important rivers

climate

The climate is tropical - monsoonal . The average temperature is 26.7 ° C. The maximum temperature in 2009 was 38.6 ° C, the lowest temperature was measured at 8.5 ° C. On 120 rainy days fell 1440.5 mm of precipitation in the same year .

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Sakon Nakhon

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C )	28.8	30.9	33.5	34.7	33.2	32.0	31.7	31.1	31.1	30.9	29.9	28.5	O	31.4
Min. Temperature (° C)	14.9	18.0	21.1	23.6	24.3	24.6	24.5	24.2	23.8	22.0	18.6	15.1	O	21.2

Precipitation ( mm )	4.4	18.6	44.9	93.7	255.8	273.7	231.1	362.0	232.7	80.3	7.1	2.7	Σ	1,607

Rainy days ( d )	1	3	5	9	18th	21st	20th	23	18th	8th	2	1	Σ	129

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28.8

14.9

30.9

18.0

33.5

21.1

34.7

23.6

33.2

24.3

32.0

24.6

31.7

24.5

31.1

24.2

31.1

23.8

30.9

22.0

29.9

18.6

28.5

15.1

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population

Phu Thai and Sô , in particular, live in the province and immigrated from Laos in several waves of migration.

Economy and Importance

The most important branch of the economy is agriculture , especially rice cultivation .

In 2008, the "Gross Provincial Product" (was GDP ) of the province of 41,501 million baht .

Data

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

Industry	2006	2007	2008
Agriculture	21.6	20.1	20.3
Industry	6.5	8.0	8.6
Other	71.9	71.9	71.1

Land use

The following land use is documented for the province:

Forest area: 1,194,311 Rai (746.4 km²), 19.9% of the total area
Agricultural area: 2,545,679 Rai (1,591.0 km²), 42.4% of the total area
Unclassified area: 2,263,612 Rai (1,414.8 km²), 37.7% of the total area

The province of Sakon Nakhon has a total of 535 wetlands with an area of 43.1 km², which are used more or less intensively for agriculture . 48.7% of the land area is used for agriculture, 14.6% is woodland.

Dams

Nam Un (in Phang Khon district )

traffic

Airport

Sakon Nakhon ( Thai : ท่าอากาศยาน สกลนคร ; IATA code : SNO, ICAO code : VTUI).

Bus transport

Sakon Nakhon Bus Terminal
Bus Terminal in Sawang Daen Din
Ban Tharae bus stop

Rail transport

Sakon Nakhon Province has no rail links

education

Educational institutions

Sakon Nakhon Rajabhat University
Polytechnic College
Sakon Nakhon Technology Northeastern College
Bandit Sakon Nakhon College
Sakon Nakhon Technical College
Vocation College in Sawang Daen Din

Health facilities

Khai Kritsana Siwara Hospital
Sakon Nakhon Hospital
Trong Siri Hospital
Nikhom Nam Un Hospital in Nikhom Nam Un

history

The province belonged to the 16th century to the local principality Sri Khotrabun the Khmer what many remnants of the Khmer culture testify. The capital of this principality was called "Mueang Sri Khotrabun", it was on the eastern bank of the Mekong near Tha Khaek, in today's Laos.

The Thai kingdoms Sukhothai and later Ayutthaya expanded from the 13th to the 14th. Century their sphere of influence at the expense of the Khmer. Among other things, they also took Sakon Nakhon.

Attractions

Prasat Phu Phek

Wat Tham Kham

Phu Phan Ratchaniwet ( พระ ตำหนัก ภู พาน ราช นิเวศน์ ) - Palace of the royal family and place of residence when members of the family are in the northeast
Wat Phra That Choeng Chum ( พระ ธาตุ เชิง ชุม ) - the most important temple in Sakon Nakhon
Wat Phra That Narai Cheng Weng - Buddhist temple complex with the chedi of the same name
Prathat Phu Phek ( พระ ธาตุ ภู เพ็ก ) - apparently unfinished laterite chedi from the 11th / 12th centuries. Century, which is picturesquely on a mountain (491 steps)
Wat Tham Kham or Wat Phu Kham ( วัด ถ้ำ ขาม หรือ ภู ขาม ) - temple complex with an attached museum ( พิพิธภัณฑ์ อาจารย์ ฝั้ น อา จา โร ), which shows the life and work of the revered monk Achan Fan Acharo
Ban Pha Na - ancient Khmer laterite sanctuary, about 70 km on the way to Udon Thani
Thai So Cultural Center ( ศูนย์ วัฒนธรรม ไท ยโส ) - shows the life and culture of So (in Amphoe Kusuman)
Saphan Hin (or Saphan Khom) - a stone bridge on the road to Udon Thani , said to date from the Khmer era
Candle Festival - local festival in October of each year, are made on the miniature replicas of temples and shrines of beeswax and a long boat race is connected
National parks :
- Phu Pha Yon National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติ ภูผา ยล ) - beautifully situated in the south of Sakon Nakhon
- Phu Phan National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติ ภู พาน ) - wild jungle landscape with many waterfalls in Amphoe Phu Phan
- Phu Pha Lek National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติ ภูผา เหล็ก ) - located in the Phu Phan mountain range , here is a cave with around 3000 year old rock carvings
- Phu Kao National Park - Phu Phan Kham (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติ ภู เก้า - ภู พาน คำ )

Symbols

Wat Phra That Choeng Chum

The seal of the province shows the Phra That Choeng Chum, a Laotian style chedi that was built during the Ayutthaya period and stands over a prang from the Khmer period.

The local tree is the Banaba ( Lagerstroemia speciosa ).

The motto of Sakon Nakhon Province is:

"The city of Choeng Chum Shrine,

The beauty of Lake Nong Han is widely famous,

Here lies the palace Phu Phan ,

Here locks are made from beeswax,

The city of beautiful Phu Thai women,

The teachings of Buddhism are anchored in the people. "

Administrative units

Provincial Administration

The province is divided into 18 districts ( Amphoe ). The districts are further subdivided into 125 communes ( tambon ) and 1,323 villages ( muban ).

No.	Amphoe name	Thai	No.	Amphoe name	Thai
1	Amphoe Mueang Sakon Nakhon	อำเภอ เมือง สกลนคร	10	Ban Muang district	อำเภอ บ้านม่วง
2	Amphoe Kusuman	อำเภอ กุสุมาลย์	11	Akat Amnuai district	อำเภอ อากาศอำนวย
3	Amphoe Kut Bak	อำเภอ กุดบาก	12	Sawang Daen Din district	อำเภอ สว่างแดนดิน
4th	Phanna Nikhom district	อำเภอ พรรณานิคม	13	Song Dao district	อำเภอ ส่องดาว
5	Phang Khon district	อำเภอ พังโคน	14th	Tao Ngoi district	อำเภอ เต่า ง อย
6th	Amphoe Waritchaphum	อำเภอ วาริชภูมิ	15th	Amphoe Khok Si Suphan	อำเภอ โคก ศรีสุพรรณ
7th	Amphoe Nikhom Nam Un	อำเภอ นิคมน้ำอูน	16	Charoen Sin district	อำเภอ เจริญศิลป์
8th	Amphoe Wanon Niwat	อำเภอ วานรนิวาส	17th	Amphoe Phon Na Kaeo	อำเภอ โพน นา แก้ว
9	Amphoe Kham Ta Kla	อำเภอ คำตากล้า	18th	Phu Phan District	อำเภอ ภู พาน

Map of the Amphoe

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 .

In the province there is one big city ( เทศบาล นคร - Thesaban Nakhon ): Sakon Nakhon ( เทศบาล นคร สกลนคร ), in addition there are 20 small towns ( เทศบาล ตำบล - Thesaban Tambon ).

Individual evidence

↑ Thailand in Figures (2011), p. 337.
↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
↑ Thailand in Figures (2011)
↑ 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.
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