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Key facts
- Country
- Thailand
- Created
- 23 March 2011
- Capital
- Bueng Kan
- Governor
- Jumpoth Wanchatsiri
- Pao chief executive
- Waenfa Thongsri
- Total
- 4,003 km (1,546 sq mi)
- Rank
- 55th
- Density
- 105/km (270/sq mi)
- Hai 2022
- 0.6440 "average", Ranked 34th
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( ICT )
- Postal code
- 38xxx
- Calling code
- 042
- Iso 3166 code
- TH-38
- Website
- buengkan .go .th , buengkanpao .go .th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Thailand
- Named after
- Mueang Bueng Kan
- Official name
- จังหวัดบึงกาฬ
- Country
- Thailand
- Located in
- Thailand
- Contains
- Bung Khla
- Capital
- Bueng Kan
- Population
- 422042
- Area
- 4305.0
- Shares border with
- Bolikhamsai Province
- Official website
- www.buengkhan.go.th
- Image
- What phu tok.JPG
- Motto
- ภูทอกแหล่งพระธรรม ค่าล้ำยางพารา งามตาแก่งอาฮง บึงโขงหลงเพลินใจ น้ำตกใสเจ็ดสี ประเพณีแข่งเรือ เหนือสุดแดนอีสาน นมัสการหลวงพ่อใหญ่ ศูนย์รวมใจศาลสองนาง
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- Commons category
- Bueng Kan Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Bueng Kan province
- postal code
- 38
- native label
- จังหวัดบึงกาฬ
- inception
- 2011-03-23
- IPA transcription
- bɯ̄ŋ kāːn
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Encyclopedic overview
Bueng Kan (Thai: บึงกาฬ [bɯ̄ŋ kāːn]), sometimes anglicised as Bung Kan (/bʌŋ ˈkɑːn/ bung KAHN), is the 76th province (changwat) of Thailand, established by the Act Establishing Changwat Bueng Kan, BE 2554 (2011) on 23 March 2011. The province, consisting of the districts (amphoe) partitioned off Nong Khai province, lies in upper northeastern Thailand also called Isan (Thai: อีสาน). It is named after its central district, Mueang Bueng Kan.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bueng Kan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.