Mukdahan
Sign in to saveMukdahan (, ) is a town (thesaban mueang) and capital of Mukdahan Province, which became Thailand's 73rd province in 1982. In the northeastern region of the country, on the right (west) bank Mekong River, it was formerly a district of Nakhon Phanom Province. The population of the municipal area was 180,600 in 2010. Mukdahan is 645 km northeast of Bangkok.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Mukdahan
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- Thailand
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- Location in Thailand
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 280
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
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- Mukdahan Haw Kaew SW View.jpg
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- View from Ho Kaew Mukdahan Observation Deck
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- Country
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- Provinces
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- Mukdahan Province
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- District
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- Mueang Mukdahan District
- Settlement.population_total
- 180,600
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2000
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 145
- Settlement.timezone
- ICT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +7
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- Etymology
- History
- Climate
- Second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge
- Ho Kaeo Mukdahan
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Mukdahan (, ) is a town (thesaban mueang) and capital of Mukdahan Province, which became Thailand's 73rd province in 1982. In the northeastern region of the country, on the right (west) bank Mekong River, it was formerly a district of Nakhon Phanom Province. The population of the municipal area was 180,600 in 2010. Mukdahan is 645 km northeast of Bangkok.
==Etymology== The city was established at the mouth of Muk Creek () and named Mukdahan from Kaeo Mukdahan, derived from the following: Kaeo แก้ว noun or adjective: glass other than sheet glass; a glass, a tumbler; gem-like, precious, exquisite. Muk มุก noun: mother-of pearl; nacre. Da ดา verb intransitive: to advance along a wide front Han หาร verb intransitive or transitive: to divide; to be divided.