Yasothon
Sign in to saveYasothon (, ) is a town on the Chi River in the north-eastern region of Thailand. It is the capital and administrative center of Yasothon province and seat of its city district. In this district, subdistrict Nai Mueang ( 'in town') incorporates the bounds of the town proper, which had a population of 21,134 in 2005. It lies north-east of Bangkok.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Yasothon
- Settlement.native_name
- ยโสธร
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- Mueang Yot Nakorn (Proud Capital City)
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- Yasothon Municipal Hall.jpg
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- 250px
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- Yasothon Municipal Hall
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- Thailand
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- bottom
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- Location in Thailand
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- Country
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- Thailand
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Yasothon province
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- District
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- Mueang Yasothon district
- Settlement.established_title
- 1811
- Settlement.established_title2
- 1814
- Settlement.established_title3
- 1972
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Yasothon (, ) is a town on the Chi River in the north-eastern region of Thailand. It is the capital and administrative center of Yasothon province and seat of its city district. In this district, subdistrict Nai Mueang ( 'in town') incorporates the bounds of the town proper, which had a population of 21,134 in 2005. It lies north-east of Bangkok.
==History== ===Founding=== In 2354 B.E. (1811 CE) Chao ('lord') Racha Wong Singh ( — 'descended from lions') more often transliterated sing, led his people to a landing on the River Chi, to found a town on a bluff near a deserted temple. The lion, Sing, was a son of Chao Phraya Wichai () in the capital of Champasak (). The town was first called Ban Sing Kow ( 'old lion village') or Ban Sing Tha (). While there are numerous Khmer artifacts in and around the city, no written history is known prior to that year.