Sakon Nakhon province
Sakon Nakhon is in the upper Northeast. It is on the Phu Phan mountain range and has many forest temple retreats for meditation. These temples are also where famous monks well known in meditation circles reside.
Sakon Nakhon is 647 kilometres from Bangkok and has an area of 9,605 square kilometres. Sakon Nakhon consists of the following districts: Muang Sakon Nakhon, Waritchaphum, Kut Bak, Kusuman, Ban Muang, Phanna Nikhom, Sawang Daen Din, Wanon Niwat, Phang Khon, Akat Amnuai, Song Dao, Kham Ta Kla, Tao Ngoi, Khok Si Suphan, Nikhom Nam Un, Charoen Sin, Phon Na Kaeo and Phu Phan.
Etymology
The word Sakon originates from the Sanskrit word sakala (Devanagari) meaning entire, whole, or total, and the word Nakhon from Sanskrit nagara (Devanagari) meaning town or city. Hence the name of the province literally means City of cities.
Geography
The province is located on the Khorat Plateau, not far from the river Mekong. The Nong Han lake - the biggest natural lake of North-East Thailand - near the city Sakon Nakhon is a popular resort of the local people. The Phu Phan Mountains delimit the province to the south.
Symbols
The provincial seal show the Phrathat Choeng Chum, a Lao-style chedi built during the Ayutthaya period over a Khmer style prang.
The provincial tree is the banaba or Queen's Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia speciosa).
Administrative divisions
The province is subdivided into 18 districts (Amphoe). The districts are further subdivided into 125 communes (tambon) and 1323 villages (muban).
- Mueang Sakon Nakhon
- Kusuman
- Kut Bak
- Phanna Nikhom
- Phang Khon
- Waritchaphum
- Nikhom Nam Un
- Wanon Niwat
- Kham Ta Kla
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- Ban Muang
- Akat Amnuai
- Sawang Daen Din
- Song Dao
- Tao Ngoi
- Khok Si Suphan
- Charoen Sin
- Phon Na Kaeo
- Phu Phan
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