Official Name: | Mueang Khon Kaen |
Native Name: | เมืองขอนแก่น |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Khon Kaen |
Subdivision Type2: | Seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Nai Mueang |
Population Total: | 412758 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Postal code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 40000 |
Blank Name Sec2: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec2: | 4001 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 16.4383°N 102.8389°W |
Motto: | รักษาประเพณี พัฒนาท้องที่สร้างสามัคคีในสังคม นิยมประหยัด Protect culture, Upgrade local, build Unity in Society, admire conserve. |
Mueang Khon Kaen (in Thai pronounced as /mɯ̄aŋ kʰɔ̌ːn kɛ̀n/; เมืองขอนแก่น, in Lao pronounced as /mɯ᷇aŋ kʰɔ̌ːn kɛ́n/) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Khon Kaen province, northeastern Thailand.
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Ban Haet, Phra Yuen, Ban Fang, Ubolratana, Nam Phong, and Sam Sung of Khon Kaen Province; Kosum Phisai and Chiang Yuen of Maha Sarakham province.
On 29 April 1917, the district name was changed from Mueang to Phra Lap (พระลับ).[1] On 14 November 1937 it was renamed Mueang Khon Kaen.[2]
The district is divided into 17 sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 272 villages (mubans). The city (thesaban nakhon) Khon Kaen covers the whole tambon Nai Mueang. Tha Phra is a sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) covering parts of tambon Tha Phra. There are a further 16 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. | Name | Thai | Villages | Pop. (2008)[3] | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Nai Muang | ในเมือง | - | 118,203 | |
2. | Samran | สำราญ | 13 | 9,637 | |
3. | Khok Si | โคกสี | 14 | 8,788 | |
4. | Tha Phra | ท่าพระ | 20 | 19,197 | |
5. | Ban Thum | บ้านทุ่ม | 17 | 17,088 | |
6. | Mueang Kao | เมืองเก่า | 17 | 24,840 | |
7. | Phra Lap | พระลับ | 19 | 20,803 | |
8. | Sawathi | สาวะถี | 23 | 17,751 | |
9. | Ban Wa | บ้านหว้า | 13 | 10,632 | |
10. | Ban Kho | บ้านค้อ | 19 | 15,352 | |
11. | Daeng Yai | แดงใหญ่ | 10 | 7,190 | |
12. | Don Chang | ดอนช้าง | 8 | 4,745 | |
13. | Don Han | ดอนหัน | 15 | 9,812 | |
14. | Sila | ศิลา | 28 | 44,194 | |
15. | Ban Pet | บ้านเป็ด | 23 | 29,801 | |
16. | Nong Tum | หนองตูม | 11 | 7,375 | |
17. | Bueng Niam | บึงเนียม | 12 | 7,291 | |
18. | Non Thon | โนนท่อน | 10 | 9,457 |