Official Name: | Khok Kong |
Native Name: | โคกก่อง |
Settlement Type: | Subdistrict |
Pushpin Map: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Thailand |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Bueng Kan |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Mueang Bueng Kan |
Government Type: | Subdistrict municipality |
Area Total Km2: | 59.0 |
Population As Of: | 2022 |
Population Total: | 7,121 |
Population Density Km2: | 120 |
Timezone: | ICT |
Utc Offset: | +7 |
Coordinates: | 18.292°N 103.7864°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 38000 |
Area Code Type: | Calling code |
Area Code: | 042 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Geocode |
Blank Info Sec1: | 38010600 |
Khok Kong is a subdistrict (tambon) in Mueang Bueng Kan district, in Bueng Kan province, Isan (northeastern Thailand). As of 2022, it had a population of 7,121 people, with jurisdiction over nine villages.
The administration of ฺKhok Kong subdistrict (tambon) is responsible for an area that covers 36,842 rai ~ and consists of nine administrative villages (muban). As of 2022: 7,121 people.[1]
Village | English | Thai | People | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Moo1 | Ban Khok Kong | บ้านโคกก่อง | 680 | |
Moo2 | Ban Non Sa | บ้านโนนสา | 927 | |
Moo3 | Ban Na Kham | บ้านนาคำ | 1,140 | |
Moo4 | Ban Huai Dok Mai | บ้านห้วยดอกไม้ | 746 | |
Moo5 | Ban Tha In Plaeng | บ้านท่าอินทร์แปลง | 618 | |
Moo6 | Ban Non Wang Yaim | บ้านโนนวังเยี่ยม | 429 | |
Moo7 | Ban Khok Kong Tai | บ้านโคกก่องใต้ | 640 | |
Moo8 | Ban Non Sai Thong | บ้านโนนไทรทอง | 572 | |
Moo9 | Ban Rai Sukhsan | บ้านไร่สุขสันต์ | 1,369 |
Khok Kong subdistrict municipality (Thai: เทศบาลตำบลโคกก่อง|translit=thetsaban tambon Khok Kong) covers the whole Khok Kong subdistrict.
Khok Kong subdistrict is home to the following active temples, where Theravada Buddhism is practised by local residents:[2]
Temple name | Thai | Location | |
---|---|---|---|
Wat Phon Sawang | วัดโพนสว่าง | Moo1 | |
Wat Phon Ngam | วัดโพนงาม | Moo2 | |
Wat Phon Kaeo | วัดโพนแก้ว | Moo3 | |
Wat Si Mongkhon Samran | วัดสรีมงคลสำราญ | Moo4 | |
Wat Intharam | วัดอินทาราม | Moo5 | |
Wat Non Wang Yai | วัดโนนวังใหญ่ | Moo6 | |
Wat Chanthawaree | วัดจันทวารี่ | Moo7 |