| Native Name: | Nakhon Champassak จังหวัดนครจัมปาศักดิ์ |
| Common Name: | Nakhon Champassak Province |
| Subdivision: | Province |
| Nation: | Thailand |
| Year Start: | 1941 |
| Year End: | 1946 |
| Date Start: | 9 May |
| Date End: | 17 November |
| Event Start: | Franco-Thai War |
| Event End: | Thailand returns annexed territories to French Indochina[1] |
| P1: | French protectorate of Cambodia |
| Flag P1: | Flag of Cambodia (1863–1948).svg |
| P2: | French Laos |
| Flag P2: | Flag of French Laos.svg |
| S1: | French protectorate of Cambodia |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Cambodia (1863–1948).svg |
| S2: | French Laos |
| Flag S2: | Flag of French Laos.svg |
| Image Map Caption: | Nakhon Champassak Province in green |
| Capital: | Champasak |
| Today: | Cambodia Laos |
Nakhon Champassak Province (also spelled Nakorn Champassak; Thai: นครจัมปาศักดิ์;) was a former province in Thailand established in 1941 following the annexation of territories of French Indochina. The province was dissolved and returned to France in 1946.
See also: Thailand in World War II and Franco-Thai War. Nakhon Champassak was one of the provinces created as a result of the Franco-Thai War when Vichy France agreed to cede Meluprey and Thala Barivat province from Cambodia and the cis-Mekong part of Champasak Province from Laos to Thailand.[2] The two sections were merged to form Nakhon Champassak Province. After World War II ended with the victory of the Allies, the post-war administration in France threatened to block Axis-aligned Thailand's admission into the newly formed UN. Finally in 1946 this province was dissolved and returned to France.
Nakhon Champassak was divided into five districts (amphoe) and a minor district (king amphoe). The list below are the districts of the province. The one in italics is a minor district.
| Name | Thai | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mueang Nakhon Champassak | เมืองนครจัมปาศักดิ์ | |
| 2 | Wanwaithayakon | วรรณไวทยากร | |
| 3 | Tharatboriwat | ธาราบริวัตร | |
| 4 | Manophrai | มะโนไพร | |
| 5 | Chom Krasan | จอมกระสานต์ | |
| 6 | Phon Thong | โพนทอง |