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Khon Kaen

 

As the development center of the Northeast, Khon Kaen is the de facto capital of I-san, and is the site of many important establishments, including the Ubolrat Dam, the Khon Kaen University, and a branch of the Bank of Thailand. Khon Kaen is 449 kilometers from Bangkok.

A large and clean body of water covering an area of some 50 acres, the Bung Kaen Nakhon is a popular place for relaxation for the town people, with a restaurant providing tasty dishes.

The Phra That Kam Kaen located about thirty kilometers from town, is the principal sacred place of worship for the Khon Kaen people.

Twenty six kilometers from town is the multi-purpose Ubolrat Dam, the largest in the Northeast. 8.00-meter long and 32-meter high, the dam can hold up to 2,550 million cu.m. of water in its 410 sq.km. reservoir. Ubolrat Dam generates for eight neighboring province.

The Tham Pha Phuang Forest Park is some 120 kilometers from town on the Khon Kaen - Chum Phae highway, with further four kilometers on a side road to the Park. The cave itself can be visited by walking from the parking area to the other side of the hill where the entrance is located.

The Pha Nok Khao is a strangely-shaped mountain on the boundary of Amphoe Chum Phae in Khon Kaen and Amphoe Phu Kradung in Loei. Noted for the quality of its Mutmee silk, Amphoe Chonnabot can be reached by taking Highway No. 2 and turning at Km. 399 traveling on for another twelve kilometers.

Khon Kaen National Museum as a northeastern regional museum, it puts on exhibition various discoveries from the Fine Arts Unit 7 such as Ban Chiang artifacts and sculptured boundary stones found at Muang Fa Daet Sung Yang, Kalasin Province.

Phu Kao - Phu Phan Kham National Park 56 km. from the province on Khon Kaen - Ubonrat Dam - Non Sang route, the park covers a total area of 320 square km. or 201,250 rai of Amphoe Ubonrat, Khon Kaen Province and Amphoe Non Sang, Udon Thani Province. It was established as a national park on September 20, 1985. Most of the area is covered with Dipterocarps Forests with Mixed Deciduous Forests and Evergreen Forests in some parts. In addition, a lifestyle of the area's ancient community of the same period as Ban Chiang can also be studied from a cave painting of hands.

General Information
Area sq km
10,886
Anual rainfall mm (2002)
1,403
Forest Land (1999)
807
7.4 %
 Days of rain (2002)
105
Farm Land (1999)
6,595
60.6 %
 Mean Temperature High/Low (2002)
32.7 / 22.6
Unclassified Land (1999)
3,484
32.0 %
 BOI Zone
3
Population / sq. km (2003)
162
Gross provincial product rank (2001)
13
 
Population 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Male
49.8 %
49.9 %
49.9 %
49.9 %
49.9 %
50.0 %
50.0 %
50.1 %
Female
50.2 %
50.1 %
50.1 %
50.1 %
50.1 %
50.0 %
50.0 %
49.9 %
Total
1,770,605
1,767,643
1,756,995
1,748,218
1,747,730
1,738,532
1,726,594
1,672,253
 
Household income (baht) 2002 2000 1998 1996 1994
Average monthly income
11,554
9,757
11,521
9,438
6,371
Average monthly expenditures
8,215
7,322
9,251
7,442
5,991
Voluntary reserves
28.9 %
25.0 %
19.7 %
21.1 %
6.0 %
Monthly income / Person
3,209
2,637
2,954
2,483
1,592
Average household size
3.6
3.7
3.9
3.8
4.0
 
Gross provincial product 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
Agriculture
11.9 %
10.8 %
10.7 %
12.2 %
10.9 %
11.0 %
11.0 %
9.7 %
Manufacturing
28.4 %
28.2 %
28.1 %
27.1 %
24.1 %
23.5 %
20.6 %
22.7 %
Construction
4.5 %
5.5 %
6.0 %
4.4 %
10.6 %
11.9 %
13.0 %
11.3 %
Transport & communication
5.3 %
5.1 %
5.4 %
4.4 %
4.5 %
4.4 %
4.8 %
4.9 %
Wholesale & retail trade
14.1 %
14.9 %
14.4 %
13.7 %
14.7 %
14.2 %
15.6 %
16.0 %
Services
18.2 %
17.2 %
16.4 %
15.8 %
15.6 %
16.1 %
16.2 %
16.3 %
Others
17.6 %
18.3 %
19.0 %
22.4 %
19.6 %
18.9 %
18.8 %
19.1 %
Total (million baht)
75,119
72,886
70,814
71,463
71,887
68,064
59,152
50,692
GPP per capita (baht)
42,754
41,691
40,517
41,105
41,635
40,701
35,205
29,914
 
Commercial bank 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
No. of offices
65
64
63
67
58
58
58
55
Deposits (million baht)
41,156
39,006
38,381
33,345
33,864
33,864
33,239
30,563
Loans (million baht)
32,165
32,368
29,281
41,874
42,359
42,359
45,191
43,487
Deposits / capita (baht)
23,541
22,318
22,076
19,312
20,250
20,154
19,615
27,990
Loans/deposits ratio
78.2 %
83.0 %
76.3 %
125.6 %
125.1 %
125.1 %
136.0 %
142.3 %
 
Public health 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
No. of hospitals
30
31
28
28
33
31
29
27
27
No. of hospital beds
3,345
3,451
3,413
3,399
3,485
3,031
2,578
2,223
1,977
Avg. Beds / Hospital
111
111
121
121
105
97
88
82
73
Capita / Hospital bed
525
506
512
511
495
551
651
762
552
No. of physicians
660
597
613
561
550
537
525
514
497
Capita / Physician
2,662
2,928
2,851
3,098
3,139
3,114
3,200
3,296
2,196
No. of dentists
72
66
64
60
123
141
159
171
145
Capita / Dentist
24,402
26,488
27,308
28,975
14,037
11,859
10,567
9,909
7,530
No. of nurses
1,990
1,708
1,842
1,682
1,453
1,526
1,600
1,331
1,357
 
Education 2002 2000 1998 1996 1994 1993
No. of teachers
-
16,923
16,568
15,693
15,964
15,660
No. of students
-
338,528
336,103
319,302
309,900
286,409
No. of schools
-
1,298
1,290
1,260
1,235
1,224
No. of classrooms
-
13,279
12,970
12,713
11,921
11,407
Ratio : students / teacher
-
20.0
20.3
20.3
19.4
18.3
Ratio : students / classroom
-
25.5
25.9
25.1
26.0
25.1
 
   

 

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