Bueng Kan
Bueng Kan is a town municipality in Mueang Bueng Kan district, in Bueng Kan province, Isan. It is the district capital and is on the Mekong River, opposite the Laotian town of Pakxan of Bolikhamsai province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 9,710 residents
- Description: town municipality in Bueng Kan province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Amphoe Bung Kan”, “Amphoe Chai Buri”, “Amphoe Jaiburi”, “Amphoe Shai Buri”, “Ban Beung Kal”, “Ban Bung Kan”, “Bung Kan”, and “Chai Buri”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paksan.
Paksan
Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paksan is in Bolikhamsai Province, in Central Laos. It is not a particularly appealing town but has become a busy place due to the ever increasing traffic on Hwy 13.
Bueng Kan
- Categories: subdistrict municipality, Sukhaphiban, thesaban mueang, and locality
- Location: Bueng Kan, Northern Isaan, Isaan, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.36737° or 18° 22′ 3″ northLongitude
103.65159° or 103° 39′ 6″ eastPopulation
9,710Elevation
160 metres (525 feet)Open location code
7PC59M82+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 493885055OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1611475Wikidata ID
Q4985499
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Western Panjabi—“Bueng Kan” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Бынгкан”
- Burmese: “ဘောင်းကံမြို့နယ်”
- Cebuano: “Bueng Kan”
- Chinese: “汶干”
- Dutch: “Bueng Kan (stad)”
- Dutch: “Bueng Kan”
- French: “Bueng Kan”
- Galician: “Bueng Kan”
- German: “Bueng Kan”
- Hebrew: “בואנג קאן”
- Italian: “Bueng Kan”
- Japanese: “ブンカーン”
- Korean: “븡깐”
- Malay: “Bueng Kan”
- Russian: “Бынгкан”
- Somali: “Bueng Kan”
- Thai: “เทศบาลเมืองบึงกาฬ”
- Thai: “บึงกาฬ”
- Urdu: “بوئنگ کان”
- Western Panjabi: “بوئنگ کان”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grandparents Shrine and Buengkan Bus Terminal.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bueng Kan”. Photo: Seksan Phonsuwan, CC BY 3.0.