Ban Chiang

Ban Chiang is an archaeological site in , , . It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992. Discovered in 1966, the site first attracted interest due to its ancient red-painted pottery.
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  • Type: Town with 3,000 residents
  • Description: archaeological site in north-east Thailand
  • Also known as: “Ban Chieng” and “เทศบาลตำบลบ้านเชียง”
Photo: Mattes, Public domain.

Ban Chiang

Latitude
17.40625° or 17° 24′ 23″ north
Longitude
103.23878° or 103° 14′ 20″ east
Population
3,000
Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)
Open location code
7P95C64Q+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 685223268
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1620193
Wiki­data ID
Q584125
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Ban Chiang” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ban Chiang”
  • Arabic: “بان شيانغ”
  • Arabic: “موقع بان شيانغ الأثري”
  • Balinese: “Ban Chiang”
  • Catalan: “Ban Chiang”
  • Chinese: “班清”
  • Chinese: “班清考古遺址”
  • Chinese: “班清遺址”
  • Croatian: “Bančiang”
  • Czech: “Ban Chiang”
  • Dutch: “Ban Chiang”
  • Esperanto: “Ban Ĉiang”
  • Finnish: “Ban Chiang”
  • French: “Ban Chiang”
  • Georgian: “ბან-ჩიანგი”
  • German: “Ban Chiang”
  • Greek: “Μπαν Τσιάνγκ”
  • Hebrew: “באן צ’יאנג”
  • Hungarian: “Bancsiang”
  • Indonesian: “Ban Chiang”
  • Italian: “Ban Chiang”
  • Japanese: “バーン・チエン遺跡”
  • Japanese: “バーンチエン遺跡”
  • Japanese: “バン・チアン遺跡”
  • Korean: “반 치앙”
  • Korean: “반치앙 문화”
  • Korean: “반치앙 유적”
  • Korean: “반치앙”
  • Latvian: “Bānčhīana”
  • Maithili: “बन चियाङ पुरातात्विक क्षेत्र”
  • Malay: “Ban Chiang”
  • Malayalam: “ബാൻ ചിയാങ്ങ്”
  • Maltese: “Ban Chiang”
  • Nepali: “बन चियाङ पुरातात्विक क्षेत्र”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ban Chiang”
  • Norwegian: “Ban Chiang”
  • Persian: “بان چیانگ”
  • Polish: “Ban Chiang”
  • Portuguese: “Ban Chiang”
  • Portuguese: “Sítio Arqueológico de Ban Chiang”
  • Russian: “Археологический памятник Банчианг”
  • Russian: “Бан Чианг”
  • Russian: “Бан-Чианг”
  • Russian: “Банчианг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bančiang”
  • Slovenian: “Ban Chiang”
  • Spanish: “Ban Chiang”
  • Swedish: “Ban Chiang”
  • Thai: “บ้านเชียง”
  • Thai: “แหล่งโบราณคดีบ้านเชียง”
  • Turkish: “Ban Chiang”
  • Ukrainian: “Банчіанг”
  • Vietnamese: “Ban Chiang”

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