Isaan
Isaan is Thailand's largest region, consisting of 20 provinces. Despite having 30% of Thailand's population, this region receives less than 3% of Thailand's tourist dollars.
Essential Destinations
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Destinations to Discover
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Northern Isaan
Northern Isaan is a region of Thailand, close to the border with Laos.
Central Isaan
Central Isaan is a region of Thailand.
Isaan
- Region of Thailand with about 21,800,000 residents
- Also known as“Esan”“Esarn”“Isan”“Isan/North eastern Thailand”“Isarn”“Issan”“Issarn”“North-eastern Thailand”“Northeast Thailand”
- Neighbors
- Category: region
- Location
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Latitude of center
16° north
Longitude of center
103° east
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Isaan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “يسان (تايلاند)”
- Arabic: “يسان”
- Belarusian: “Ісан (рэгіён)”
- Belarusian: “Ісан”
- Bulgarian: “Исан”
- Burmese: “ဤသာနဒေသ”
- Catalan: “Isaan”
- Cebuano: “Isanë”
- Central Bikol: “Isanë”
- Chinese: “伊善地区”
- Chinese: “伊扇尼耶”
- Chinese: “伊扇若”
- Chinese: “依善”
- Chinese: “依善地区”
- Chinese: “依善地區”
- Chinese: “泰國東北地區”
- Czech: “Isán”
- Dutch: “Isaan”
- Dutch: “Isarn”
- Dutch: “Noordoost-Thailand”
- Finnish: “Isan”
- Finnish: “Koillis-Thaimaa”
- French: “Isaan”
- French: “Isan”
- French: “Îssâne”
- French: “Plateau de Khorat”
- Galician: “Isan”
- Galician: “Rexión Nordeste”
- Galician: “Tailandia do Nordeste”
- Georgian: “ისანის რეგიონი”
- German: “Esarn”
- German: “I-San”
- German: “Issaan”
- German: “Issan”
- German: “Nordost-Thailand”
- Hebrew: “איסאן”
- Hebrew: “איסן”
- Hindi: “ईसान”
- Hungarian: “Iszán”
- Iloko: “Isane”
- Indonesian: “Isan”
- Italian: “Isan”
- Italian: “Thailandia del Nordest”
- Japanese: “イーサーン”
- Japanese: “イーサーン人”
- Japanese: “イサーン”
- Japanese: “イサーン人”
- Japanese: “イサン地方”
- Javanese: “Isan”
- Khmer: “ភាគឦសាន (ថៃ)”
- Khmer: “ភាគឦសាន”
- Kinaray-A: “Isanë”
- Korean: “이산”
- Korean: “이싼 지방”
- Korean: “이싼”
- Korean: “타이 북동부”
- Lao: “ພາກອີສານ (ປະເທດໄທ)”
- Lao: “ພາກອີສານ”
- Lao: “ອີສານ”
- Latvian: “Isana”
- Latvian: “Taizemes ziemeļaustrumi”
- Literary Chinese: “依善”
- Literary Chinese: “依善地”
- Literary Chinese: “依善地区”
- Literary Chinese: “依善地區”
- Literary Chinese: “泰國東北土”
- Literary Chinese: “泰王國東北地區”
- Malayalam: “ഇസാൻ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Isan”
- Northern Frisian: “Isaan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isan-området”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isan”
- Norwegian: “Isan”
- Ossetian: “Исан”
- Pali: “𑀇𑀲𑀸𑀦”
- Pampanga: “Ísána”
- Persian: “ایسان”
- Persian: “شمال شرقی تایلند”
- Polish: “Isan”
- Polish: “Tajlandia Północno-Wschodnia”
- Portuguese: “Isaan”
- Portuguese: “Isan”
- Portuguese: “Região Nordeste”
- Romanian: “Isan”
- Russian: “Исан”
- Russian: “Северовосточный Таиланд”
- Sanskrit: “Īśānaḥ”
- Sanskrit: “ईशानः”
- Scots: “Isaan”
- Scots: “Isan”
- Scots: “Issan”
- Shan: “ဢီႇသၢၼ်”
- Slovenian: “Isan”
- Slovenian: “Severovzhodna Tajska”
- Spanish: “Isan”
- Spanish: “Tailandia del Nordeste”
- Swedish: “Esarn”
- Swedish: “Isaan”
- Swedish: “Isǎn”
- Swedish: “Issan”
- Tagalog: “Hilagang-silangang Taylandiya”
- Tagalog: “Isan”
- Tamil: “ஈசான்”
- Tamil: “தாய்லாந்து வடகிழக்குப் பகுதி”
- Thai: “ภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือ”
- Thai: “ภาคอิสาน”
- Thai: “อิสาณ”
- Thai: “อีสาน”
- Turkish: “Isaan”
- Turkish: “Isan”
- Turkish: “Kuzeydoğu Tayland”
- Ukrainian: “Ісаан”
- Ukrainian: “Північно-Східний Таїланд”
- Urdu: “ایسان”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Bắc Thái Lan”
- Vietnamese: “Isaan”
- Vietnamese: “Isan”
- Waray (Philippines): “Isanë”
- Wu Chinese: “伊森地区”
- Wu Chinese: “依善”
- Wu Chinese: “依善地区”
- Wu Chinese: “泰国东北部”
- Wu Chinese: “泰王國東北地區”
- Yue Chinese: “依善”
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