Thailand
Khon Kaen Province
Mueang Khon Kaen

Khon Kaen

Khon Kaen is the capital of and the fourth-largest city in . It is one of the four major cities of , Northeast Thailand, also known as the "big four of Isan", the others being , , and .
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  • Type: City with 114,000 residents
  • Description: city in Khon Kaen province, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Amphoe Muang Khon Kaen”, “Amphoe Phralap”, “Amphoe Pralap”, “Changwat Khon Kaen”, “Changwat Muang Khon Kaen”, “Kawn Ken”, “Khohn Ken”, “Khon Kaen, Thailand”, “Khon Kan”, “Khon Khen”, “Khonkean”, “Khonkhaen”, “Konkahen”, “Muang Kaun Gean”, “Muang Khaunkaen”, “Muang Khon Kaen”, and “Mueang Khon Kaen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Khon Kaen railway station and Khon Kaen National Museum.

Railway station
Photo: シャムネコ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a railway station located in Nai Mueang Subdistrict, Khon Kaen City, Khon Kaen. It is a class 1 railway station located 449.752 km from Bangkok railway station.

Museum
The was opened by King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 20 December 1972. Most of the exhibits are concerned with history, art, and archaeology. Besides the museum's permanent collection, temporary exhibitions are shown throughout the year.

Hospital
Photo: Chetpu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Khon Kaen

Latitude
16.4304° or 16° 25′ 49″ north
Longitude
102.8356° or 102° 50′ 8″ east
Population
114,000
Elevation
167 metres (548 feet)
IATA airport code
KKC
United Nations Location Code
TH KKC
Open location code
7P84CRJP+56
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369493329
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1609776
Wiki­data ID
Q876526
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Khon Kaen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خون كاين”
  • Belarusian: “Кханкэн”
  • Bengali: “খন কায়েন”
  • Catalan: “Khon Kaen”
  • Cebuano: “Khon Kaen”
  • Cebuano: “Khǭnkǣn”
  • Chinese: “坤敬”
  • Chinese: “坤敬市”
  • Chinese: “孔敬”
  • Danish: “Khon Kaen”
  • Dutch: “Khon Kaen”
  • Esperanto: “Khonken”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Khǭnkǣn”
  • Finnish: “Khon Kaen”
  • French: “Khon Kaen”
  • French: “Khǭnkǣn”
  • French: “Khonkèn”
  • Georgian: “კონ-კაენი”
  • Georgian: “ხონ კაენი”
  • German: “Khon Kaen”
  • Greek: “Κον Καέν”
  • Gujarati: “ખોન કેન”
  • Hebrew: “קון קאן”
  • Hindi: “खों कायेन”
  • Hungarian: “Khonken”
  • Indonesian: “Khon Kaen”
  • Irish: “Khon Kaen”
  • Italian: “Khon Kaen”
  • Italian: “Khǭnkǣn”
  • Japanese: “コーンケン”
  • Japanese: “テーサバーンナコーン・コーンケン”
  • Kalaallisut: “Khon Kaen”
  • Kannada: “ಖೊನ್ ಕೈನ್”
  • Kinaray-A: “Khǭnkǣn”
  • Korean: “콘깬”
  • Lao: “ຂອນແກ່ນ”
  • Latvian: “Khonkena”
  • Latvian: “Khonkēna”
  • Lithuanian: “Khonkenas”
  • Malay: “Khon Kaen”
  • Marathi: “खोन कएन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khon Kaen”
  • Norwegian: “Khon Kaen”
  • Persian: “خون کاین”
  • Persian: “کون کن”
  • Polish: “Khon Kaen”
  • Portuguese: “Khon Kaen”
  • Russian: “Кхонкэн”
  • Shan: “ၶွၼ်ၵႅၼ်ႇ”
  • Sinhala: “ඛොන් කයින්”
  • Slovenian: “Khon Kaen”
  • Somali: “Khon Kaen”
  • Spanish: “Khon Kaen”
  • Spanish: “Khǭnkǣn”
  • Swedish: “Khon Kaen”
  • Tamil: “கான் கென்”
  • Tatar: “Конкен”
  • Telugu: “ఖోన్ కెన్”
  • Thai: “ขอนแก่น”
  • Thai: “เทศบาลนครขอนแก่น”
  • Thai: “นครขอนแก่น”
  • Thai: “เมืองขอนแก่น”
  • Turkish: “Khon Kaen”
  • Ukrainian: “Кхонкен”
  • Urdu: “کھون کیئن”
  • Venetian: “Khon Kaen”
  • Vietnamese: “Khon Kaen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Khon Kaen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Khǭnkǣn”
  • Western Panjabi: “کھون کائن”
  • Wu Chinese: “Khon Kaen”
  • Wu Chinese: “坤敬城”
  • Wu Chinese: “坤敬市”
  • Wu Chinese: “孔敬市”
  • Yue Chinese: “坤敬”

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