Pak Chong
Pak Chong is the nearest town serving Khao Yai National Park. It is less than 200 km from Bangkok, making it a very popular base for Thai weekend trippers.- Type: amphoe with 254,000 residents
- Description: district in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand
- Also known as: “Ban Pak Chong”, “King Amphoe Pak Chong”, “Pak Chong district”, “Tambon Pak Chong”, “อ. ปากช่อง”, “อ.ปากช่อง”, and “巴沖縣”
Pak Chong
Latitude
14.6192° or 14° 37′ 9″ north
Longitude
101.4563° or 101° 27′ 23″ east
Population
254,000
Elevation
335 metres (1,099 feet)
Open location code
7P63JF94+MG
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Vietnamese—“Pak Chong” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “আম্ফোয়ে পাক চোং”
- Cebuano: “Amphoe Pak Chong”
- Chinese: “巴冲县”
- Chinese: “巴衝縣”
- French: “Pak Chong”
- German: “Amphoe Pak Chong”
- German: “Pak Chong”
- Italian: “Distretto di Pak Chong”
- Japanese: “パークチョン郡”
- Korean: “빡총군”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pak Chong Kūn”
- Romanian: “Districtul Pak Chong”
- Thai: “ปากช่อง”
- Thai: “อำเภอปากช่อง”
- Urdu: “پاک چونگ ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Pak Chong”
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