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SAKON NAKHON DATA FILE

 

 

 
  Sakon Nakhon

 

สกลนคร
Area: 9,605.8 kmē
Population: ca. 1,116,035

   

Neighbours
 
     
Places of Interest
 
  • Ajaan Fan Ajaro Museum
  • Aphai Damrong Tham cave temple
  • Borikaan Ahjaan Man Purithattha Thera Museum
  • Dinosaur Graveyard
  • Freshwater Fish Aquarium
  • Ho Song Dao
  • Huay Huat National Park
  • Huay Huad Reservoir
  • Huay Yai waterfall
  • Kham Hom waterfall
  • Kham Nahm Sahng waterfall
  • Kong Ping Ngu waterfall
  • Lahn Dusita rock field
  • Lahn Sao Eh
  • Lahn U-sah Sawan
  • Nahm Pheung waterdam
  • Nahm Uhn clay dam
  • Nong Hahn Lake
  • Pah Benjaphan An Somboon
  • Pha Naang Meun
  • Pha Pak Wan pre-historical paintings
  • Pha Phaya Tao Ngoi Tortoise Rock
  • Pha Saweuy cliff
  • Phaya Tao Ngoi Monument
  • Phrathat Cheung Chum Chedi
  • Phrathat Dum
  • Phrathat Narai Jengweng Stupa
  • Phrathat Sri Mongkon
  • Phu Ahng So
  • Phu Lang Ka National Park
  • Phu Phaan National Park
  • Phu Pha Lek National Park
  • Phu Pha Yon National Park
  • Phu Pha Yon pre-historical carvings
  • Phu Phaan Rachaniwet palace
  • Phra Phutta Sayait cave
  • Phu Thai ethnic group
  • Prasat Ban Phannah
  • Prasat Phu Phek Khmer ruins (fig.)
  • Prihchah Sooksan waterfall
  • Sakon Nakhon Cultural Center
  • Serih Thai cave
  • Soh ethnic group
  • Somdet Phra Srinakarin Park
  • Stone Khmer bridge
  • Thai So Cultural Centre
  • Thang Phih Phaan Stone Arch
  • The Queen's 60th Anniversary Park
  • Wat Kham Pramong
  • Wat Tham Khaam
  • Wat Tham Pha Daen (fig.)
   

Major Events
 
  • Ruam Nahm Jai Thai Sakon and Red Cross Fair (Jan.)
  • Soh Ram Leuk Festival (Mar.)
  • Boon Mahachaat (May)
     
Amphur (18)
 
  • Akaht Amnuay (อากาศอำนวย)
  • Ban Muang (บ้านม่วง)
  • Chareun Sin (เจริญศิลป์)
  • Kham Tah Klah (คำตากล้า)
  • Kohk Sri Suphan (โคกศรีสุพรรณ)
  • Kusumahn (กุสุมาลย์)
  • Kut Bahk (กุดบาก)
  • Meuang Sakon Nakhon (เมืองสกลนคร)
  • Nikhom Nahm Uhn (นิคมน้ำอูน)
  • Phang Kohn (พังโคน)
  • Phanah Nikhom (พรรณานิคม)
  • Phu Phaan (ภูพาน)
  • Pohn Nah Kaew (โพนนาแก้ว)
  • Sawaang Daen Din (สว่างแดนดิน)
  • Song Dao (ส่องดาว)
  • Tao Ngoi (เต่างอย)
  • Wahnon Niwaht (วานรนิวาส)
  • Waritchaphum (วาริชภูมิ)
   

Local Products
 
  • ceramic vases
  • indigo dyed cotton fabrics
  • pah khit cloth and pillows
  • pottery
  • silk
  • wood carvings