Sisaket ศรีสะเกษ (Thai) ซีซะเกด (Northern Khmer) | |
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      From top: Khao Phra Wihan National Park, Mun River in Rasi Salai District, Si Saket Tower, Prasat Huai Thap Than, Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium, Prang Ku | |
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| Nickname: Si Nakorn Lamduan (honour oflamduan city) | |
| Motto(s): หลวงพ่อโตคู่บ้าน ถิ่นฐานปราสาทขอม ข้าว หอม กระเทียมดี มีสวนสมเด็จ เขตดงลำดวน หลากล้วนวัฒนธรรม เลิศล้ำสามัคคี ("Home of Luang Pho To. Lands of the Khmer castles. Good rice, shallots, garlic. Suan Somdet. The areas of the Lamduan flower. Plenty of culture. Amazing unity.") | |
 Map of Thailand highlighting Sisaket province | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Capital | Sisaket |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Anuphong Suksomnit (since 2023) |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,936 km2 (3,450 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 21st |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Total |  1,442,013 |
| • Rank | 10th |
| • Density | 161/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 22nd |
| Human Achievement Index | |
| • HAI (2022) | 0.6137 "low" Ranked 71st |
| GDP | |
| • Total | baht 70 billion (US$2.3 billion) (2019) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 33xxx |
| Calling code | 045 |
| ISO 3166 code | TH-33 |
| Website | sisaket |
Sisaket Provincial Administrative Organization องค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดศรีสะเกษ | |
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| Government | |
| • Type | Local administrative divisions |
| • Body | Sisaket Provincial Administrative Organization |
| • President | Wichit Traisanakul |
| Website | pao-sisaket |
Sisaket province (Thai:ศรีสะเกษ,RTGS: Si Sa Ket,[5]pronounced[sǐːsàʔkèːt];Northern Khmer:ซีซะเกด) is one of Thailand's seventy-sixprovinces (changwat). It lies inlower northeastern Thailand, a region calledIsan. Neighboring provinces are (from west clockwise):Surin,Roi Et,Yasothon, andUbon Ratchathani. To the south it bordersOddar Meancheay andPreah Vihear ofCambodia.
The province is in the valley of theMun River, a tributary of theMekong. TheDângrêk mountain chain, which forms the border withCambodia, is in the south of the province. The total forest area is 1,025 km2 (396 sq mi) or 11.5 percent of provincial area.[1]Khao Phra Wihan National Park covers an area of 130 km2 of the Dângrêk mountains in the southeast of the province. Established on 20 March 1998, it is named after the Khmer Empire templePreah Vihear (anglicised inThailand asPhra Wihan), now inCambodia, which has been the subject of a border dispute. The temple faces north and was built to serve the Sisaket region. Earlier maps had shown it as inside Thailand. However, a boundary survey conducted by the French for theFranco-Siamese treaty of 1907 deviated from the agreed-upon international divide bywatershed in order to place the temple on the French (Cambodian) side.
The Thai government ignored the deviation and continued to regard the temple as being in Sisaket province. In the mid-1950s, newly independent Cambodia protested the Thai "occupation" of what the French map showed as theirs. Since the French map was clearly incorrect, in 1962 the Thai government agreed to submit the dispute to theInternational Court of Justice. The court voted nine to four to confirm the border as shown in 1907 map and awarded the temple to Cambodia. Access to the temple is still principally from the Thai side, as the ruins are difficult to reach from the Cambodian plains at the bottom of a sheer cliff several hundred meters below. The Cambodian government has expressed interest in building a cable car to carry tourists to the site, though this has yet to happen, pending resolution of the ownership of other areas in theCambodian–Thai border dispute.[citation needed]
There is one national park, along with five other national parks, make upregion 9 (Ubon Ratchathani) of Thailand's protected areas.
There are two wildlife sanctuaries, along with four other wildlife sanctuaries, make upregion 9 (Ubon Ratchathani) of Thailand's protected areas.
The manyKhmer ruins found in the province show the area must have been important to theKhmer empire at least by the 12th century, although it was apparently sparsely populated. According to local tradition, it was known asSri Nakorn Lamduan (ศรีนครลำดวน.) It was later calledKhukhan, after a town built in the late-15th century CE during the reign of KingBoromaratcha III ofAyutthaya. EthnicLaos began settling the northern portion of the province, and in 1786 the town Sisaket was formed, subject to Khukhan. In 1904, Sisaket was renamed Khukhan, while the original Khukhan was designated Huai Nua.
MonthonUdon Thani was created in 1912, and assumed the administration of the most of region. In 1933 the monthon system was ended, and the province of Khukhan was administered directly from Bangkok. Five years later, the name of the town and province were restored to Sisaket, with the district containing Huai Nua being calledKhukhan.
TheRasi Salai Dam built here in 1994 was unofficially decommissioned in July 2000, following devastation of local farming villages.[citation needed]
The province is populated by four main ethnic groups:Kui,Lao,Khmer, andYer.[8] Sisaket is one of the provinces where there is a sizablenorthern Khmer population. In the 2000 census it was reported that 26.2 percent of the population are capable of speakingKhmer. This is down from the 1990 census when it was reported that 30.2 percent of the population were capable of speaking Khmer.[9] The majority areLao speaking people.
Theprovincial seal shows Prasat Hin Ban Samo, a Khmer temple about 1,000 years old, in the Prang Ku District.
Theprovincial tree and flower of the province is thelamduan. The six leaves of the flower symbolise the six original districts of the province: Khukhan, Kantharalak, Uthumphon Phisai, Kanthararom, Rasi Salai, and Khun Han. The provincial aquatic life is theChinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus).
Sisaket is largely agricultural.[citation needed] Among other agricultural produce, it is known for itsgarlic and itsshallots, for which it was rewarded withGI registration in 2020.[10]
The province is divided into 22 districts (amphoes). The districts are further subdivided into 206 sub-districts (tambons) and 2,411 villages (mubans).
As of 26 November 2019 there is one Sisaket Provincial Administration Organisation (ongkan borihan suan changwat) and 37 municipal (thesaban) areas in the province.[11] Sisaket and Kantharalak have town (thesaban mueang) status. There are a further 35 subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon). The non-municipal areas are administered by 179 Subdistrict Administrative Organisations, SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon).
Sisaket is on thenortheastern railway line fromBangkok (กรุงเทพอภิวัฒน์) toWarin Chamrap (วารินชำราบ). Sisaket's main station isSisaket Railway Station. Sisaket has frequent bus service to and from Bangkok'sNorthern Bus Terminal (Thai:หมอชิดใหม่;RTGS: mo chit mai)
Sisaket's main hospital isSisaket Hospital, a regional hospital operated by theMinistry of Public Health.
| Health | Education | Employment | Income |
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| 52 | 73 | 64 | 64 |
| Housing | Family | Transport | Participation |
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| 15 | 35 | 42 | 42 |
| Province Sisaket, with an HAI 2022 value of 0.6137 is "low", occupies place 71 in the ranking. | |||
Since 2003, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at sub-national level using theHuman achievement index (HAI), a composite index covering all the eight key areas of human development. National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has taken over this task since 2017.[3]
| Rank | Classification |
| 1 - 13 | "high" |
| 14 - 29 | "somewhat high" |
| 30 - 45 | "average" |
| 46 - 61 | "somewhat low" |
| 62 - 77 | "low" |
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Sisaket travel guide from Wikivoyage
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