| Nakhon Champassak จังหวัดนครจัมปาศักดิ์ | |||||||||||||
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| Province of Thailand | |||||||||||||
| 1941–1946 | |||||||||||||
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Nakhon Champassak Province in green | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Champasak | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| 9 May 1941 | |||||||||||||
| 17 November 1946 | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Cambodia Laos | ||||||||||||
Nakhon Champassak Province (also spelledNakorn Champassak;Thai:นครจัมปาศักดิ์;RTGS: Nakhon Champasak) was a former province inThailand established in 1941 following theannexation of territories ofFrench Indochina. The province was dissolved and returned toFrance in 1946.
Nakhon Champassak was one of the provinces created as a result of theFranco-Thai War whenVichy France agreed to cede Meluprey andThala Barivat province fromCambodia and the cis-Mekong part ofChampasak Province fromLaos toThailand.[3] The two sections were merged to form Nakhon Champassak Province. AfterWorld War II ended with the victory of the Allies, thepost-war administration in France threatened to block Axis-aligned Thailand's admission into the newly formedUN. Finally in 1946 this province was dissolved and returned to France.[2]

Nakhon Champassak was divided into five districts (amphoe) and a minor district (king amphoe). The list below are the districts of the province. The one in italics is a minor district.
| Name | Thai | |
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| 1 | Mueang Nakhon Champassak | เมืองนครจัมปาศักดิ์ |
| 2 | Wan Waithayakon | วรรณไวทยากร |
| 3 | Tharaboriwat | ธาราบริวัตร |
| 4 | Mano Phrai | มะโนไพร |
| 5 | Chom Krasan | จอมกระสานต์ |
| 6 | Phon Thong | โพนทอง |