Udon Thani province

Udon Thani
อุดรธานี
From left to right, top to bottom: Wat Kham Chanot, Muang Udon Thani Museum, View from Wat Pa Phu Kon, Wat Si That Phra Mancha, Ban Chiang, Nong Prajak Park
Flag of Udon Thani
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Nickname: 
Udon
Motto(s): 
กรมหลวงประจักษ์ฯ สร้างเมือง ลือเลื่องแหล่งธรรมะ อารยธรรมห้าพันปี ธานีผ้าหมี่ขิด ธรรมชาติเนรมิตทะเลบัวแดง
("Lord Prachak(sinlapakhom) created our town. Famed lands of Dharma. Five -thousand-year old civilisation. Capital of mee khit silk. Nature created the red lotus sea.")
   Udon Thani in    Thailand
Coordinates: 17°25′N 102°45′E / 17.417°N 102.750°E / 17.417; 102.750
CapitalUdon Thani
Government
 • GovernorRachan Sunhua
(since November 2024)
Area
 • Total
11,072 km2 (4,275 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 13th
Population
 (2019)[2]
 • Total
1,586,646
 • RankRanked 7th
 • Density143/km2 (370/sq mi)
  • RankRanked 28th
Human Achievement Index
 • HAI (2022)0.6407 "average"
Ranked 40th
GDP
 • Totalbaht 111 billion
(US$3.6 billion) (2019)
Time zoneUTC+7 (ICT)
Postal code
41xxx
Calling code042
ISO 3166 codeTH-41
Vehicle registrationอุดรธานี
Accession into Kingdom of Siam1868
Accession into Kingdom of Thailand1932
Websitewww.udonthani.go.th

Udon Thani province (Thai/Northeastern Thai: อุดรธานี, Thai pronunciation: [ʔù.dɔ̄ːn tʰāː.nīː], Lao pronunciation: [ʔú.dɔ̀ːn tʰáː.níː]) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) which lies in upper northeastern Thailand, also called Isan. It is bordered by the provinces of Nong Khai to the north, Sakon Nakhon to the east, Kalasin province to the southeast, Khon Kaen to the south, and Loei and Nong Bua Lamphu to the west. It occupies an area of 11,072 km2 (4,275 sq mi). The total forest area is 1,131 km2 (437 sq mi) or 10.2 percent of provincial area.[1] The provincial capital is Udon Thani, the major city in the province.

  1. ^ a b "ตารางที่ 2 พี้นที่ป่าไม้ แยกรายจังหวัด พ.ศ.2562" [Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019]. Royal Forest Department (in Thai). 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2021, information, Forest statistics Year 2019, Thailand boundary from Department of Provincial Administration in 2013{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. ^ รายงานสถิติจำนวนประชากรและบ้านประจำปี พ.ส.2562 [Statistics, population and house statistics for the year 2019]. Registration Office Department of the Interior, Ministry of the Interior. stat.bora.dopa.go.th (in Thai). 31 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  3. ^ "ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF)" [Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF)]. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) (in Thai). Retrieved 12 March 2024, page 87{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition". <>. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). July 2019. ISSN 1686-0799. Retrieved 22 January 2020.