Bueng Kan
- This article is about the town. For the province of the same name see Bueng Kan Province.
- For the district of this name see Mueang Bueng Kan District.
| Bueng Kan บึงกาฬ |
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 Bueng Kan
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| Country |  Thailand |
| Province | Bueng Kan |
| Amphoe | Mueang Bueng Kan |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 9,712 |
| Time zone | ICT (UTC+7) |
Bueng Kan (Thai: บึงกาฬ) is a township (Thesaban Tambon) in Mueang Bueng Kan District, in Bueng Kan Province, far north-eastern Thailand. It is the district capital and is on the Mekong River,[1] opposite the Laotian town of Pakxan of Bolikhamsai Province. As of 2010, it had a population of 9,712 people and has jurisdiction over 11 villages.[2] It lies at the junction of Highways 212 and 222, 136 kilometres north-east of Nong Khai and 750 kilometres north-east of Bangkok.[3][4] The economy is based on agriculture, with para rubber as the principal crop, and tourism.
History
The settlement became a sanitary district in 1956.[5] Like all sanitary districts, it was upgraded to sub-district municipality in 1999.[6]
Bueng Kan was formerly part of Nong Khai Province until the formal establishment of the new province of the same name on 23 March 2011.
Transport
As of 1998, a reported seventeen buses a day make the two-hour journey from Nong Khai to Bueng Kan along Thailand Route 222, seven of which continue to Nakhon Phanom.[7]
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