Mukdahan

Mukdahan is a metropolis and capital of Mukdahan Province, which became Thailand's 73rd province in 1982. In the northern vicinity of the country, at the proper financial institution Mekong River, it became previously a district of Nakhon Phanom Province. The populace of the municipal area turned into 180,600 in 2010. Mukdahan is 645 km northeast of Bangkok. Prehistoric paintings and other archaeological discoveries display that the region of Mukdahan become the website of historical groups.

The modern-day history of the town starts overdue inside the Ayutthaya Era. In the years 1767–1770, Prince Kinnari, son of Prince Suriwong, ruler in Ban Luang Phonsim of Savannakhet, mounted a settlement on the mouth of Muk Creek, across the Mekong from Savannakhet. In the reign of King Taksin, 1768–1782, Prince Kinnari acquired appointment as Phraya Chandara Sri Surat with a rank equal to viceroy. In 1893, Savannakhet District of Mukdahan was ceded to France. Mukdahan has a tropical savanna climate. Winters are dry and warm.