About Ubon
Ubon Ratchathani the largest province in the Isarn (Northeastern of Thailand) is
rich in history and diverse in cultural attractions. Isarn ploudly presents
our 4,000 year-old culture, custom, tradition and arts.
Ubon Ratchathani or "Lotus City", a major province in the northeastern
part of the country combines prehistoric culture, ancient customs, traditions
and arts with picturesque scenery in an attractive and distinctive ambience.
It is where you can see the sunshine before others in Thailand, the Emerald
Triangle - the gateway to Laos (Chong Mek) and Cambodia (Chong And Man). The Kha and the Suai, two local tribes, had moved from Si Sattanakanahut
to this area before the Rattanakosin
Period.
During the reign of King Rama
I, the King thought of locating the people scattered around because of war
into one area. Therefore, any leader who could gather the greatest number of
people and establish a secure community would be promoted to the rank of Chao
Muang or Chief. For this reason, in 1786, Thao Kham Phong, who had led a group
of his people to settle in the Huai Chaeramae area on a plain on the bank of
the Mun River, was promoted to the rank of Chief. Later, when he helped the
Thai troops to attack Nakhon Champasak he was promoted to the rank of Phra
Pathum Worarat Suriyawong and became Chao Muang or Governor of Ban Chaeramac,
whic was upgraded to the status of a province called Ubon Ratchathani.
Later
the city was moved to a new site at Dong U-Phung which is the site of the
present city with seven other towns as satellites. During the reign of King Rama
V, before the reform of the provincial administration which divided the
kingdom into Monthon (circle), Changwat (province) and Amphoe (district), Ubon
Ratchathani was annexed to Northeastern Monthon with Ubon Ratchathani as its
administrative centre and the name was changed again in 1900 into Monthon
I-san. Because of the Depression in 1915, the status of Monthon Ubon Ratchathani
was reduced to only a province in Monthon Nakhon Ratchasima. In 1933 the
divition of the kingdom into Monthon was cancelled and the city has been Ubon
Ratchathani Province from that time on.
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