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Ban Chiang (Thai: บ้านเชียง, pronounced [bâːn tɕʰīaŋ] listen ⓘ; Northeastern Thai: บ้านเซียง, pronounced [bâːn sîaŋ]) is an archaeological site in Nong Han district, Udon Thani province, Thailand.
The Ban Chiang (Thai: มู่ที่ 13 ตำบล บ้านเชียง, romanized: Hamlet 13 Tambon Ban Chiang) archaeological site has been a world heritage site since 1992. It was settled from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, and then abandoned from about 300 CE until the early-19th century.
The geography Lan Xang would occupy had been originally settled by indigenous Austroasiatic-speaking tribes, such as Khmuic peoples and Vietic peoples which gave rise to the Bronze Age cultures in Ban Chiang (today part of Isan, Thailand) and the Đông Sơn culture as well as Iron Age peoples near Xiangkhoang Plateau on the Plain of Jars ...
The district is divided into 12 sub-districts (), which are further subdivided into 116 villages ().There are two townships (thesaban tambons): San Sai Luang covers parts of tambons San Sai Luang, San Sai Noi, San Phranet, and Pa Phai; Mae Cho parts of tambons Nong Chom, Nong Han, and Pa Phai.
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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 km 2 (4,275 sq mi). The total forest area is 1,131 km 2 (437 sq mi) or 10.2 percent of provincial area. [1]
Nong Han may refer to several places in Thailand: Nong Han Lake; Nong Han Kumphawapi Lake; Nong Han Luang; Nong Han, San Sai, Chiang Mai Province; Amphoe Nong Han, ...
The district dates back to Mueang Phen, which was a subordinate of Mueang Nong Khai. In 1907 it became a district, then named Mueang Phen (เมืองเพ็ญ) in Udon Thani Province. In 1917 it was renamed Phen. [1]