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Bueng Kan, newly appointed province, separating from Nong Khai, covers 4,305 sqkm. It is located 765 km. from Bangkok. The topography of the province is various such as highlands, mountainous, flat farmland in the valley of Mekong River. The province is a concentrated area for rubber plantation which covers 300,000 rai. Rubber is considered to be the major economic crop of the province. North : Connects with Laos and Khong River
South : Connects with Nong Khai Province
East : Connects with Laos
West : Connects with Udon Thani Province

:: Distances from Amphoe Muang Bueng Kan to other Amphoes ::
Amphoe Seka	88 kms.	Amphoe Bueng Khong Long	73 kms.
Amphoe So Phisai	58 kms.	Amphoe Si Wilai	35 kms.
Amphoe Phon Charoen	47 kms.	Amphoe Bung Khla	39 kms.
Amphoe Pak Khat	50 kms.
:: Distances from Amphoe Muang Bueng Kan to other provinces ::
Nong Khai Province	113 kms.	Udon Thani Province	189 kms.
Sakon Nakhon Province	133 kms.

 By Car
Distance from Bangkok to Bung Kan province is approximately 765 Kilometers, if access from Rama IV, takes Chaloem Mahanakhon Expressway. Then follow Highway No. 31. Then continue to Wiphawadi Rangsit Road. Later, the road will meet Highway No. 1 on Phahonyothin, turn to Highway No. 2 on Mittraphap Road. Then change to Highway 212 which leads to Bueng Kan town. Getting buses from Mochit Bus Terminal
More details, call 1490
Air Udon company offers air-con buses leaving from Bangkok in different routes with the details below.
Bus No. 943 (Bangkok - Udon - Nong Khai – Bueng Kan)
Bus No. 79 (Bangkok - Kumphawapi - Dung - Bueng Kan)
Bus No. 943 (Bangkok - Udon - Nong Khai - Bueng Kan)
Bus No. 79 (Bangkok - Kumphawapi - Dung - Bueng Kan) Boon Bang Fai or Rocket Festival
Held in May every year. The festival is Bueng Kan’s indigenous tradition and important folklore. It is believed to appease to the rain gods for giving a lot of rainfall in the coming rainy season. The villagers will adorn themselves in colourful outfits, dance and sing in a procession while carry the rockets containing gunpowder and are around 9 metres in length. The festival, a heritage of Isan people has been celebrated at the end of Buddhist Lent. Bueng Kan celebrates the festival 1 day before that. The festival features different shapes of boats which people have been adhered to the traditional way of building with natural materials such as banana trunks or bamboo raft. Soft wood is made into different structures of the boat. Some are as long as 20 metres, 24 metres or 30 metres. This annual festival is held during Buddhist Lent. Wax candles are created, elaborately engraved and adorned. They are later brought to participate in a parade. A competition for the most beautiful candle is also organized as well. An inauguration of the new province, Bueng Kan officially formed on 3 August to mark its new status is celebrated on 10 – 12 September. There will be a Boat Race to win HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s cup.

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