Country Thailand Area 36.6 km² Local time Thursday 8:23 AM | Time zone ICT (UTC+7) Province Sisaket Province Population 148,412 (2000) | |
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Districts of Thailand Mueang Sisaket District Weather 28°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 79% Humidity | ||
Sisaket (Thai: ศรีสะเกษ, rtgs: Si Sa Ket) is the town (thesaban mueang) in north-east Thailand that is the capital of Sisaket Province. It covers the complete subdistricts (tambon) Mueang Nuea and Mueang Tai and parts of Nong Khrok, Phon Kha, Ya Plong, and Pho, all in Mueang Sisaket District. As of 2008 it had a population of 39,679.
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Si is the Thai honorific derived from the Sanskrit title of veneration Sri, and Sisaket is sometimes transliterated as Srisaket, Sri Saket, Si Saket, or Si Sa Ket. The traditional name is Sri Nakhon Lamduan (ศรีนครลำดวน), honored in the name of the Sri Nakhon Lamduan Stadium (สนามกีฬาศรีนครลำดวน), home ground of the Sisaket F.C.
History
The municipality was created in 1936, then named Khu Khan, which was then the name of the province. In 1939 it was renamed Sisaket, following the renaming of the province the year before.
Transportation
Sisaket, a thoroughly modern city, is on the north-eastern railway line from Bangkok's grand central station, Hua Lamphong Railway Station (หัวลำโพง) to Warin Chamrap (วารินชำราบ), and also has frequent service to and from Bangkok's Northern Bus Terminal (often called Mo Chit Mai หมอชิดใหม่), with bus connections to all the northern and north-eastern provinces.