Nakhon Champassak Province (also spelled Nakorn Champassak; Thai: นครจัมปาศักดิ์; RTGS: Nakhon Champasak) was a former province in Thailand established in 1941 following the annexation of territories of French Indochina. The province was dissolved and returned to France in 1946.
| Nakhon Champassak จังหวัดนครจัมปาศักดิ์ | |||||||||||||
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| Province of Thailand | |||||||||||||
| 1941–1946 | |||||||||||||
 Flag | |||||||||||||
 Nakhon Champassak Province in green | |||||||||||||
| Capital | Champasak | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| 9 May 1941 | |||||||||||||
• Thailand returns annexed territories to French Indochina[1] | 17 November 1946 | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Cambodia Laos | ||||||||||||
History
editNakhon Champassak was one of the provinces created as a result of the Franco-Thai War when Vichy France agreed to cede Meluprey and Thala Barivat province from Cambodia and the cis-Mekong part of Champasak Province from Laos to Thailand.[2] The two sections were merged to form Nakhon Champassak Province. After World War II ended with the victory of the Allies, the post-war administration in France threatened to block Axis-aligned Thailand's admission into the newly formed UN. Finally in 1946 this province was dissolved and returned to France.
Administrative divisions
editNakhon Champassak was divided into five districts (amphoe) and a minor district (king amphoe). The list below are the districts of the province. The one in italics is a minor district.
| Name | Thai | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mueang Nakhon Champassak | เมืองนครจัมปาศักดิ์ |
| 2 | Wan Waithayakon | วรรณไวทยากร |
| 3 | Tharaboriwat | ธาราบริวัตร |
| 4 | Mano Phrai | มะโนไพร |
| 5 | Chom Krasan | จอมกระสานต์ |
| 6 | Phon Thong | โพนทอง |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Laos - INDEPENDENCE".
- ^ Grabowsky, Volker. Regions and National Integration in Thailand 1892-1992. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1995.