Place:Maha Sarakham, Thailand

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NameMaha Sarakham
Alt namesMaha Sarakhamsource: Wikipedia
Maha Sarakham provincesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Mahasarakhamsource: Wikipedia
Talatsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 709
TypeProvince
Coordinates16.333°N 103.667°E
Located inThailand
See alsoNortheastern,removed name of Region
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Borabu
Maha Sarakham
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


Maha Sarakham, Changwat is a province.


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Maha Sarakham province is one of the 76 provinces (changwat) of Thailand lies in central northeastern Thailand also called Isan. Its neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise): Kalasin, Roi Et, Surin, Buriram, and Khon Kaen.

The town of Maha Sarakham is the provincial capital. It is the home of Mahasarakham University, the one of the largest universities in northeast Thailand with 41,000 students (2017), and Rajabhat Mahasarakham University.

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History

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Maha Sarakham was originally a satellite town of Roi Et, founded in 1865. The governor of Roi Et sent 9,000 people to populate the new town, and one of his cousins as its governor. In 1868 the central government in Bangkok declared Maha Sarakham a province of its own under the supervision of Bangkok. One of the reasons was that this step weakened the power of Roi Et.

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