* 1972 – The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province.

It should also be noted that some former British POW's erected a monument expressing gratitude to the citizens of Ubon Ratchathani.

* Easternmost point: Laos border, Khong Chiam District, Ubon Ratchathani Province, at

** The Thai province Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.

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Since 1975, Pakse has become an economic power and of regional importance within the region and the construction of a bridge over the Mekong ( built with Japanese aid ), allowing road traffic with Ubon Ratchathani in Thailand, has further integrated the city with neighbouring countries.

Ubon Ratchathani ( often in short Ubon, ) is one of the north-eastern provinces ( changwat ) of Thailand, and the country's easternmost.

from Ubon Ratchathani City centre.

This was accomplished in 1786 with the founding of Ubon Ratchathani by Thao Khamphong, the Laotian prince who fled from Vientiane.

Ubon Ratchathani was then named as Bangkok's tributary subject.

Ubon Ratchathani was the administrative center of the monthon Isan, of which monthon Ubon was split off.

Until 1972 the Ubon Ratchathani province was the largest province of Thailand areawise.

Ubon Ratchathani boasts the following national parks:

Ubon Ratchathani University Gate, located in Amphoe Warin Chamrap

Ubon Ratchathani province is the main site of Ubon Ratchathani University.

Neighboring provinces are ( from west clockwise ) Surin, Roi Et, Yasothon and Ubon Ratchathani.

Neighboring provinces are ( clockwise from the south ) Ubon Ratchathani, Yasothon and Mukdahan.

It was first administered from Nakhon Khemarat, and later from Ubon Ratchathani.

It became a province in its own right on January 12, 1993, when it was split off from Ubon Ratchathani.

Neighboring provinces are ( from north clockwise ) Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Sisaket and Roi Et.

* Pictures of Candle Festival by Ubon Ratchathani city municipality

Since the March 1, 1972, separation of Yasothon from Ubon Ratchathani Province, with its world-famous Candle Festival, Yasothon's provincial capital has elaborately staged its now world-famous Rocket Festival annually over the Friday, Saturday and Sunday weekend that falls in the middle of May.

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The most important of the styles were Khon Kaen and Ubon, each taking their cue from the dominant form of lam gon in their area: the lam jotgae of Khon Kaen, with its role of displaying and passing on knowledge in various fields, led to a choppy, recitative-style delivery, while the love stories of Ubon promoted a slower and more fluent style.

The latter is often the core event of many village celebrations, but is at its most elaborate in the Ubon Ratchathani version, which nowadays is a major event both for residents and for tourists: giant candles are paraded through the town, each representing a local temple, district or other institution.

Ubon is about 600 km away from Bangkok.

In the bottom of the seal is a lotus flower ( Nymphaea lotus ), as the lotus is both the provincial flower of the province as well as of the province Ubon Ratchathani, of which Yasothon was part until 1972.

* Lam Sithandone ( ລຳສ ີ ທ ັ ນດອນ, ลำส ี ท ั นดร ) ( also called Lam Si Pan Don ลำส ี พ ั นดอน ), from Champassak is similar in style to the lam gon of Ubon.

: Ubon Ratchathani is both a city and a province in Thailand.

The Pak Mun Dam ( Thai: เข ื่ อนปากม ู ล ) is a gravity dam located 5. 5 km west of the confluence of the Mun and Mekong rivers in Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand.

The day is celebrated in Isan by illuminated boat processions ( Thai ไหลเร ื อไฟ lai reua fai, Isan ไหลเฮ ื อไฟ lai heua fai ), notably in Nakhon Phanom on the Mekong river, and in Ubon Ratchathani on the Mun.

For his actions of 22 October 2009, on 1 November 2009, at a meeting of senior members of the Thai monastic sangha, held at Wat Pah Pong, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, Brahm was removed from the Ajahn Chah Forest Sangha lineage and is no longer associated with the main monastery in Thailand, Wat Pah Pong, nor with any of the other Western Forest Sangha branch monasteries of the Ajahn Chah tradition .< ref >

The ( Roman Catholic ) Diocese of Ubon Ratchathani ( Dioecesis Ubonratchathaniensis, ) is located in the north-east of Thailand.

The cathedral of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, located in Ubon Ratchathani.

The fight against Communism persuaded the government to allow the establishment of a number of US bases in Isan, notably in the provinces of Nakhon Ratchasima, Nakhon Phanom, Udon Thani, Nakhon Sawan and Ubon Ratchathani.

It then flows east through the Khorat Plateau in southern Isan ( Buriram, Surin and Sisaket provinces ) for 466 miles ( 750 km ) until it joins the Mekong at Khong Chiam in Ubon Ratchathani.

Ajahn Chah was born on 17 June 1918 near Ubon Ratchathani in the Isan region of northeast Thailand.

She was born on October 14, 1952 to an Isan family in Ubon Ratchathani province in the Isan region of Northeast Thailand.

Ajahn Mun was born on Thursday, January 20, 1870, in a farming village named Baan Kham Bong, Khong Jiam, on the western bank of the Mekong River, in present day Si Mueang Mai District, Ubon Ratchathani Province of northeastern Thailand ( Isan ).