Ban Ahong
village in Khai Si subdistrict, Mueang Bueng Kan district, Bueng Kan province, Thailand
Ban Ahong (Thai: บ้านอาฮง), is a riverside village in northeastern Thailand on the banks of the Mekong. It is in tambon Khai Si in Bueng Kan Province. The village is close to Isan's northernmost point and is just over 100 km (60 mi) east of Nong Khai and 20 km (12 mi) from the provincial capital of Bueng Kan. This stretch of the Mekong is narrow and deep and naga fireballs were first reported here.
Sights and attractions
Wat Ahong Silawat Buddhist temple sits on the riverside near a large whirlpool ("navel of the Mekong"). The temple features a 7 m (23 ft) tall Buddha statue facing across the river. The whirlpool is active during the rainy season from about June to September.
Transport
Ban Ahong is connected by Highway 212 to both Nong Khai and Bueng Kan. Bus services to both towns use this road.
“Ban Ahong” enters the record as village in Khai Si subdistrict, Mueang Bueng Kan district, Bueng Kan province, Thailand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Ahong, village and Khai can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15196412. Authority coordinates are 18.424, 103.469. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ban Ahong” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.