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| Province of Roi Et | |
| Capital | Roi Et |
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| Residents | 1.308.318 (2014) |
| surface | 8,299.449 km² |
| prefix | 043 |
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The province Roi Et(Thai: ร้อยเอ็ด) located in Northeast Thailand.
places
- Roi Et - The capital of the province
- Ban Wai Luem, Center of silk production with demonstration workshops and factory outlet; in Amphoe Thung Khao Luang, 25 km east of Roi Et (via national road 23 towards Yasothon).
Other goals
background
language
getting there
- 1 Roi Et Airport (IATA: ROI).
17 km northeast of the provincial capital, several daily domestic flights from Bangkok.
- Long-distance buses from Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Ubon Ratchathani and other provinces to the Roi Et bus station
mobility
Tourist Attractions
Phra Mahachedi Chai Mongkhon in the Pha Nam Yoi Forest Park
Ku Ka Sing
- in the provincial capital Roi Et: Wat Burapha Phiram with 59 meters high standing Buddha statue (highest Buddha statue in Thailand), Wat Klang Ming Mueang (Buddhist temple from the late Ayutthaya era), National Museum Roi Et, Bueng Phalan Chai (lake with island and amusement park)
- Pha Nam Yoi or Phuttha-utthayan Isan (Isan Buddhist Park), over 3000 hectares of forest park around a rock face with Buddhist ruins. On the hill in the center of the park is the 20th century temple Wat Pha Namthip Thep Prasit Wanaram. Its most striking building is the 101-meter-high (allusion to the name of the province, which means "one hundred-one") white and gold-decorated pagoda Phra Mahachedi Chai Mongkhon in the shape of a lotus bud. In Amphoe Nong Phok, 90 km northeast of the provincial capital (via road No. 2136), near the provincial border Mukdahan. Video documentation (Thai)
- Ku Ka Sing. Ruins of an 11th century Khmer temple; in Amphoe Kaset Wisai, a good 60 km south of Roi Et (via the national road 214).
- Wat Pa Kung. A temple built in honor of the revered monk Luang Pu Sri, which gave the complex its appearance Borobudur imitated on Java; in Amphoe Si Somdet, 20 km southeast of Roi Et (via road no.2045).
