Bueng Kan

This article is about the town. For the province of the same name see Bueng Kan Province.

For the district of this name see Mueang Bueng Kan District.

Bueng Kan (Thai:บึงกาฬ) is a township (Thesaban Tambon) in Mueang Bueng Kan District, in Bueng Kan Province, far north-eastern Thailand. It is the district capital and is on the Mekong River, opposite the Laotian town of Pakxan of Bolikhamsai Province. As of 2010, it had a population of 9,712 people and has jurisdiction over 11 villages. It lies at the junction of Highways 212 and 222, 136 kilometres north-east of Nong Khai and 750 kilometres north-east of Bangkok. The economy is based on agriculture, with para rubber as the principal crop, and tourism.