Sisaket

Sisaket Province, is one of Thailand’s seventy-six provinces. It lies in lower northeastern Thailand, a region called Isan. Neighboring provinces are: Surin, Roi Et, Yasothon, and Ubon Ratchathani. To the south it borders Oddar Meancheay and Preah Vihear of Cambodia.The province is in the valley of the Mun River, a tributary of the Mekong. The Dangrek mountain chain, which forms the border with Cambodia, is in the south of the province. The total forest area is 1,025 km2 (396 sq mi) or 11.5 percent of provincial area.Khao Phra Wihan National Park covers an area of 130 km2 of the Dangrek mountains in the southeast of the province. Established on 20 March 1998, it is named after a ruined Khmer Empire temple Prasat Preah Vihear (anglicised in Thailand as Prasat Khao Phra Wihan), now in Cambodia, which had been the focus of boundary dispute.