Chaiyaphum

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With an area of 12,778 sq. km. and with its capital 342 km. from Bangkok, Chaiyaphum lies in the geographical centre of Thailand, although, ironically, it is one of the country’s more obscure and least known provinces. It nonetheless has a long and interesting history, the area having once been under the sway of the Khmer, then in the 18th century was settled by a group of 200 Laotians who were brought here from Vientiane by Nai Lae, an official of the Lao court. The main attraction of the province is that it’s somewhere different, somewhere off the well-trodden tourist path. It is also notable for the production of silk.

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