Kalasin

{{Infobox settlement  | name = Kalasin | native_name = กาฬสินธุ์ | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = Kalasin | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Thailand | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Thailand | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Thailand | coordinates = {{coord|16|26|3|N|103|30|33|E|type:city(37000)_region:TH|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Thailand | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Kalasin Province | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1937 | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Jaruwat Bunpherm | unit_pref = Metric   | area_footnotes = | area_note =  | area_total_km2 = 16.96  | elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 152 |elevation_ft = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m = |elevation_min_ft = | population_footnotes = <ref name="Kalasin population">[http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p4946_08.html Department of provincial administration] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805232301/http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p4946_08.html |date=August 5, 2012 }}</ref> | population_total = 34,429 | population_as_of = 2015 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone = ICT | utc_offset = +7 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = 46000 | area_code_type = | area_code = (+66) 43 | iso_code = | website =  | footnotes = }}

'''Kalasin''' ({{langx|th|กาฬสินธุ์}}) is a city (''thesaban mueang'') in northeast Thailand, the capital of Kalasin Province.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kalasin|url=http://www.tourismthailand.org/Where-to-Go/Kalasin|website=Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT)|access-date=25 June 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131112164400/http://www.tourismthailand.org/Where-to-Go/Kalasin|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 2015, it has a population of 34,429<ref name="Kalasin population"/> It covers the whole ''tambon'' Kalasin of the Mueang Kalasin District, an area of {{cvt|16.96|km2}}. Kalasin lies {{convert|513|km}} north-northeast of Bangkok by road.

thumb|Isan woman approaching a coffee vendor in Kalasin.

== Geography ==

=== Climate === {{Weather box |location = Kalasin (1991–2020, extremes 1998-present) |width = auto |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |collapsed = |Jan record high C = 36.3 |Feb record high C = 38.3 |Mar record high C = 40.8 |Apr record high C = 43.3 |May record high C = 42.9 |Jun record high C = 40.0 |Jul record high C = 41.1 |Aug record high C = 36.6 |Sep record high C = 36.6 |Oct record high C = 35.3 |Nov record high C = 36.9 |Dec record high C = 36.0 |year record high C = 43.3 |Jan record low C = 9.5 |Feb record low C = 8.2 |Mar record low C = 12.5 |Apr record low C = 16.3 |May record low C = 18.4 |Jun record low C = 22.0 |Jul record low C = 22.2 |Aug record low C = 21.7 |Sep record low C = 20.5 |Oct record low C = 15.4 |Nov record low C = 12.0 |Dec record low C = 5.5 |year record low C = 5.5 |Jan high C = 30.4 |Feb high C = 32.3 |Mar high C = 34.5 |Apr high C = 35.8 |May high C = 34.7 |Jun high C = 33.5 |Jul high C = 32.5 |Aug high C = 31.9 |Sep high C = 31.7 |Oct high C = 31.5 |Nov high C = 31.0 |Dec high C = 29.6 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 23.9 |Feb mean C = 25.7 |Mar mean C = 28.4 |Apr mean C = 29.9 |May mean C = 29.6 |Jun mean C = 29.2 |Jul mean C = 28.5 |Aug mean C = 28.1 |Sep mean C = 27.7 |Oct mean C = 27.2 |Nov mean C = 25.7 |Dec mean C = 23.7 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 17.4 |Feb low C = 19.4 |Mar low C = 22.4 |Apr low C = 24.3 |May low C = 25.0 |Jun low C = 25.3 |Jul low C = 25.0 |Aug low C = 24.8 |Sep low C = 24.4 |Oct low C = 23.0 |Nov low C = 20.3 |Dec low C = 17.4 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 7.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 14.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 43.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 75.9 |May precipitation mm = 179.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 198.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 237.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 265.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 229.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 93.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 17.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 2.2 | year precipitation mm = 1363.9 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 0.6 |Feb precipitation days = 1.4 |Mar precipitation days = 3.4 |Apr precipitation days = 5.7 |May precipitation days = 11.8 |Jun precipitation days = 11.6 |Jul precipitation days = 13.8 |Aug precipitation days = 15.0 |Sep precipitation days = 13.5 |Oct precipitation days = 6.0 |Nov precipitation days = 1.5 |Dec precipitation days = 0.3 |year precipitation days = 84.6 |Jan humidity = 66.9 |Feb humidity = 65.8 |Mar humidity = 66.0 |Apr humidity = 69.0 |May humidity = 75.4 |Jun humidity = 78.3 |Jul humidity = 81.1 |Aug humidity = 83.8 |Sep humidity = 84.6 |Oct humidity = 78.9 |Nov humidity = 72.4 |Dec humidity = 68.1 | year humidity = 74.2 |Jan sun = 275.9 |Feb sun = 259.9 |Mar sun = 275.9 |Apr sun = 243.0 |May sun = 198.4 |Jun sun = 156.0 |Jul sun = 161.2 |Aug sun = 117.8 |Sep sun = 144.0 |Oct sun = 198.4 |Nov sun = 252.0 |Dec sun = 257.3 |year sun = |source 1 = World Meteorological Organization<ref name=WMOCLINO>{{cite web | url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-2-WMO-Normals-9120/Thailand/CSV/Kalasin_48390.csv | title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 | publisher = World Meteorological Organization | access-date = 12 October 2023}}</ref> |source 2 = Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department (sun 1981–2010)<ref name=RID>{{cite web | url = http://water.rid.go.th/hwm/cropwater/CWRdata/ETo/ETo_PenMon_2554.pdf | title = ปริมาณการใช้น้ำของพืชอ้างอิงโดยวิธีของ Penman Monteith (Reference Crop Evapotranspiration by Penman Monteith) | publisher = Office of Water Management and Hydrology, Royal Irrigation Department | page = 52 | language = th | access-date = 2 August 2016}}</ref>(extremes)<ref name=TMD1>{{cite web | url = http://climate.tmd.go.th/content/file/75 | title = Climatological Data for the Period 1981–2010 | publisher = Thai Meteorological Department | accessdate = 4 August 2016 | archive-date = 26 December 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181226035029/http://climate.tmd.go.th/content/file/75%0A | url-status = dead }}</ref> }}

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==External links== *{{Wikivoyage-inline|Kalasin}} *https://web.archive.org/web/20100731063711/http://www.kalasin-mu.go.th/ Official website

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Category:Populated places in Kalasin province Category:Cities and towns in Thailand Category:Isan