Buriram Province

Churches in Buriram

BuriRam, or "City of Happiness", is a tranquil town about 410 km from Bangkok, Buriram was, originally an early Khmer settlement and is now the principal town of Buriram province, which lies on the southern edge of the Khorat plateau 265 km (165 mi.) from Bangkok. This part of the country on the periphery of the north-eastern region - Thailand's "poorhouse" - is characterized by sparse vegetation, merging into mixed forest as the uplands are approached.