Muang Khemarat

Khemarat stands on the western bank of the Mekong, where people and goods crossed between communities on both sides of the river. In 1814 the Siamese court raised Ban Khok Kong Phaniang to the status of a town and appointed Kam, formerly an official of Ubon, as its first governor. Khemarat sent tribute directly to Bangkok and traded with towns farther upstream, exchanging cattle, buffalo and horses for goods from Nakhon Phanom.