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| name                   = Kalasin
| native_name            = กาฬสินธุ์
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| settlement_type        = Town
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| image_caption          = Kalasin
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| 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      = [[Provinces of Thailand|Province]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Kalasin Province]]
| established_title      = Founded 
| established_date       = 1937
| founder                =
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| leader_title           = Mayor 
| leader_name       = Jaruwat Bunpherm
| unit_pref              = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
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| area_total_km2         = 16.96
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|elevation_m              = 152
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| 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
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| timezone               = [[Time in Thailand|ICT]]
| utc_offset             = +7
| postal_code_type       = Postal code
| postal_code            = 46000
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| area_code              = (+66) 43
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| website                = <!-- {{URL|www.kalasin-mu.go.th}} -->
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'''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.

[[File:Food Vendor Motorbike with Sidecar - Temple on the Mountain Kalasin Thailand.jpg|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>
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==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]]


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