Back Propinsi Loei ACE محافظة لويي Arabic Propinsi Loei BAN Лей (правінцыя) Byelorussian Лоеи Bulgarian ལོའི་ཞིང་ཆེན། Tibetan চাংৱাত লোয়েই BPY Loei Hū CDO Changwat Loei (lalawigan sa Thayland) CEB پارێزگای لۆوێی CKB
Loei
เลย | |
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 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto(s): City of the sea of mountains, coldest place in Siam, with beautiful flowers of three seasons | |
 Map of Thailand highlighting Loei province | |
| Coordinates: 17°29′12″N 101°43′10″E / 17.48667°N 101.71944°E | |
| Country | Thailand |
| Capital | Loei |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Chaipote Jaroonpong |
| • PAO President | Chaithawat Niamsiri |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,500 km2 (4,100 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 16th |
| Population (2024)[2] | |
• Total |  632,187 |
| • Rank | 42nd |
| • Density | 60/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 68th |
| Human Achievement Index | |
| • HAI (2022) | 0.6407 "average" Ranked 39th |
| GDP | |
| • Total | baht 53 billion (US$1.8 billion) (2019) |
| Time zone | UTC+7 (ICT) |
| Postal code | 42xxx |
| Calling code | 042 |
| ISO 3166 code | TH-42 |
| Vehicle registration | เลย |
| Website | loei |
Loei (Thai: เลย, pronounced [lɤ̄ːj]), is one of the more sparsely populated provinces (changwat) of Thailand. It lies in the Isan region of upper northeastern Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from east clockwise) Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Nong Bua Lamphu, Khon Kaen, Phetchabun, and Phitsanulok. In the north it borders Xaignabouli and Vientiane province of Laos.
As of 2020[update], the provincial governor is Chaiwat Chuenkosum.[5] The province was allocated 225.6 million baht in the FY2019 Thailand budget.[6]
- ^ "Table 2 Forest area Separate province year 2019". Royal Forest Department. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Official statistics registration systems". Department of Provincial Administration (DOPA). Retrieved 10 February 2025, year 2024 >provincial level >Excel File >no.42
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "ข้อมูลสถิติดัชนีความก้าวหน้าของคน ปี 2565 (PDF)" [Human Achievement Index Databook year 2022 (PDF)]. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) (in Thai). Retrieved 12 March 2024, page 68
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Gross Regional and Provincial Product, 2019 Edition". <>. Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC). July 2019. ISSN 1686-0799. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Loei governor rises as 'savior' in Covid-19 struggle". Thai PBS World. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ Thailand's Budget in Brief Fiscal Year 2019. Bureau of the Budget. 20 December 2018. p. 95. Retrieved 2 May 2020.