Khon Kaen province in the context of Nakhon Ratchasima province
Nakhon Ratchasima (Thai: นครราชสีมา, pronounced[ná(ʔ).kʰɔ̄ːnrâːt.tɕʰā.sǐː.māː]; Northeastern Thai: นครราชสีมา, pronounced[nà(ʔ).kʰɔ̂ːnlâːt.sā.sǐː.mâː], often called Khorat (Thai: โคราช, pronounced[kʰōː.râːt]; Northeastern Thai: โคราช, pronounced[kʰôː.lâːt]) (alternate spelling Korat) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) and lies in lower northeastern Thailand also called Isan. At 20,736 square kilometres (8,006 sq mi) it is the country's second largest province by area, has a population of approximately 2.6 million, and generates about 250 billion baht in GDP, the highest in Isan. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise, from north) Chaiyaphum, Khon Kaen, Buriram, Sa Kaeo, Prachinburi, Nakhon Nayok, Saraburi, and Lopburi.