Mu 1994, Sumet Phromphanhao, nhengo yeImba yeVamiririri kubva kuNong Khai Province, akakurudzira kuti dunhu reBueng Kan riitwe nekubatanidza Bueng Kan, Seka, So Phisai, Bung Khla, Bueng Khong Long, Pak Khat, Phon Charoen, uye Si Wilai Matunhu eNong Khai Province sepurovhinzi nyowani. Dunhu idzva, kana rakagadzirwa, raizove 4,305 km2, riine huwandu hwevanhu vangangoita 390,000 vagari. Panguva iyoyo, Ministry of Interior yakapindura kuti kugadzira dunhu idzva kwaizotakura mutoro unorema kubhajeti yenyika uye zvaipesana nesarudzo yeKanzuru yeVashandi. Chirongwa chekugadzira Kaneng Province chakatemerwa kwemakore makumi maviri kusvika muna 2010, apo Ministry of the Interior yakavandudza chirongwa cheBueng Kan uye yakaburitsa chikumbiro cheMutungamiriri weHurumende, Bueng Kan, kuti vagadzire "Bueng Kan, Seka, So Phisai, Bung Khla, Bueng Khong Long, Pak Khat, Phon Charoen
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