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Ban Tha Rae

Ban Tha Rae is a historic Catholic village in Tha Rae Subdistrict, Mueang Sakon Nakhon District, Sakon Nakhon Province, northeastern Thailand, on the shore of Nong Han Lake about 21 km from Sakon Nakhon city. Established in 1884 by Vietnamese Catholic migrants with French missionaries, it is Thailand's largest Catholic community. Notable for well-preserved French colonial wooden houses and St. Michael's Cathedral, it is famous for its annual Christmas Star Procession.