Lahan Sai District

Lahan Sai
ละหานทราย
Amphoe

Amphoe location in Buriram Province
Coordinates: 14°24′42″N 102°51′36″E / 14.41167°N 102.86000°E / 14.41167; 102.86000Coordinates: 14°24′42″N 102°51′36″E / 14.41167°N 102.86000°E / 14.41167; 102.86000
Country  Thailand
Province Buriram
Area
 • Total 735.0 km2 (283.8 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 • Total 70,825
 • Density 96.4/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone THA (UTC+7)
Postal code 31170
Geocode 3106

Lahan Sai (Thai: ละหานทราย, pronounced [lā.hǎːn sāːj]) is a district (Amphoe) in the southern part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.

History

Lahan Sai area was originally part of Nang Rong district. The area was fertile and covered by dense forest, so people from neighboring districts moved to establish new village there. When the community grew bigger, the government created a minor district (King Amphoe) on January 1 1961[1] to make it more comfortable for the citizen to reach public services. The new district covered the tambon Lahan Sai and Pakham. It was upgraded to a full district on July 17, 1963.[2]

Etymology

Lahan Sai means plain fertile width Hog Deers (Axis porcinus).

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Ta Phraya of Sa Kaeo Province, Non Din Daeng, Pakham, Nang Rong, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Prakhon Chai and Ban Kruat of Buriram Province. To the southeast it borders the province Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia. The Sankamphaeng Range mountainous area is located in the southern section of this district.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 6 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 95 villages (muban). Lahan Sai is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Lahan Sai. Ta Chong, Samrong Mai and Nong Waeng are subdistrict municipalities which each cover the complete same-named subdistrict. The non-municipal parts of Lahan Sai and the subdistricts Nong Takhrong and Khok Wan each have one Tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No. Name Thai Villages Inh.
1.Lahan Saiละหานทราย2712,346
3.Ta Chongตาจง2215,575
4.Samrong Maiสำโรงใหม่1312,068
7.Nong Waengหนองแวง1115,676
10.Nong Takhrongหนองตะครอง128,011
11.Khok Wanโคกว่าน107,149

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Non Din Daeng district and parts of Chaloem Phra Kiat district.

References

  1. ↑ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง ยกฐานะตำบลขึ้นเป็นกิ่งอำเภอ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai) 77 (108 ง): 2562–2564. 1960-12-27.
  2. ↑ พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอบ่อพลอย อำเภอไทรโยค อำเภอหนองเรือ อำเภอหนองสองห้อง อำเภอประทาย อำเภอห้วยแถลง อำเภอละหานทราย อำเภอกุยบุรี อำเภอตาพระยา อำเภอหนองไผ่ อำเภอนาเชือก อำเภอวัดเพลง อำเภอพนัสนิคม อำเภอภูกระดึง อำเภอปรางค์กู่ อำเภอท่าช้าง อำเภอบ้านด่านลานหอย อำเภอบ้านดง อำเภอสว่างอารมณ์ และอำเภอกุดชุม พ.ศ. ๒๕๐๖ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai) 80 (72 ก): 362. 1963-07-16.

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