Khuan Don district explained

Official Name:Khuan Don
Native Name:ควนโดน
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Satun
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Name2:Khuan Don
Subdivision Type3:Tambon
Subdivision Type4:Muban
Established Title:District established
Population Total:22552
Population As Of:2005
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:91160
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:9102
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:6.7883°N 100.0767°W

Khuan Don (Thai: ควนโดน, in Thai pronounced as /kʰūa̯n dōːn/) is a district (amphoe) of Satun province, southern Thailand.

History

The old name of Khuan Don was Duson (ดุสน), which is derived from its original Malay name, Dusun (Jawi: دوسون).

Khuan Don was a minor district (king amphoe) before it was merged to be a part of Mueang Satun district. On 1 February 1977 the government separated Tambon Khuan Don and Khuan Sato to re-establish a minor district.[1] It was upgraded to a full district on 1 January 1988.[2]

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Mueang Satun, Tha Phae and Khuan Kalong of Satun Province; Sadao of Songkhla province; and the state Perlis of Malaysia.

The district is on the Malaysia-Thailand border. The border crossing is at the Wang Prachan (Satun, Thailand) - Wang Kelian (Perlis, Malaysia) border posts.

The important water resource is the Duson river (Sungai Dusun in Malay which was the original name of the river). The area near the boundary is part of the Thale Ban National Park.

Administration

The district is divided into four sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 30 villages (muban). The sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) of Khuan Don covers parts of tambons Khuan Don, Khuan Sato, and Yan Sue. There are a further four tambon administrative organizations (TAO) responsible for the non-municipal areas.

No.NameThai nameVillagesPop.
1.Khuan Donควนโดน98,478
2.Khuan Satoควนสตอ107,374
3.Yan Sueย่านซื่อ74,395
4.Wang Prachanวังประจัน42,305

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Notes and References

  1. Royal Gazette. 94. 11 ง. 487. th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอเมืองสตูลจังหวัดสตูล ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอควนโดน. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2520/D/011/487.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20120427181128/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2520/D/011/487.PDF. dead. April 27, 2012. February 8, 1977. Thai.
  2. Royal Gazette. 104. 278 ก special. 33–37. th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอนามน อำเภอพระยืน อำเภอหนองบัวระเหว อำเภอบ้านเหลื่อม อำเภอจะแนะ อำเภอหนองหงส์ อำเภอนาโพธิ์ อำเภอเกาะยาว อำเภอแกดำ อำเภอสระโบสถ์ อำเภอโนนคูณ อำเภอควนโดน อำเภอไชยวาน อำเภอหนองแสง และอำเภอตาลสุม พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๐. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2530/A/278/33.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20120214095800/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2530/A/278/33.PDF. dead. February 14, 2012. December 31, 1987. Thai.