Lahan Sai district explained

Official Name:Lahan Sai
Native Name:ละหานทราย
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Buriram
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Type3:Tambon
Subdivision Type4:Muban
Established Title:District established
Population Total:70825
Population As Of:2008
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:31170
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:3106
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:14.4117°N 102.86°W

Lahan Sai (Thai: ละหานทราย, in Thai pronounced as /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 1 January 1961[1] to make it more comfortable for the citizen to reach public services. The new district covered tambons Lahan Sai and Pakham. It was upgraded to a full district on 17 July 1963.[2]

Etymology

Lahan Sai means "plain fertile width hog deer" (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 provinces of Banteay Meanchey and Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia.

The Sankamphaeng Range mountainous area is in the southern section of this district.

Motto

The Lahan Sai District's motto is "The Lung Pu Suk so sacred, city of horticulture and farm plants, many of silk, beautiful of Hin-Lum (Rock hole), many of river basin, Lanan Sai is border city."

Administration

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

No.NameThaiVillagesPop.
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.

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Notes and References

  1. Royal Gazette. 77. 108 ง. 2562–2564. th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง ยกฐานะตำบลขึ้นเป็นกิ่งอำเภอ. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2503/D/108/2562.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20120516195601/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2503/D/108/2562.PDF. dead. May 16, 2012. 1960-12-27. Thai.
  2. Royal Gazette. 80. 72 ก. 362. th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอบ่อพลอย อำเภอไทรโยค อำเภอหนองเรือ อำเภอหนองสองห้อง อำเภอประทาย อำเภอห้วยแถลง อำเภอละหานทราย อำเภอกุยบุรี อำเภอตาพระยา อำเภอหนองไผ่ อำเภอนาเชือก อำเภอวัดเพลง อำเภอพนัสนิคม อำเภอภูกระดึง อำเภอปรางค์กู่ อำเภอท่าช้าง อำเภอบ้านด่านลานหอย อำเภอบ้านดง อำเภอสว่างอารมณ์ และอำเภอกุดชุม พ.ศ. ๒๕๐๖. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2506/A/072/362.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20090521011450/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2506/A/072/362.PDF. dead. May 21, 2009. 1963-07-16. Thai.