Sam Roi Yot district explained

Official Name:Sam Roi Yot district
Native Name:อำเภอสามร้อยยอด
Native Name Lang:th
Settlement Type:District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Thailand
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Prachuap Khiri Khan
Subdivision Type2:Seat
Subdivision Type3:Subdistricts
Subdivision Name3:5
Subdivision Type4:Mubans
Subdivision Name4:41
Established Title:District established
Established Date:1995
Population Total:48223
Population As Of:2014
Blank Name Sec1:Postal code
Blank Info Sec1:77120
Blank Name Sec2:Geocode
Blank Info Sec2:7708
Timezone:ICT
Utc Offset:+7
Coordinates:12.2706°N 99.8719°W

Sam Roi Yot (Thai: สามร้อยยอด, in Thai pronounced as /sǎːm rɔ́ːj jɔ̂ːt/; lit. 'three hundred spires') is a district (amphoe) in the northern part of Prachuap Khiri Khan province, central Thailand.

History

The minor district (king amphoe) Sam Roi Yot was created on 1 April 1995 by splitting tambons Rai Kao, Sila Loi, and Sam Roi Yot from Pran Buri district.[1]

On 7 September 1995 tambon Sala Lai was created by splitting off six mubans from Rai Kao.[2] On 1 January 1996 the subdistrict Rai Mai was reassigned from Kui Buri district to the minor district.[3]

On 15 May 2007, all 81 minor districts in Thailand were upgraded to full districts.[4] With publication in the Royal Gazette on 24 August, the upgrade became official.[5]

The British diplomat John Crawfurd visited the area in 1822 during the mission described in his book Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China: Exhibiting a View of the Actual State of Those Kingdoms. He reported that it was then already called Sam Roi Yot and described the view of the coast as "novel and imposing".[6]

Geography

Neighbouring districts are Pran Buri to the north and Kui Buri to the south. To the west is the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar, to the east the Gulf of Thailand.

At the shore of the gulf is Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, the first coastal national park of Thailand, established in 1966.[7]

Administration

Central administration

Sam Roi Yot is divided into five sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 41 administrative villages (mubans).

No.NameThaiVillagesPop.[8]
1.Sam Roi YotThai: สามร้อยยอด97,461
2.Sila LoiThai: ศิลาลอย910,918
3.Rai KaoThai: ไร่เก่า813,311
4.SalalaiThai: ศาลาลัย87,357
5.Rai MaiThai: ไร่ใหม่79,176

Local administration

There are two sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambons) in the district:

There are five sub-district administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Royal Gazette. 112. Special 9 ง. 66. th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอปราณบุรี จังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์ ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอสามร้อยยอด. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/E/009/66.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718004325/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/E/009/66.PDF. dead. July 18, 2011. March 22, 1995. Thai.
  2. Royal Gazette. 112. 91 ง. 59–67. th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง ตั้งและกำหนดเขตตำบลในท้องที่อำเภอสามร้อยยอด จังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/D/091/59.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20120125102545/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/D/091/59.PDF. dead. January 25, 2012. November 14, 1995. Thai.
  3. Royal Gazette. 112. 58 ก. 28–29. th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนเขตอำเภอกุยบุรีกับกิ่งอำเภอสามร้อยยอด อำเภอปราณบุรี จังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์ พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๘. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/A/058/28.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20120516194327/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2538/A/058/28.PDF. dead. May 16, 2012. December 31, 1995. Thai.
  4. News: http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000055625. Manager Online. th:แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550. Thai.
  5. Royal Gazette. 124. 46 ก. 14–21. th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอฆ้องชัย...และอำเภอเหล่าเสือโก้ก พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐. http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/046/14.PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165121/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2550/A/046/14.PDF. dead. September 30, 2007. August 24, 2007. Thai.
  6. Book: Crawfurd, John. Journal of an embassy from the Governor-General of India to the courts of Siam and Cochin-China: exhibiting a view of the actual state of those kingdoms. 1830. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. London. 194.
  7. Web site: Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park. Department of National Parks (DNP) Thailand. 31 August 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151015184113/http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style1/default.asp?npid=8&lg=2. 15 October 2015.
  8. Web site: Population statistics 2014. Department of Provincial Administration. Thai. 2015-09-02.