Amphoe Chamni
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Chamni is a district (Amphoe
Amphoe
An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) in the central part of Buriram Province
Buriram Province
Buri Ram or is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Sa Kaeo, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham and Surin. To the south-east it borders Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia...

, northeastern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Lam Plai Mat
Amphoe Lam Plai Mat
Lam Plai Mat is a district of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khu Mueang, Mueang Buriram, Chamni, Nong Hong of Buriram Province, Huai Thalaeng, Chum Phuang and Lam Thamenchai of Nakhon Ratchasima Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided...

, Mueang Buriram
Amphoe Mueang Buriram
Mueang Buriram is the capital district of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Prakhon Chai, Nang Rong, Chamni, Lam Plai Mat, Khu Mueang, Ban Dan, Huai Rat and Krasang of Buriram Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided into 19 subdistricts ,...

, Nang Rong
Amphoe Nang Rong
Nang Rong is a district of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Chamni, Mueang Buriram, Prakhon Chai, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Lahan Sai, Pakham, Non Suwan and Nong Ki of Buriram Province.It is the closest major town to the Phanom Rung Historical Park, and 11th...

, Nong Ki
Amphoe Nong Ki
Nong Ki is the westernmost district of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Nong Hong, Chamni, Nang Rong, Non Suwan of Buriram Province, Soeng Sang, Khon Buri and Nong Bun Mak of Nakhon Ratchasima Province.-History:The minor district was created on March...

 and Nong Hong
Amphoe Nong Hong
Nong Hong is a district in the western part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Lam Plai Mat, Chamni, Nong Ki of Buriram Province, Chakkarat and Huai Thalaeng of Nakhon Ratchasima Province.-History:The minor district was created on Match 31 1981, when...

 of Buriram Province.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was created on April 1 1992, when the five tambon Chamni, Cho Phaka, Laluat, Mueang Yang and Nong Plong were split off from Nang Rong district
Amphoe Nang Rong
Nang Rong is a district of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Chamni, Mueang Buriram, Prakhon Chai, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Lahan Sai, Pakham, Non Suwan and Nong Ki of Buriram Province.It is the closest major town to the Phanom Rung Historical Park, and 11th...

. It was upgraded to a full district on December 5 1996.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 6 subdistricts (tambon
Tambon
Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 64 villages (muban
Muban
Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). There are no municipal (thesaban
Thesaban
Thesaban are the municipalities in Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities - city, town and subdistrict municipality. Both Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities outside the thesaban system....

) areas, and 6 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

1. Chamni ชำนิ 8 4,644
2. Nong Plong หนองปล่อง 10 5,480
3. Mueang Yang เมืองยาง 14 7,248
4. Cho Phaka ช่อผกา 13 6,856
5. Laluat ละลวด 11 5,759
6. Khok Sanuan โคกสนวน 8 3,659
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