Amphoe Lamduan
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Lamduan 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 Surin Province
Surin Province
Surin is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Buriram, Maha Sarakham, Roi Et and Sisaket...

, 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...

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History

The district goes back to the Mueang
Mueang
Mueang were historical semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos, parts of northern Vietnam and the Shan State of Myanmar. Smaller Mueang were subordinate to more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king, as described in...

Suraphi Nathon Nikhom (สุรพินทรนิคม), which was established in 1871. In 1896 it was converted into the district Lamduan, which was later dissolved.

On January 3 1977 it was reestablished as a minor district (King Amphoe) by splitting off the two tambon Lamduan and Chok Nuea from Sangkha district
Amphoe Sangkha
Sangkha is a district in the southern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:In 1759 the White Elephant of King Ekkathat escaped from Ayutthaya to the forest in Khwaeng Mueang Phimai area. Chiang Kha , leader of Ban Khok Atcha and his groups volunteered to catch the elephant and...

. It was upgraded to a full district on July 19 1991.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Sikhoraphum
Amphoe Sikhoraphum
Sikhoraphum is a district in the central part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sanom and Samrong Thap of Surin Province, Prang Ku of Sisaket Province, Si Narong, Lamduan, Mueang Surin, Khwao Sinarin and Chom Phra of Surin again.-Administration:The...

, Si Narong
Amphoe Si Narong
-History:The minor district was established on April 1 1995 with five tambon split from Sangkha district.Following a decision of the Thai government on May 15 2007, all of the 81 minor districts were to be upgraded to full districts...

, Sangkha
Amphoe Sangkha
Sangkha is a district in the southern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:In 1759 the White Elephant of King Ekkathat escaped from Ayutthaya to the forest in Khwaeng Mueang Phimai area. Chiang Kha , leader of Ban Khok Atcha and his groups volunteered to catch the elephant and...

, Prasat
Amphoe Prasat
Prasat is a district in the southern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Surin, Lamduan, Sangkha, Kap Choeng and Phanom Dong Rak of Surin Province, Ban Kruat, Prakhon Chai, Phlapphla Chai and Krasang of Buriram Province.-History:The area of...

 and Mueang Surin
Amphoe Mueang Surin
Mueang Surin is the capital district of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Chom Phra, Khwao Sinarin, Sikhoraphum, Lamduan and Prasat of Surin Province, Krasang and Satuek of Buriram Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided into 21 subdistricts ,...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 5 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 51 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...

). Lamduan Sunphin is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Lamduan. There are further 5 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. Lamduan ลำดวน 11 7,791
2. Chok Nuea โชคเหนือ 9 4,665
3. U Lok อู่โลก 11 5,386
4. Tramdom ตรำดม 10 5,719
5. Tapiang Tia ตระเปียงเตีย 10 6,498
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