Amphoe Mueang Sa Kaeo is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Sa Kaeo Province

Sa Kaeo Province

Sa Kaeo is a province of Thailand.It is located in the east of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chanthaburi, Chachoengsao, Prachin Buri, Nakhon Ratchasima and Buri Ram...

, eastern 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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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Khon Buri

Amphoe Khon Buri

Khon Buri is a district in the southern part of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Khon Buri in Thai language means the origin of the river, which refers to one of tributaries of the Mun river passing through. In the past it was called Ban Khon Buri...

 of Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Nakhon Ratchasima or , often shortened to Korat or Khorat , is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand...

, Watthana Nakhon

Amphoe Watthana Nakhon

Watthana Nakhon is a district in the central part of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.-History:Watthana Nakhon is an ancient city...

 and Khao Chakan

Amphoe Khao Chakan

Khao Chakan is a district in the western part of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Sa Kaeo, Watthana Nakhon, Khlong Hat and Wang Nam Yen of Sa Kaeo Province, and Tha Takiap of Chachoengsao Province.The district is named after the hills of Khao Chakan,...

 of Sa Kaeo, and Kabin Buri

Amphoe Kabin Buri

Kabin Buri is a district in the southeastern part of Prachinburi Province, eastern Thailand.-History:Mueang Kabin Buri was an ancient city of Ayutthaya kingdom. The city hall located in Ban Hanuman. In 1906 the city hall was moved to Ban Paknam, the area of the Hanuman and Phra Prong Rivers joint...

 and Na Di

Amphoe Na Di

Na Di is a district in the northeastern part of Prachinburi Province, eastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Kabin Buri, Prachantakham of Prachinburi Province, Wang Nam Khiao, Khon Buri of Nakhon Ratchasima Province and Mueang Sa Kaeo of Sa Kaeo Province.The Sankambeng Range...

 of Prachinburi Province

Prachinburi Province

Prachin Buri is a province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Ratchasima, Sa Kaeo, Chachoengsao and Nakhon Nayok.-Geography:...

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The Sankambeng Range

Sankambeng Range

The Sankamphaeng Range, also Sankambeng Range or Sungumpang Range is one of the mountain ranges separating Eastern Thailand from the northeast or Isan.-Description:This mountain chain runs in a WNW-ESE direction...

 mountainous area is located in the northern section of this district, within its forested hills at the boundary between Sa Kaeo and Prachinburi Province is the Pang Sida National Park

Pang Sida National Park

Pang Sida National Park is a national park in the Sankamphaeng Range, covering almost 600 square kilometres in the eastern Thai province of Sa Kaeo. It is 28 kilometres north of Sa Kaeo City, the capital of the province.-Getting There:...

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History

1909 the minor district (King Amphoe) Sa Kaeo was established as a subordinate of Kabinburi district. It was upgraded to a full district on July 23 1958. When in 1993 the new province Sa Kaeo was created, the district became the capital district of the province and was therefore renamed to Mueang Sa Kaeo.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 8 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 124 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...

). Sa Kaeo

Sa Kaeo

Sa Kaeo is a town in Thailand, located about 30 miles from the Thai-Cambodian border. It is the capital of the Sa Kaeo Province and the Sa Kaeo district. As of 2005, it has a population of 16,591. The town covers part of the tambon Sa Kaeo and Tha Kasem within the Sa Kaeo district.In 1979-80 Sa...

 itself has town status (thesaban mueang) and covers parts of the tambon Sa Kaeo and Tha Kasem. There are also two subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) - Tha Kasem and Sala Lamduan both covering parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 8 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	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.	Sa Kaeo	สระแก้ว	18	19,432
2.	Ban Kaeng	บ้านแก้ง	15	13,115
3.	Sala Lamduan	ศาลาลำดวน	15	12,736
4.	Khok Pi Khong	โคกปี่ฆ้อง	18	12,496
5.	Tha Yaek	ท่าแยก	14	12,345
6.	Tha Kasem	ท่าเกษม	12	13,412
8.	Sa Khwan	สระขวัญ	20	16,456
11.	Nong Bon	หนองบอน	12	7,100

Missing numbers are tambon now forming Khao Chakan district.

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)