Mueang Sakon Nakhon is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Sakon Nakhon Province

Sakon Nakhon Province

Sakon Nakhon is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Kalasin and Udon Thani...

, 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) Na Wa

Amphoe Na Wa

Na Wa is a district in the province Nakhon Phanom in the northeast of Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Si Songkhram, Phon Sawan, and in Sakon Nakhon Province the districts Kusuman, Mueang Sakon Nakhon, Phanna Nikhom and Akat Amnuai.The main rivers are the Un and Yam.-Economy:The...

 of Nakhon Phanom Province

Nakhon Phanom Province

Nakhon Phanom is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Mukdahan, Sakon Nakhon and Bueng Kan. To the north-east it borders Khammouan of Laos.-Geography:...

, and Kusuman

Amphoe Kusuman

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Phon Na Kaeo and Mueang Sakon Nakhon of Sakon Nakhon Province, Na Wa, Phon Sawan, Mueang Nakhon Phanom and Pla Pak of Nakhon Phanom Province.-History:...

, Phon Na Kaeo

Amphoe Phon Na Kaeo

Phon Na Kaeo is a district of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on April 1 1991, when the four tambon Ban Phon, Na Kaeo, Na Tong Watthana and Ban Paen were split off from Mueang Sakon Nakhon district...

, Khok Si Suphan

Amphoe Khok Si Suphan

Khok Si Suphan is a district of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on May 5 1981, when the three tambon Tong Khop, Lao Phon Kho and Dan Muang Kham were split off from Mueang Sakon Nakhon district...

, Tao Ngoi

Amphoe Tao Ngoi

Tao Ngoi is a district of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on September 1 1978, when the two tambon Tao Ngoi and Bueng Thawai were split off from Mueang Sakon Nakhon district...

, Phu Phan

Amphoe Phu Phan

Phu Phan is a district of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on April 30 1994, when the three tambon Sang Kho, Lup Lao and Khok Phu were split off from Kut Bak district. The tambon Kok Pla Sio was added from Mueang Sakon Nakhon district in 1996...

, Kut Bak

Amphoe Kut Bak

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Nikhom Nam Un, Phanna Nikhom, Mueang Sakon Nakhon and Phu Phan of Sakon Nakhon Province, Kham Muang of Kalasin Province and Wang Sam Mo of Udon Thani Province.-History:...

 and Phanna Nikhom

Amphoe Phanna Nikhom

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Sakon Nakhon, Kut Bak, Nikhom Nam Un, Waritchaphum, Phang Khon, Wanon Niwat and Akat Amnuai of Sakon Nakhon Province, and Na Wa of Nakhon Phanom Province.-History:...

 of Sakon Nakhon Province.

To the northeast of the district is the Nong Han Lake, the largest natural lake of northeast Thailand.

Within the township Tha Rae is the center of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng

Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng

The Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng is located in the north-east of Thailand. It is based in Tha Rae, a subdistrict municipality in the Mueang Sakon Nakhon district....

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 16 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 169 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...

). The town (thesaban mueang) Sakon Nakhon

Sakon Nakhon

Sakon Nakhon is a town in Thailand within the Isan region, and capital city of the Sakon Nakhon Province, with a population of approximately 76,000. It has a regional airport in the north, Sakon Nakhon Airport. During World War II, the town became a haven for Free Thais, and a base for Communist...

 covers the whole tambon That Choeng Chum. There are further two townships (thesaban tambon) - Dong Mafai covers parts of tambon Khamin, and Tha Rae covers parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 15 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.	That Choeng Chum	ธาตุเชิงชุม
53,949
2.	Khamin	ขมิ้น	13	17,490
3.	Ngio Don	งิ้วด่อน	16	7,705
4.	Non Hom	โนนหอม	10	6,705
6.	Chiang Khruea	เชียงเครือ	17	16,703
7.	Tha Rae	ท่าแร่	8	10,986
9.	Muang Lai	ม่วงลาย	8	4,884
11.	Dong Chon	ดงชน	10	4,762
12.	Huai Yang	ห้วยยาง	16	13,354
13.	Phang Khwang	พังขว้าง	14	14,278
15.	Dong Mafai	ดงมะไฟ	11	9,304
16.	That Na Weng	ธาตุนาเวง	5	2,387
17.	Lao Po Daeng	เหล่าปอแดง	12	7,517
18.	Nong Lat	หนองลาด	10	6,273
20.	Hang Hong	ฮางโฮง	11	8,537
21.	Khok Kong	โคกก่อง	8	4,064

Missing numbers belong to 4 tambon which now form Phon Na Kaeo district, and tambon Kok Pla Sio which is now in Phu Phan district.