Amphoe Phon Sai
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Phon Sai 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 southeastern part of Roi Et Province
Roi Et Province
Roi Et is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring Provinces are Kalasin, Mukdahan, Yasothon, Sisaket, Surin and Maha Sarakham....

, 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 west clockwise) Suwannaphum
Amphoe Suwannaphum
Suwannaphum is a district of Roi Et Province, in eastern Thailand. It is named after the legendary country Suwannaphum, which according to Thai tradition was located in the Chao Phraya plain.-Geography:...

 and Nong Hi
Amphoe Nong Hi
-Geography:Neighboring districts are Phon Sai, Suwannaphum and Phanom Phrai of Roi Et Province, and Sila Lat of Sisaket Province.-History:...

 of Roi Et Province, Sila Lat
Amphoe Sila Lat
Sila Lat is a district in the northwestern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district was established on July 1, 1997, when four tambon were split off from Rasi Salai district....

 and Rasi Salai
Amphoe Rasi Salai
Rasi Salai is a district in the northern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.- Geography :Neighboring districts are Phanom Phrai of Roi Et Province, Sila Lat of Sisaket Province, Maha Chana Chai and Kho Wang of Yasothon Province, Yang Chum Noi, Mueang Sisaket, Uthumphon Phisai and...

 of Sisaket Province
Sisaket Province
Sisaket , is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Surin, Roi Et, Yasothon and Ubon Ratchathani. To the south it borders Oddar Meancheay and Preah Vihear of Cambodia.-Geography:...

 and Rattanaburi
Amphoe Rattanaburi
Rattanaburi is a district in the northeastern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Rattanaburi was a Mueang under Mueang Surin, which was converted into a district in the thesaphiban administrative reforms at the end of the 19th century.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Non...

 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...

.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Phon Sai was established on November 16 1976, when the two tambon Phon Sai and Samkha were split off from Suwannaphum district
Amphoe Suwannaphum
Suwannaphum is a district of Roi Et Province, in eastern Thailand. It is named after the legendary country Suwannaphum, which according to Thai tradition was located in the Chao Phraya plain.-Geography:...

. It was upgraded to a full district on May 25 1989.

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 58 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...

). Phon Sai is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Phon Sai. There are further 4 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. Phon Sai โพนทราย 14 6,385
2. Samkha สามขา 9 4,477
3. Si Sawang ศรีสว่าง 15 7,448
4. Yang Kham ยางคำ 10 4,403
5. Tha Hat Yao ท่าหาดยาว 10 4,707

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