Tha Tum 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 northern 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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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) 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...

, Sanom

Amphoe Sanom

Sanom is a district in the northern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The original name of the main town was Ban Nong Sanom , which was a village under Mueang Surin...

 and Chom Phra

Amphoe Chom Phra

Chom Phra is a district in the northern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Tha Tum, Sanom, Sikhoraphum, Khwao Sinarin and Mueang Surin of Surin Province, and Satuek of Buriram Province.-History:The minor district Chom Phra was established in 1959,...

 of Surin Province, Satuek

Amphoe Satuek

Satuek is a district in the northeastern part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Krasang, Huai Rat, Ban Dan, Khu Mueang, Khaen Dong of Buriram Province, Chumphon Buri, Tha Tum, Chom Phra and Amphoe Mueang Surin of Surin Province.-History:Originally a...

 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...

, Chumphon Buri

Amphoe Chumphon Buri

Chumphon Buri is a district in the northwestern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The district dates back to Mueang Chumphon Buri, which was converted into a district during the thesaphiban administrative reform around 1900.On February 22 1938 the eastern part of the district...

 of Surin again, and Kaset Wisai

Amphoe Kaset Wisai

Kaset Wisai is a district in the southwestern part of Roi Et Province, Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Chaturaphak Phiman, Mueang Suang, Suwannaphum of Roi Et Province, Phayakkhaphum Phisai of Maha Sarakham Province, Pathum Rat of Roi Et Province again and Wapi Pathum of Maha...

 and 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:...

 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....

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 10 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 165 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...

). Tha Tum is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Tha Tum. There are further 10 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.	Tha Tum	ท่าตูม	22	19,198
2.	Krapho	กระโพ	20	15,789
3.	Phrom Thep	พรมเทพ	22	7,969
4.	Phon Khrok	โพนครก	16	9,344
5.	Mueang Kae	เมืองแก	19	10,173
6.	Ba	บะ	15	6,555
7.	Nong Bua	หนองบัว	11	7,417
8.	Bua Khok	บัวโคก	19	9,700
9.	Nong Methi	หนองเมธี	11	5,976
10.	Thung Kula	ทุ่งกุลา	10	5,269