Wang Hin 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 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:...

, 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 north clockwise) Mueang Sisaket, Phayu

Amphoe Phayu

Phayu is a district in the central part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on April 30 1994, when five tambon were split off from Mueang Sisaket...

, Phrai Bueng

Amphoe Phrai Bueng

Phrai Bueng is a district in the central part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Phayu, Si Rattana, Khun Han, Khukhan and Wang Hin.-History:...

, Khukhan

Amphoe Khukhan

- Geography :Neighboring districts are Prang Ku, Wang Hin, Phrai Bueng, Khun Han and Phu Sing of Sisaket Province, and Buachet and Sangkha of Surin Province....

, Prang Ku

Amphoe Prang Ku

Prang Ku is a district in the western part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand. The district with the most arid province Si Sa Ket And drought-ranked Thailand.-Geography:...

 and Uthumphon Phisai

Amphoe Uthumphon Phisai

Uthumphon Phisai is a district in the western part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Rasi Salai, Mueang Sisaket, Wang Hin, Prang Ku, Huai Thap Than, Mueang Chan, Pho Si Suwan and Bueng Bun.-History:The district goes back to the Mueang Uthumphon...

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The main road through the district is highway 220, which connects the district center with the provincial capital Si Sa Ket.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was created on March 9 1987, when the five tambon Bu Sung, That, Duan Yai, Bo Kaeo and Si Samran were split off from Mueang Sisaket district. It was upgraded to a full district on October 20 1993.

Sights

The Khmer temple Prang Kua, the provincial symbol of Sisaket, is located along highway 220.

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 126 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...

). There are no municipal (thesaban

Thesaban

Thesaban are the municipalities in Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities - city, town and subdistrict municipality. Both Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities outside the thesaban system....

) areas, and 8 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.	Bu Sung	บุสูง	22	9,676
2.	That	ธาตุ	16	6,614
3.	Duan Yai	ดวนใหญ่	18	7,139
4.	Bo Kaeo	บ่อแก้ว	19	5,388
5.	Si Samran	ศรีสำราญ	13	4,088
6.	Thung Sawang	ทุ่งสว่าง	15	4,440
7.	Wang Hin	วังหิน	11	4,399
8.	Phon Yang	โพนยาง	12	5,144