Wang Sai Phun 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 eastern part of Phichit Province, northern 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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History

Tambon Wang Sai Phun, Nong Phra and Nong Pla Lai were separated from Mueang Phichit

Amphoe Mueang Phichit

Mueang Phichit is the capital district of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sak Lek, Wang Sai Phun, Taphan Hin, Pho Prathap Chang, Sam Ngam of Phichit Province and Bang Krathum of Phitsanulok Province.-History:1917 the district was renamed from Mueang to...

 district and made up the new minor district (King Amphoe) Wang Sai Phun on August 1 1975. It was upgraded to a full district on July 13, 1981. The government assigned Tambon Nong Plong of Mueang Phichit to be part of Wang Sai Phun on September 23, 1993.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Thap Khlo, Taphan Hin

Amphoe Taphan Hin

Taphan Hin is a district in the central part of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Thap Khlo, Bang Mun Nak, Pho Thale, Bueng Na Rang, Pho Prathap Chang, Mueang Pichit and Wang Sai Phun of Phichit Province.-History:The minor district Taphan Hin was created...

, Mueang Phichit

Amphoe Mueang Phichit

Mueang Phichit is the capital district of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sak Lek, Wang Sai Phun, Taphan Hin, Pho Prathap Chang, Sam Ngam of Phichit Province and Bang Krathum of Phitsanulok Province.-History:1917 the district was renamed from Mueang to...

, Sak Lek of Phichit Province and Noen Maprang

Amphoe Noen Maprang

Noen Maprang is the southernmost district of Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand.-History:To better cope with the problems caused by communist insurgents in northern Thailand in the 1970s, the government separated Tambon Noen Maprang from Wang Thong district to create a minor district on...

 of Phitsanulok Province

Phitsanulok Province

Phitsanulok is a provinces of Thailand, located in the north. Neighboring provinces are Loei, Phetchabun, Phichit, Kamphaeng Phet, Sukhothai, Uttaradit. In the north-east it also has a short border with Xaignabouli of Laos....

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 4 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 57 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...

). Wang Sai Phun is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Wang Sai Phun and Nong Phra. 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.	Wang Sai Phun	วังทรายพูน	14	8,899
2.	Nong Pla Lai	หนองปลาไหล	16	5,163
3.	Nong Phra	หนองพระ	17	8,006
4.	Nong Plong	หนองปล้อง	10	3,473