Sikhio is the central town of Sikhio district

Amphoe Sikhio

Sikhio is a district in the western part of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.-History:Originally known as Mueang Nakhon Chantuek, Sikhio is an ancient frontier city between the Thai dominated Chao Phraya valley and the Lao dominated Khorat Plateau. There is not record of the time of its...

, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Nakhon Ratchasima or , often shortened to Korat or Khorat , is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand...

, 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...

. It covers parts of the subdistricts Sikhio and Mittraphab, a total area of 11.63 km². As of 2007 it has a population of 18,663. The town is subdivided into 19 boroughs (chumchon).

History

Sikhio was established as a sanitary district (sukhaphiban

Sukhaphiban

Sukhaphiban were an administrative division of Thailand.Sanitary districts were the first sub-autonomous entities established in Thailand. A first such district was created in Bangkok by a royal decreee of King Chulalongkorn in 1897...

) in 1956. In 1966 the area of the sanitary was enlarged. Like all sanitary districts it was upgraded to a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) in 1999. Effective January 31 2008 it was upgraded to a town (thesaban mueang).

Traffic

Sikhio is located on the northeastern railway connection Bangkok with Nakhon Ratchasima. Also, Mittraphap Road passes south of the town.

External links

• http://www.sikhiucity.go.th (Thai)