Dan Makham Tia is a district (
AmphoeAn amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces. Amphoe are further subdivided into tambon....
) in the southern part of
Kanchanaburi ProvinceKanchanaburi is the largest of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Tak, Uthai Thani, Suphan Buri, Nakhon Pathom and Ratchaburi...
, central
ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.It is bordered to the north by Laos and Burma, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Burma...
.
The area of Dan Makham Tia was a village more than 200 years. It was a border village of
MueangMueang , Muang , Mường or Mong were semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos and the Shan State of Myanmar. The smaller of the Mueang were subordinate of more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king...
Kanchanaburi to Burma.
In the area had a short Makham tree (
Tamarindus indica), so people called the village Ban Nong Makham Tia. Later was changed to be Dan Makham Tia.
The minor district (
King Amphoe) was created on April 1 1990 by splitting of the three
tambon Dan Makham Tia, Klondo and Chorakhe Phueak from
Mueang Kanchanaburi districtMueang Kanchanaburi is the capital district of Kanchanaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:Mueang Kanchanaburi was changed status to be the capital district of Kanchanaburi province in 1913....
.
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Dan Makham Tia is a district (
AmphoeAn amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces. Amphoe are further subdivided into tambon....
) in the southern part of
Kanchanaburi ProvinceKanchanaburi is the largest of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Tak, Uthai Thani, Suphan Buri, Nakhon Pathom and Ratchaburi...
, central
ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.It is bordered to the north by Laos and Burma, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Burma...
.
History
The area of Dan Makham Tia was a village more than 200 years. It was a border village of
MueangMueang , Muang , Mường or Mong were semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos and the Shan State of Myanmar. The smaller of the Mueang were subordinate of more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king...
Kanchanaburi to Burma.
In the area had a short Makham tree (
Tamarindus indica), so people called the village Ban Nong Makham Tia. Later was changed to be Dan Makham Tia.
The minor district (
King Amphoe) was created on April 1 1990 by splitting of the three
tambon Dan Makham Tia, Klondo and Chorakhe Phueak from
Mueang Kanchanaburi districtMueang Kanchanaburi is the capital district of Kanchanaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:Mueang Kanchanaburi was changed status to be the capital district of Kanchanaburi province in 1913....
. It was upgraded to a full district on September 8 1995.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise)
Mueang KanchanaburiMueang Kanchanaburi is the capital district of Kanchanaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:Mueang Kanchanaburi was changed status to be the capital district of Kanchanaburi province in 1913....
,
Tha MuangTha Muang is a district in the southern part of Kanchanaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:The district was established in 1898, the named Tai . Mr. Chom was the first head of district. Later people in the district moved southward to nearby Wat Si Loha Rat Bamrung then they changed the...
of Kanchanaburi Province,
Chom BuengChom Bueng is a district of Ratchaburi Province in western Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Dan Makham Tia and Tha Muang of Kanchanaburi Province, and Photharam, Mueang Ratchaburi, Pak Tho, Ban Kha and Suan Phueng.Several caves are located in the district...
and
Suan PhuengSuan Phueng is a district in the western part of Ratchaburi Province, central Thailand.-History:Suan Phueng was the rural area of Chom Bueng district. The government sent a group of developing soldiers to the area between 1968-1971...
of
Ratchaburi ProvinceRatchaburi is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kanchanaburi, Nakhon Pathom,Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram and Phetchaburi...
.
The important water resource is the Khwae Noi and
Phachi RiverThe Phachi River is a river in western Thailand. It originates in the Tanawsri Mountains in Ban Kha district and passes Suan Phueng and Chom Bueng districts, Ratchaburi Province. The river tributes to the River Kwai in Mueang Kanchanaburi district, Kanchanaburi Province....
.
Administration
The district is subdivided into 4 subdistricts (
tambonTambon 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 39 villages (
mubanMuban 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...
'). Dan Makham Tia is a township (thesaban tambon
) which covers parts of the tambon Dan Makham Tia. There are further 4 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. |
Name |
Thai name |
Villages |
Inh.In biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
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| 1. |
Dan Makham Tia |
ด่านมะขามเตี้ย |
12 |
10,205 |
|
| 2. |
Klondo |
กลอนโด |
11 |
8,032 |
|
| 3. |
Chorakhe Phueak |
จรเข้เผือก |
10 |
10,158 |
|
| 4. |
Nong Phai |
หนองไผ่ |
6 |
3,853 |
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