Amphoe Kham Ta Kla
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Kham Ta Kla 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 Sakon Nakhon Province
Sakon Nakhon Province
Sakon Nakhon is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Kalasin and Udon Thani...

, northeast 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 southeast clockwise) Akat Amnuai, Wanon Niwat, Ban Muang of Sakon Nakhon Province, Phon Charoen and Seka of Bueng Kan Province
Bueng Kan Province
Bueng Kan is the 76th province of Thailand, established by the Act Establishing Changwat Bueng Kan, BE 2554 which entered into force on and from March 23, 2011. The province, consisting of the districts partitioned off Nong Khai Province, is situated in the northeastern region of the country,...

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History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was created on September 15 1976, when the three tambon Kham Ta Kla, Nong Bua Sim and Na Tae were split off from Wanon Niwat district
Amphoe Wanon Niwat
Wanon Niwat is a district in the northern part of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.-Etymology:The name of the district means House of Monkeys, which refers to the old name of the area, Kuk Ling . Ling is the Thai word for monkey, however in this case it is the name of a tree...

. It was upgraded to a full district on July 13 1981.

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...

). Kham Ta Kla is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Kham Ta Kla. 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. Kham Ta Kla คำตากล้า 15 11,259
2. Nong Bua Sim หนองบัวสิม 15 8,473
3. Na Tae นาแต้ 12 8,254
4. Phaet แพด 15 9,916

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