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Amphoe Khanu Woralaksaburi

Amphoe Khanu Woralaksaburi

Overview
Khanu Woralaksaburi is a district (Amphoe
Amphoe
An 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 Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kamphaeng Phet is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the north of the country. Neighboring provinces are Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan and Tak.- Etymology :...

, northern Thailand
Thailand
The 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...

.

In 1987 history students from Silpakorn University
Silpakorn University
Silpakorn University is a well known government sponsored university in Thailand. The university was founded in Bangkok in 1943 by Italian-born art professor Corrado Feroci, who took the Thai name Silpa Bhirasri when he became a Thai citizen. It is the leading Thai university in the fine arts and...

 surveyed in Khanu Woralaksaburi district area. They found stone axe, clay pot and beads of the Khao Kalon community. They estimated the age of the community to be around 5,000-1,000 years before historic era.

In Sukhothai Kingdom
Sukhothai kingdom
The Sukhothai kingdom was an early kingdom in the area around the city Sukhothai, in north central Thailand. It was First Thai Empire. It existed from 1238 till 1438...

 era, Mueang
Mueang
Mueang , 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...

Saen To was an ancient city, contemporary of Mueang Trai Trueng, Phan, Khanathi, Nakhon Chum, Thep Nakhon and Chakangrao.

Tambon Saen To, Salok Bat, Bo Tham, Yang Sung and Rahan were separated from Khlong Khlung district
Amphoe Khlong Khlung
Khlong Khlung is a district in the central part of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Kamphaeng Phet, Sai Thong Watthana, Bueng Samakkhi, Khanu Woralaksaburi, Pang Sila Thong and Khlong Lan of Kamphaeng Phet Province.-Administration:The...

 and created to form the minor district (King Amphoe) Saen To.
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Khanu Woralaksaburi is a district (Amphoe
Amphoe
An 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 Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kamphaeng Phet is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the north of the country. Neighboring provinces are Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan and Tak.- Etymology :...

, northern Thailand
Thailand
The 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


In 1987 history students from Silpakorn University
Silpakorn University
Silpakorn University is a well known government sponsored university in Thailand. The university was founded in Bangkok in 1943 by Italian-born art professor Corrado Feroci, who took the Thai name Silpa Bhirasri when he became a Thai citizen. It is the leading Thai university in the fine arts and...

 surveyed in Khanu Woralaksaburi district area. They found stone axe, clay pot and beads of the Khao Kalon community. They estimated the age of the community to be around 5,000-1,000 years before historic era.

In Sukhothai Kingdom
Sukhothai kingdom
The Sukhothai kingdom was an early kingdom in the area around the city Sukhothai, in north central Thailand. It was First Thai Empire. It existed from 1238 till 1438...

 era, Mueang
Mueang
Mueang , 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...

Saen To was an ancient city, contemporary of Mueang Trai Trueng, Phan, Khanathi, Nakhon Chum, Thep Nakhon and Chakangrao.

Tambon Saen To, Salok Bat, Bo Tham, Yang Sung and Rahan were separated from Khlong Khlung district
Amphoe Khlong Khlung
Khlong Khlung is a district in the central part of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Kamphaeng Phet, Sai Thong Watthana, Bueng Samakkhi, Khanu Woralaksaburi, Pang Sila Thong and Khlong Lan of Kamphaeng Phet Province.-Administration:The...

 and created to form the minor district (King Amphoe) Saen To. The minor district was renamed to Khanu Woralaksaburi in 1939. It was upgraded to a full district in 1947.

Geography


Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Pang Sila Thong
Amphoe Pang Sila Thong
Pang Sila Thong is the southwesternmost district of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-History:The government split Tambon Pang Ta Wai, Hin Dat and Pho Thong from Khlong Khlung district and created the minor district Pang Sila Thong on May 31, 1993...

, Khlong Khlung
Amphoe Khlong Khlung
Khlong Khlung is a district in the central part of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Kamphaeng Phet, Sai Thong Watthana, Bueng Samakkhi, Khanu Woralaksaburi, Pang Sila Thong and Khlong Lan of Kamphaeng Phet Province.-Administration:The...

, Bueng Samakkhi of Kamphaeng Phet Province, Banphot Phisai
Amphoe Banphot Phisai
Banphot Phisai is the northernmost district of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:At first, the central tambon was Tambon Ta Sang...

, Lat Yao
Amphoe Lat Yao
Lat Yao is a district of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:Originally, Lat Yao was a part of Krok Phra district. Khun Lat Boriban , the head of the Tambon developed the infrastructure of the tambon. In 1913, he proposed to the governor of Nakhon Sawan that the tambon should be...

 and Mae Wong
Amphoe Mae Wong
Mae Wong is a district in the western part of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:The minor district Mae Wong was created on April 1 1992, when the six tambon Mae Wong, Mae Le, Wang San, Khao Chon Kan, Pang Sawan and Huai Nam Hom were split off from Lat Yao district...

 of Nakhon Sawan Province
Nakhon Sawan Province
Nakhon Sawan is one of the provinces of Thailand. Neighboring Provinces are Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phetchabun, Lop Buri, Sing Buri, Chai Nat, Uthai Thani and Tak.- Etymology :...

.

Administration


The district is subdivided into 11 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 141 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 two townships (thesaban tambon) - Khanu Woralaksaburi covers parts of the tambon Yang Sung, Pa Phutsa and Saen To; and Salok Bat covers parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 11 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
Population
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...

3. Yang Sung ยางสูง 9 7,554
4. Pa Phutsa ป่าพุทรา 15 10,203
5. Saen To แสนตอ 7 7,948
6. Salokbat สลกบาตร 7 12,357
7. Bo Tham บ่อถ้ำ 18 13,452
8. Don Taeng ดอนแตง 9 5,159
9. Wang Chaphlu วังชะพลู 19 14,098
10. Khong Phai โค้งไผ่ 13 6,732
11. Pang Makha ปางมะค่า 24 17,655
12. Wang Hamhae วังหามแห 12 8,048
13. Ko Tan เกาะตาล 8 4,425

Missing numbers are district which now form Bueng Samakkhi district.

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