Amphoe Kut Bak
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Kut Bak 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...

) 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...

, 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...

.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Nikhom Nam Un
Amphoe Nikhom Nam Un
Nikhom Nam Un is a district in the western part of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Waritchaphum, Phanna Nikhom and Kut Bak of Sakon Nakhon Province, and Wang Sam Mo of Udon Thani Province.-History:In 1969 the Nam Un dam was built in Phang Khon...

, Phanna Nikhom
Amphoe Phanna Nikhom
-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Sakon Nakhon, Kut Bak, Nikhom Nam Un, Waritchaphum, Phang Khon, Wanon Niwat and Akat Amnuai of Sakon Nakhon Province, and Na Wa of Nakhon Phanom Province.-History:...

, Mueang Sakon Nakhon
Amphoe Mueang Sakon Nakhon
Mueang Sakon Nakhon is the capital district of Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Na Wa of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Kusuman, Phon Na Kaeo, Khok Si Suphan, Tao Ngoi, Phu Phan, Kut Bak and Phanna Nikhom of Sakon Nakhon Province.To the northeast of the district...

 and Phu Phan
Amphoe Phu Phan
Phu Phan is a district of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on April 30 1994, when the three tambon Sang Kho, Lup Lao and Khok Phu were split off from Kut Bak district. The tambon Kok Pla Sio was added from Mueang Sakon Nakhon district in 1996...

 of Sakon Nakhon Province, Kham Muang
Amphoe Kham Muang
Kham Muang is the northernmost district of Kalasin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Somdet, Sahatsakhan, Sam Chai of Kalasin Province, Wang Sam Mo of Udon Thani Province, Kut Bak and Phu Phan of Sakon Nakhon Province.-History:The minor district was...

 of Kalasin Province
Kalasin Province
Kalasin is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Sakon Nakhon, Mukdahan, Roi Et, Maha Sarakham, Khon Kaen and Udon Thani.-Geography:...

 and Wang Sam Mo
Amphoe Wang Sam Mo
Wang Sam Mo is a district in the southeastern part of Udon Thani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Si That and Chai Wan of Udon Thani Province, Waritchaphum, Nikhom Nam Un and Kut Bak of Sakon Nakhon Province and Kham Muang, Sam Chai and Nong Kung Si and Tha...

 of Udon Thani Province
Udon Thani Province
Udon Thani is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Nong Bua Lamphu and Loei.- Geography :...

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History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was created on February 1 1964, when the three tambon Kut Bak, Khok Phu and Na Mong were split off from Mueang Sakon Nakhon district
Amphoe Mueang Sakon Nakhon
Mueang Sakon Nakhon is the capital district of Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Na Wa of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Kusuman, Phon Na Kaeo, Khok Si Suphan, Tao Ngoi, Phu Phan, Kut Bak and Phanna Nikhom of Sakon Nakhon Province.To the northeast of the district...

. It was upgraded to a full district on November 14 1967.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 3 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 38 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...

). Kut Bak is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Kut Bak. There are further 3 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. Kut Bak กุดบาก 10 10,687
3. Na Mong นาม่อง 17 11,918
5. Kut Hai กุดไห 11 9,228

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Phu Phan district.

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