Amphoe Mueang Surin
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Mueang Surin is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Surin Province
Surin Province
Surin is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Buriram, Maha Sarakham, Roi Et and Sisaket...

, 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...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Chom Phra
Amphoe Chom Phra
Chom Phra is a district in the northern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Tha Tum, Sanom, Sikhoraphum, Khwao Sinarin and Mueang Surin of Surin Province, and Satuek of Buriram Province.-History:The minor district Chom Phra was established in 1959,...

, Khwao Sinarin, Sikhoraphum
Amphoe Sikhoraphum
Sikhoraphum is a district in the central part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sanom and Samrong Thap of Surin Province, Prang Ku of Sisaket Province, Si Narong, Lamduan, Mueang Surin, Khwao Sinarin and Chom Phra of Surin again.-Administration:The...

, Lamduan
Amphoe Lamduan
Lamduan is a district in the central part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The district goes back to the Mueang Suraphi Nathon Nikhom , which was established in 1871...

 and Prasat
Amphoe Prasat
Prasat is a district in the southern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Surin, Lamduan, Sangkha, Kap Choeng and Phanom Dong Rak of Surin Province, Ban Kruat, Prakhon Chai, Phlapphla Chai and Krasang of Buriram Province.-History:The area of...

 of Surin Province, Krasang
Amphoe Krasang
Krasang is a district in the eastern part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Phlapphla Chai, Mueang Buriram, Huai Rat, Satuek of Buriram Province and Mueang Surin of Surin Province.-History:Originally part of tambon Song Chan of Mueang Buriram...

 and Satuek
Amphoe Satuek
Satuek is a district in the northeastern part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Krasang, Huai Rat, Ban Dan, Khu Mueang, Khaen Dong of Buriram Province, Chumphon Buri, Tha Tum, Chom Phra and Amphoe Mueang Surin of Surin Province.-History:Originally a...

 of Buriram Province
Buriram Province
Buri Ram or is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Sa Kaeo, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham and Surin. To the south-east it borders Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 21 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 292 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...

). The town (thesaban mueang) Surin
Surin, Thailand
Surin is a town in Thailand, capital of Surin province. It is the site of the annual Surin Elephant Round-up. Surin has many farangs living within its Centre and Suburbs.-Etymology:...

 covers the whole tambon Nai Mueang. Mueang Thi is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Mueang Thi. There are further 20 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. Name Thai 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. Nai Mueang ในเมือง
40,295
2. Tang Chai ตั้งใจ 9 5,586
3. Phia Ram เพี้ยราม 16 7,728
4. Na Di นาดี 17 13,510
5. Tha Sawang
Tambon Tha Sawang
Tha Sawang is a subdistrict of Mueang Surin district, Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring subdistricts are Na Di, Kae Yai, Nok Mueang and Kho Kho of Amphoe Mueang Surin, Surin Province and Nong Teng, Chumsaeng and Lamduan of Krasang district, Buriram...

ท่าสว่าง 21 16,450
6. Salakdai สลักได 16 11,001
7. Ta Ong ตาอ็อง 16 10,563
9. Samrong สำโรง 15 9,275
10. Kae Yai แกใหญ่ 13 9,226
11. Nok Mueang นอกเมือง 22 30,442
12. Kho Kho คอโค 12 10,067
13. Sawai สวาย 14 13,024
14. Chaniang เฉนียง 20 11,764
16. Thenmi เทนมีย์ 14 10,941
18. Na Bua นาบัว 19 12,554
19. Mueang Thi เมืองที 14 10,741
20. Ram ราม 13 8,929
21. Bu Rue Si บุฤาษี 10 6,939
22. Trasaeng ตระแสง 12 7,291
25. Salaeng Phan แสลงพันธ์ 9 6,155
26. Ka Ko กาเกาะ 12 5,364

Missing numbers now form the district Khwao Sinrin.

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