Amphoe Na Thom
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Na Thom 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 Nakhon Phanom Province
Nakhon Phanom Province
Nakhon Phanom is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Mukdahan, Sakon Nakhon and Bueng Kan. To the north-east it borders Khammouan of Laos.-Geography:...

, 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...

.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Ban Phaeng
Amphoe Ban Phaeng
Ban Phaeng is a district in the province Nakhon Phanom in the northeast of Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Tha Uthen, Si Songkhram and Na Thom of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Bueng Khong Long of Bueng Kan Province...

 and Si Songkhram
Amphoe Si Songkhram
Si Songkhram is a district in the province Nakhon Phanom in the northeast of Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Na Thom, Ban Phaeng, Tha Uthen, Phon Sawan and Na Wa of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Akat Amnuai of Sakon Nakhon Province.The district is named after its main river, the...

 of Nakhon Phanom Province, Akat Amnuai
Amphoe Akat Amnuai
Akat Amnuai is a district of Sakon Nakhon Province, northeast Thailand.-History:The minor district Akat Amnuai was created on May 15 1963, when the four tambon Akat, Wa Yai, Phon Phaeng and Phon Ngam were split off from Wanon Niwat district...

 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...

, and Seka
Amphoe Seka
Seka is a district in the eastern part of Bueng Kan Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Phon Charoen, Si Wilai, Mueang Bueng Kan, Bung Khla, Bueng Khong Long of Bueng Kan Province, Na Thom of Nakhon Phanom Province, Akat Amnuai, Kham Ta Kla and Ban Muang of Sakon...

 and Bueng Khong Long
Amphoe Bueng Khong Long
Bueng Khong Long is a district of Bueng Kan Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district was split off from Seka district on January 7, 1986. It was upgraded to a full district on November 4, 1993.-Geography:...

 of Nong Khai Province
Nong Khai Province
Nong Khai is the northernmost of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani and Loei...

.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Na Thom was established on April 1, 1992, when three tambon were split off from Ban Phaeng district
Amphoe Ban Phaeng
Ban Phaeng is a district in the province Nakhon Phanom in the northeast of Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Tha Uthen, Si Songkhram and Na Thom of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Bueng Khong Long of Bueng Kan Province...

. It was upgraded to a full district on October 11, 1997.

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 35 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 no municipal (thesaban
Thesaban
Thesaban are the municipalities in Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities - city, town and subdistrict municipality. Both Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities outside the thesaban system....

), and 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. Na Thom นาทม 15 8,310
2. Nong Son หนองซน 12 8,331
3. Don Toei ดอนเตย 8 5,289

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