Amphoe Samrong
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Samrong 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 western part of Ubon Ratchathani Province
Ubon Ratchathani Province
-History:The area was part of the Khmer Empire. Before the late eighteenth century, this area evidently was outside Siamese or Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom....

, 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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History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Samrong was created on April 15 1985, when the six tambon Samrong, Khok Kong, Nong Hai, Kho Noi, Non Ka Len and Khok Sawang were split off from Warin Chamrap district
Amphoe Warin Chamrap
Warin Chamrap is a district in the western part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Ubon Ratchathani, Sawang Wirawong, Na Yia, Det Udom, Samrong of Ubon Ratchathani Province and Kanthararom of Sisaket Province.The important water...

. It was upgraded to a full district on May 9, 1992.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Warin Chamrap
Amphoe Warin Chamrap
Warin Chamrap is a district in the western part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Ubon Ratchathani, Sawang Wirawong, Na Yia, Det Udom, Samrong of Ubon Ratchathani Province and Kanthararom of Sisaket Province.The important water...

, Det Udom
Amphoe Det Udom
Det Udom is a district in the southern part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Samrong, Warin Chamrap, Na Yia, Phibun Mangsahan, Buntharik, Na Chaluai, Nam Yuen, Nam Khun, Thung Si Udom of Ubon Ratchathani Province and Benchalak of Sisaket...

 of Ubon Ratchathani Province, Non Khun
Amphoe Non Khun
Non Khun is a district in the eastern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Benchalak, Nam Kliang and Kanthararom of Sisaket Province, and Samrong of Ubon Ratchathani Province.-History:Non Khun was created as a minor district under Kanthararom...

 and Kanthararom
Amphoe Kanthararom
Kanthararom is a district in the northeastern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The district was established in 1897, then named Uthai Sisaket . It was renamed to Kanthararom in 1913...

 of Sisaket Province
Sisaket Province
Sisaket , is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Surin, Roi Et, Yasothon and Ubon Ratchathani. To the south it borders Oddar Meancheay and Preah Vihear of Cambodia.-Geography:...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 9 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 111 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....

) areas, and 9 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. Samrong สำโรง 15 6,690
2. Khok Kong โคกก่อง 17 5,703
3. Nong Hai หนองไฮ 12 6,250
4. Kho Noi ค้อน้อย 17 7,678
5. Non Ka Len โนนกาเล็น 12 7,563
6. Khok Sawang โคกสว่าง 12 7,905
7. Non Klang โนนกลาง 10 4,366
8. Bon บอน 7 3,268
9. Kham Pom ขามป้อม 9 2,536

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