Amphoe Sawang Wirawong
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Sawang Wirawong 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 central 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

Sawang Wirawong was separated 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...

 to create a minor district (King Amphoe) on April 1 1995.

Following a decision of the Thai government on May 15, 2007, all of the 81 minor districts were to be upgraded to full districts. With the publishing in the Royal Gazette on August 24, the upgrade became official.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Don Mot Daeng
Amphoe Don Mot Daeng
Don Mot Daeng is a district in the central part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.The district is named after the island Don Mot Daeng in the Mun River.-History:...

, Tan Sum
Amphoe Tan Sum
Tan Sum is a district in the central part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district Tan Sum was created on September 18 1978, when the three tambon Tan Sum, Samrong and Chik Thoeng were split off from Phibun Mangsahan district...

, Phibun Mangsahan
Amphoe Phibun Mangsahan
Phibun Mangsahan is a district in the central part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Buntharik, Det Udom, Na Yia, Sawang Wirawong, Tan Sum, Si Mueang Mai, Khong Chiam and Sirindhorn of Ubon Ratchathani Province.-History:Originally named...

, Na Yia
Amphoe Na Yia
Na Yia is a district in the central part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Na Yia was separated from Det Udom district to create a minor district on May 31 1993....

, 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...

 and Mueang Ubon Ratchathani
Amphoe Mueang Ubon Ratchathani
Mueang Ubon Ratchathani is the capital district of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The district was originally named Buphapala Nikhom...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 4 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 53 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 4 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. Kaeng Dom แก่งโดม 11 5,300
2. Tha Chang ท่าช้าง 18 10,119
3. Bung Malaeng บุ่งมะแลง 12 6,978
4. Sawang สว่าง 12 7,773

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