Amphoe Sila Lat
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Sila Lat 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 northwestern part 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:...

, 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...

.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was established on July 1, 1997, when four tambon were split off from Rasi Salai district
Amphoe Rasi Salai
Rasi Salai is a district in the northern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.- Geography :Neighboring districts are Phanom Phrai of Roi Et Province, Sila Lat of Sisaket Province, Maha Chana Chai and Kho Wang of Yasothon Province, Yang Chum Noi, Mueang Sisaket, Uthumphon Phisai and...

.

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 south clockwise) Rasi Salai
Amphoe Rasi Salai
Rasi Salai is a district in the northern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.- Geography :Neighboring districts are Phanom Phrai of Roi Et Province, Sila Lat of Sisaket Province, Maha Chana Chai and Kho Wang of Yasothon Province, Yang Chum Noi, Mueang Sisaket, Uthumphon Phisai and...

 of Sisaket Province, Phon Sai
Amphoe Phon Sai
Phon Sai is a district in the southeastern part of Roi Et Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Suwannaphum and Nong Hi of Roi Et Province, Sila Lat and Rasi Salai of Sisaket Province and Rattanaburi of Surin Province.-History:The minor district Phon Sai was...

, Nong Hi
Amphoe Nong Hi
-Geography:Neighboring districts are Phon Sai, Suwannaphum and Phanom Phrai of Roi Et Province, and Sila Lat of Sisaket Province.-History:...

 and Phanom Phrai
Amphoe Phanom Phrai
Phanom Phrai is a district in the southeastern part of Roi Et Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Nong Hi, Suwannaphum, At Samat, Selaphum of Roi Et Province, Mueang Yasothon, Kham Khuean Kaeo, Maha Chana Chai of Yasothon Province and Sila Lat of Sisaket...

 of Roi Et Province
Roi Et Province
Roi Et is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring Provinces are Kalasin, Mukdahan, Yasothon, Sisaket, Surin and Maha Sarakham....

, and Maha Chana Chai
Amphoe Maha Chana Chai
-History:In 1859, Prince Thao Puttakhamphun founded a new city in the vicinity of the village of Woen Chai beside the Chi River, which he named Mueang Han Chai Cham Na In 1863, King Rama IV renamed the town Mueang Maha Chana Chai The town became a district of...

 of Yasothon Province
Yasothon Province
Yasothon is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand on the Chi River. Neighboring provinces are Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Sisaket and Roi Et.-Geography:...

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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 44 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. Kung กุง 14 8,181
2. Khli Kling คลีกลิ้ง 11 5,439
3. Nong Bua Dong หนองบัวดง 9 4,530
4. Chot Muang โจดม่วง 10 2,707
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