Amphoe Thung Si Udom
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Thung Si Udom 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 southwestern 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...

.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) 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...

, Nam Khun of Ubon Ratchathani Province and Kantharalak
Amphoe Kantharalak
Kantharalak is a district in the southeastern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The old name of Kantharalak was Mueang Uthumphon Phisai, controlled by Mueang Khukhan. The central office was located Ban Kan Tuat, Tambon Uthumphon Phisai...

 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:...

.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Thung Si Udom was created on April 1 1992, when 6 tambon were split off from Det Udom district
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...

. The inclusion of tambon Thung Thoeng into the new district was undone on June 1 1993. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on October 10 1997.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 5 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 52 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 5 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...

2. Nong Om หนองอ้ม 10 5,801
3. Na Kasem นาเกษม 11 5,338
4. Kut Ruea กุดเรือ 10 5,795
5. Khok Chamrae โคกชำแระ 10 5,661
6. Na Hom นาห่อม 11 4,391

Geocode 1 was assigned to Thung Thoeng, which was returned to Det Udom district

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