Chat Trakan district
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| official_name = Chat Trakan
| native_name = ชาติตระการ
| native_name_lang= th
| settlement_type = District
| image_skyline = Chat Trakan Waterfall 03.jpg
| image_alt = Chat Trakan Waterfall
| image_caption = Chat Trakan Waterfall
| image_map = Amphoe 6503.svg
| map_caption = Amphoe location in Phitsanulok province
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Thailand
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Phitsanulok
| subdivision_type2 = Seat
| subdivision_name2 = Pa Daeng
| subdivision_type3 = Tambon
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| subdivision_type4 = Muban
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| established_title = District established
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| population_total = 38646
| population_as_of = 2005
| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:24.4|R}}
| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:1,586.2|R}}
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| blank_name_sec1 = Postal code
| blank_info_sec1 = 65170
| blank_name_sec2 = Geocode
| blank_info_sec2 = 6503
| timezone = ICT
| utc_offset = +7
| coordinates = {{coord|17|16|36|N|100|35|57|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}
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Chat Trakan ({{langx|th|ชาติตระการ}}, {{IPA|th|t͡ɕʰâːt trā.kāːn|pron}}) is the northernmost district (amphoe) of Phitsanulok province, central Thailand.
History
Mueang Chat Trakan was an ancient city of the same era as Mueang Nakhon Thai. Originally part of Nakhon Thai District, it was made a minor district (king amphoe) on 1 May 1969, consisting of the two tambon Chat Trakan and Pa Daeng.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=86|issue=42 ง|pages=1696|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอ|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2512/D/042/1696.PDF
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324104449/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2512/D/042/1696.PDF
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=March 24, 2012
|date=May 13, 1969|language=Thai}} It was upgraded to a full district on 1 April 1974.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=91|issue=54 ก special issue|pages=30–33|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอเขาวง อำเภอเชียงม่วน อำเภอดอนตาล อำเภอชาติตระการ อำเภอภูเรือ อำเภอเคียนซา อำเภอน้ำโสม อำเภอหนองวัวซอ และอำเภอน้ำยืน พ.ศ. ๒๕๑๗|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2517/A/054/30.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718004436/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2517/A/054/30.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2011|date=March 28, 1974|language=Thai}} It was a scene of conflict in the Thai–Laotian Border War (December 1987 – February 1988.)
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise) Na Haeo of Loei province, Nakhon Thai, Wang Thong, Wat Bot of Phitsanulok Province, Thong Saen Khan and Nam Pat of Uttaradit province. And to the east it borders Xaignabouli of Laos.
Chat Trakan lies within the Nan Basin, part of the Chao Phraya Watershed. The Khwae Noi River flows through Chat Trakan, as well as the lesser Kap (Thai: ลำน้ำคับ), Phak (Thai: ลำน้ำภาค) and Kleung (Thai: ลำน้ำคลึง) Rivers.
Namtok Chat Trakan National Park is in Chat Trakan District. The northeastern part of the district is in the southernmost prolongation of the Luang Prabang Range mountain area of the Thai highlands.ดร.กระมล ทองธรรมชาติ และคณะ, สังคมศึกษา ศาสนาและวัฒนธรรม ม.1, สำนักพิมพ์ อักษรเจริญทัศน์ อจท. จำกัด, 2548, หน้า 24-25 {{in lang|th}}
Administration
The district is divided into six sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 72 villages (mubans). The township (thesaban tambon) Pa Daeng covers parts of tambons Pa Daeng and Tha Sakae. There are a further six tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No.
! Name ! Thai name ! Villages ! Pop. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |1. | Pa Daeng | ป่าแดง | 12 | 7,774 | |
| |2. | Chat Trakan | ชาติตระการ | 9 | 4,608 | |
| |3. | Suan Miang | สวนเมี่ยง | 10 | 5,559 | |
| |4. | Ban Dong | บ้านดง | 10 | 7,809 | |
| |5. | Bo Phak | บ่อภาค | 16 | 7,751 | |
| |6. | Tha Sakae | ท่าสะแก | 15 | 5,145 |
Temples
There are 36 active Buddhist temples in Chat Trakan.[http://www.culture.pitlok.net/wat9.html Culture.Pitlok.net] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724005910/http://www.culture.pitlok.net/wat9.html |date=2011-07-24 }}
Economy
Chat Trakan is a district on the outskirts of Phitsanulok province, more than 90% of which is reserved forest area.
Therefore, Chat Trakan and two neighboring districts, Nakhon Thai and Wat Bot, have the lowest prosperity index in Phitsanulok, lowest household income and highest household debt.หน้า 6, ไก่–ศุภกปรณ์ กิตยาธิคุณ พิษณุโลก ก้าวไกล ลุยปลดล็อกปัญหาที่ดิน. Matichon issues 16540 vol.46 Saturday, June 24, 2023 {{in lang|th}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234140/http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?am=416&pv=36 amphoe.com] (Thai)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929110345/http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style1/default.asp?npid=140&lg=2 Namtok Chat Trakan National Park]
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