Phon Sawan district

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| official_name = Phon Sawan

| native_name = โพนสวรรค์

| native_name_lang = th

| settlement_type = District

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| image_map = Amphoe 4810.svg

| map_caption = District location in Nakhon Phanom province

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Thailand}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Nakhon Phanom

| subdivision_type2 = Seat

| subdivision_name2 = Phon Sawan

| subdivision_type3 = Subdistrict

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| subdivision_type4 = Muban

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| established_title = District established

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| population_total = 54352

| population_as_of = 2005

| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:75.6|R}}

| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:718.835|R}}

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| blank_name_sec1 = Postal code

| blank_info_sec1 = 48190

| blank_name_sec2 = Geocode

| blank_info_sec2 = 4810

| timezone = ICT

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| coordinates = {{coord|17|27|23|N|104|28|7|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}

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Phon Sawan ({{langx|th|โพนสวรรค์}}, {{IPA|th|pʰōːn sā.wǎn|pron}}; {{langx|tts|โพนสวรรค์}}, {{IPA|tts|pʰôːn sā.wǎn|pron}}) is a district (amphoe) in Nakhon Phanom province, northeast Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Na Wa, Si Songkhram, Tha Uthen, and Mueang Nakhon Phanom of Nakhon Phanom Province, and Kusuman of Sakon Nakhon province.

History

The minor district (king amphoe) was established on 7 January 1986, when the five tambons, Phon Sawan, Na Hua Bo, Na Khamin, Phon Bok, and Ban Kho, were split off from Tha Uthen district.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=103|issue=9 ง|pages=160|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอท่าอุเทน จังหวัดนครพนม ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอโพนสวรรค์|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2529/D/009/160.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309161433/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2529/D/009/160.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2012|date=January 21, 1986|language=Thai}} It was upgraded to a full district on 9 May 1992.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=109|issue=45 ก|pages=27–29|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอสอยดาว อำเภอโพนสวรรค์ อำเภอบางขัน อำเภอหว้านใหญ่ อำเภอเมืองปาน อำเภอภูหลวง อำเภอโคกศรีสุพรรณ และอำเภอสำโรง พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๕|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/A/045/27.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214095908/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/A/045/27.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2012|date=April 9, 1992|language=Thai}}

Administration

The district is divided into seven sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 86 villages (mubans). Phon Sawan has township (thesaban tambon) status and covers part of tambons Phon Sawan and Phon Chan. There are a further seven tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No. ! Name ! Thai name ! Villages ! Pop.
\|1.	Phon Sawan	โพนสวรรค์	13	9,982
\|2.	Na Hua Bo	นาหัวบ่อ	9	5,468
\|3.	Na Khamin	นาขมิ้น	16	8,849
\|4.	Phon Bok	โพนบก	10	5,895
\|5.	Ban Kho	บ้านค้อ	18	12,311
\|6.	Phon Chan	โพนจาน	12	7,548
\|7.	Na Nai	นาใน	8	4,299

References

External links

[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=213&pv=19 amphoe.com]

Phon Sawan