Phu Ruea district

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Phu Ruea

| native_name = ภูเรือ

| native_name_lang= th

| settlement_type = District

| image_skyline = Misty Mornings at Phu Ruea.jpg

| image_alt =

| image_caption =Viewpoint of Phu Ruea National Park

| image_map = Amphoe 4207.svg

| map_caption = District location in Loei province

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Thailand

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Loei

| subdivision_type2 = Seat

| subdivision_name2 = Nong Bua

| established_title = District established

| established_date = 1968

| population_total = 21182

| population_as_of = 2009

| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:23.5|R}}

| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:880.0|R}}

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| blank_name_sec1 = Postal code

| blank_info_sec1 = 42160

| blank_name_sec2 = Geocode

| blank_info_sec2 = 4207

| timezone = ICT

| utc_offset = +7

| coordinates = {{coord|17|27|18|N|101|21|48|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}

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Phu Ruea ({{langx|th|ภูเรือ}}, {{IPA|th|pʰūː rɯ̄a̯|pron}}) is a district (amphoe) in the western part of Loei province, northeastern Thailand.

History

The government split off some parts of Tha Li, Mueang Loei, and Dan Sai Districts and made them into the minor district (king amphoe) Phu Ruea on 15 October 1968 and made it a subordinate of Dan Sai.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=85|issue=944 ง|pages=3025|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอ|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2511/D/094/3025.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324104345/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2511/D/094/3025.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2012|date=October 15, 1968|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}}

Geography

The district is named after Phu Ruea, an important mountain in the area.

Neighboring districts are (from the northeast clockwise): Tha Li, Mueang Loei, Wang Saphung, Phu Luang of Loei Province; Lom Kao of Phetchabun province; and Dan Sai of Loei. To the northwest is Xaignabouli province of Laos.

To the north of the district is the Phu Ruea National Park,{{cite web|title=Phu Ruea National Park|url=http://www.dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style2/default.asp?npid=33&lg=2|website=Department of National Parks (DNP) Thailand|accessdate=2 October 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326192955/http://dnp.go.th/parkreserve/asp/style2/default.asp?npid=33&lg=2|archivedate=26 March 2016}} to the south the Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary.

The northwestern part of the district reaches the southern end 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

Administration

The district is divided into six sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 47 villages (mubans). Phu Ruea is a sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Nong Bua. There are further six tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. ! Name ! Thai ! Villages ! Pop.{{cite web\|url=http://www.dopa.go.th/xstat/p5242_01.html\|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration\|title=Population statistics 2009}}{{dead link\|date=March 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
\|1.	Nong Bua	หนองบัว	8	5,509
\|2.	Tha Sala	ท่าศาลา	7	2,746
\|3.	Rong Chik	ร่องจิก	10	4,842
\|4.	Pla Ba	ปลาบ่า	7	3,226
\|5.	Lat Khang	ลาดค่าง	6	2,078
\|6.	San Tom	สานตม	9	2,781

References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20110208074002/http://amphoe-phurua.com/ Website of district (Thai)
[http://www.amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=572&pv=53 amphoe.com] (Thai)

Phu Ruea