So Phisai district

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| official_name = So Phisai

| native_name = โซ่พิสัย

| native_name_lang= th

| settlement_type = District

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| image_map = Amphoe 3803.svg

| map_caption = District location in Bueng Kan province

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Thailand

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Bueng Kan

| subdivision_type2 = Seat

| subdivision_name2 = So

| subdivision_type3 = Tambons

| subdivision_name3 = 7

| subdivision_type4 = Mubans

| subdivision_name4 = 89

| established_title = District established

| established_date = 1972

| population_total = 69450

| population_as_of = 2010

| population_density_km2 = {{formatnum:68.6|R}}

| area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:985.262|R}}

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| blank_name_sec1 = Postal code

| blank_info_sec1 = 38170

| blank_name_sec2 = Geocode

| blank_info_sec2 = 3803

| timezone = ICT

| utc_offset = +7

| coordinates = {{coord|18|4|42|N|103|26|36|E|type:adm2nd_region:TH|display=inline,title}}

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So Phisai ({{langx|th|โซ่พิสัย}}, {{IPA|th|sôː pʰí.sǎj|pron}}) is a district (amphoe) of Bueng Kan province, northeastern Thailand.

History

The minor district (king amphoe) So Phisai was established on 1 March 1972, when the three tambons So, Si Chomphu, and Nong Phan Tha were split off from Phon Phisai district.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=89|issue=31 ง special|pages=9|script-title=th:ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งท้องที่อำเภอโพนพิสัย จังหวัดหนองคาย ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอโซ่พิสัย|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2515/D/031/9.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309155709/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2515/D/031/9.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 9, 2012|date=March 1, 1972|language=th}} It was upgraded to a full district on 13 April 1977.{{cite journal|journal=Royal Gazette|volume=98|issue=31 ก|pages=326–330|script-title=th:พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอปลายพระยา อำเภอห้วยเม็ก อำเภอละแม อำเภอแม่จริม อำเภอหนองกี่ อำเภอโคกปีบ อำเภอเกาะพะงัน อำเภอสนม อำเภอโซ่พิสัย อำเภอโนนสะอาด และอำเภอนาจะหลวย พ.ศ. ๒๕๒๐|url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2520/A/031/326.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203095705/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2520/A/031/326.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2008|date=April 12, 1977|language=th}}

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Fao Rai and Rattanawapi of Nong Khai province; Pak Khat, Mueang Bueng Kan, and Phon Charoen of Bueng Kan Province; and Ban Muang of Sakon Nakhon province.

Administration

The district is divided into seven sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 89 villages (mubans). So Phisai is a sub-district municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon So. There are a further seven tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. ! Name ! Villages ! Thai ! Pop.{{cite web\|url=http://203.113.86.149/xstat/p5343_01.html\|publisher=Department of Provincial Administration\|title=Population statistics 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910084115/http://203.113.86.149/xstat/p5343_01.html\|archive-date=2011-09-10}}
\|1.	So	โซ่	17	16,589
\|2.	Nong Phan Tha	หนองพันทา	11	{{0}}8,659
\|3.	Si Chomphu	ศรีชมภู	15	12,165
\|4.	Kham Kaeo	คำแก้ว	13	{{0}}9,576
\|5.	Bua Tum	บัวตูม	13	{{0}}9,383
\|6.	Tham Charoen	ถ้ำเจริญ	11	{{0}}7,757
\|7.	Lao Thong	เหล่าทอง	9	{{0}}5,321

References

External links

[http://amphoe.com/menu.php?mid=1&am=739&pv=68 amphoe.com]

Category:Districts of Bueng Kan province