Amphoe Khuan Don
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| Province: | Satun |
| Area: | 199.033 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 22,552 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 113.3 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 9102 |
| Postal code: | 91160 |
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Khuan Don (Thai: ควนโดน) is a district (Amphoe) of Satun Province, southern Thailand.
[edit] History
The old name of Khuan Don was Duson (ดุสน), which was a minor district (King Amphoe) before it was merged to be a part of Mueang Satun. In 1975 the government separated Tambon Khuan Don and Khuan Sato to re-establish a minor district. It was upgraded to a full district on February 1st, 1988.
[edit] Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Mueang Satun, Tha Phae and Khuan Kalong of Satun Province, Sadao of Songkhla Province, and the state Perlis of Malaysia.
The district is located at the Malaysia-Thailand border. The border crossing is at the Wang Prachan pass-Wang Kelian pass, Perlis, Malaysia.
The important water resource is the Duson river. The area near the boundary is part of the Thale Ban National Park.
[edit] Administration
The district is subdivided into 4 communes (tambon), which are further subdivided into 30 villages (muban). The township (thesaban tambon) of Khuan Don covers parts of the tambon Khuan Don, Khuan Sato and Yan Sue. There are further 4 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO) responsible for the non-municipal areas.
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Khuan Don | ควนโดน | 9 | 8,478 | |
| 2. | Khuan Sato | ควนสตอ | 10 | 7,374 | |
| 3. | Yan Sue | ย่านซื่อ | 7 | 4,395 | |
| 4. | Wang Prachan | วังประจัน | 4 | 2,305 |
| Amphoe of Satun |  |
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| Amphoe: | Mueang Satun - Khuan Don - Khuan Kalong - Tha Phae - La-ngu - Thung Wa | ||
| King Amphoe: | Manang | ||
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