Amphoe Khiri Rat Nikhom

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Khiri Rat Nikhom
คีรีรัฐนิคม
Statistics
Province: Surat Thani
District office: Tha Khanon
9°1′48″N, 98°57′12″E
Area: 812.3 km²
Inhabitants: 39,957 (2005)
Pop. density: 49.2 inh./km²
Geocode: 8408
Postal code: 84180
Map
Map of Surat Thani, Thailand highlighting Khiri Rat Nikhom

Khiri Rat Nikhom (Thai: คีรีรัฐนิคม) is a district (Amphoe) in the west of Surat Thani Province of southern Thailand.

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[edit] Geography

The western part of the district is located within the hills of the Phuket mountain range, while to the east the terrain is mostly flat. The main rivers are the Phum Duang and Yan river.

Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Vibhavadi, Phunphin, Khian Sa, Phanom and Ban Ta Khun.

[edit] History

The town was first mentioned during the reign of King Mongkut (Rama IV), when it was a minor mueang under Takua Pa and part of the Nakhon Si Thammarat kingdom. During the thesaphiban administrative reforms in the 1890s it became a district within the province Chaiya, the present day Surat Thani.

In 1917 the district was renamed to Tha Khanon (ท่าขนอน), as the district office was located within that area.[1] On April 12 1961 the name was changed back to the historical name.[2]

[edit] Traffic

Khiri Rat Nikhom is the endpoint of a branch of the southern railway, originally scheduled to run till Phuket but construction was stopped in 1956.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 84 villages (muban). Tha Khanon has subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) status and covers parts of tambon Tha Khanon. Each of the 8 tambon is administrated by a Tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1. Tha Khanon ท่าขนอน 15 7,308
2. Ban Yang บ้านยาง 11 3,717
3. Nam Hak น้ำหัก 10 3,930
6. Kapao กะเปา 10 3,498
7. Tha Kradan ท่ากระดาน 9 3,027
8. Yan Yao ย่านยาว 10 4,402
9. Tham Singkhon ถ้ำสิงขร 10 4,415
10. Ban Thamniap บ้านทำเนียบ 9 9,660
 
Map of Tambon

The missing numbers 4 and 5 belong to the tambon which were split off to form King Amphoe Vibhavadi.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนชื่ออำเภอ" (in Thai) (April 29 1917). Royal Gazette 34 (0 ก): 40–68. 
  2. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนชื่ออำเภอและตำบลบางแห่ง พ.ศ. ๒๕๐๔" (in Thai) (April 11 1961). Royal Gazette 78 (33 ก): 382-. 

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