Amphoe Khlong Hat

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Khlong Hat
คลองหาด
Statistics
Province:	Sa Kaeo
District office:	Khlong Hat 13°26′56″N, 102°17′59″E
Area:	417.082 km²
Inhabitants:	35,360 (2005)
Pop. density:	84.8 inh./km²
Geocode:	2702
Postal code:	27260
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Khlong Hat (Thai: คลองหาด) is the southeasternmost district (Amphoe) of Sa Kaeo Province, eastern Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The area originally was a forest with plenty of Mahat or Lakooch tree (Artocarpus lakoocha) along the canals (Khlong). When people moved to settle their new village there, they named their own village Ban Khlong Mahat. Later the name was shortened to Ban Khlong Hat. In 1984 Cambodian refugees fleeing from the Civil War migrated to the area of Khlong Hat. Then Thai government separated the four subdistricts Khlong Hat, Thai Udom, Sap Makrut and Sai Diao from Watthana Nakhon district and created a minor district (King Amphoe) for better administration effective January 15 1985.^[1] Mr. Luean Lueanrangsi was the first head of the minor district. It was upgrated to a full district on May 21 1990.^[2]

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Soi Dao of Chanthaburi Province, Wang Sombun, Wang Nam Yen, Watthana Nakhon and Aranyaprathet of Sa Kaeo Province. To the east is Battambang Province of Cambodia.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 69 villages (muban). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas, and further 7 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Khlong Hat	คลองหาด	13	9,206
2.	Thai Udom	ไทยอุดม	9	4,295
3.	Sap Makrut	ซับมะกรูด	11	4,692
4.	Sai Diao	ไทรเดี่ยว	9	3,871
5.	Khlong Kai Thuean	คลองไก่เถื่อน	11	5,797
6.	Benchakhon	เบญจขร	10	4,249
7.	Sai Thong	ไทรทอง	8	3,250