Amphoe Mae Poen

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Mae Poen
แม่เปิน
Statistics
Province: Nakhon Sawan
District office: Mae Poen
15°39′28″N, 99°28′9″E
Area: 260.2 km²
Inhabitants: 19,730 (2005)
Pop. density: 75.8 inh./km²
Geocode: 6014
Postal code: 60150
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Map of Nakhon Sawan, Thailand highlighting Mae Poen

Mae Poen (Thai: แม่เปิน) is a district (Amphoe) in the western part of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.

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[edit] History

Tambon Mae Poen was separated from Lat Yao district to become a minor district (King Amphoe) on July 15th, 1996[1].

Following a decision of the Thai government on May 15 2007, all of the 81 minor districts were to be upgraded to full districts[2]. With the publishing in the Royal Gazette on August 24 the upgrade became official [3].

[edit] Geography

Neighboring district are (from the north clockwise) Mae Wong and Chum Ta Bong of Nakhon Sawan Province, Lan Sak and Ban Rai of Uthai Thani Province, and Umphang of Tak Province.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into a single subdistrict (tambon), which is further subdivided into 24 villages (muban). There are no municipal (thesaban) areas, and a single Tambon administrative organization (TAO).

No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
1. Mae Poen แม่เปิน 24 19,730

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอลาดยาว จังหวัดนครสวรรค์ ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอแม่เปิน" (in Thai) (June 15 1996). Royal Gazette 113 (Special 18 ง): 15. 
  2. ^ "แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550", Manager Online. (Thai) 
  3. ^ "พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอฆ้องชัย...และอำเภอเหล่าเสือโก้ก พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐" (in Thai) (August 24 2007). Royal Gazette 124 (46 ก): 14–21. 

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