Amphoe Sung Men

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Sung Men
สูงเม่น
Statistics
Province:	Phrae
District office:	Sung Men 18°3′7″N, 100°6′42″E
Area:	375.0 km²
Inhabitants:	80,129 (2005)
Pop. density:	213.7 inh./km²
Geocode:	5404
Postal code:	54130
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Sung Men (Thai: สูงเม่น) is a district (Amphoe) of Phrae Province, northern Thailand.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

In 1903 the district name was Mae Phuak (แม่พวก) and was centered in Ban Sung Men.^[1] The government changed the district name to Sung Men in 1917.^[2]

[edit] Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Den Chai, Long, Mueang Phrae of Phrae Province, Tha Pla and Mueang Uttaradit of Uttaradit Province.

The important water resource is the Yom River.

[edit] Administration

The district is subdivided into 12 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 109 villages (muban). The townships (thesaban tambon) Sung Men covers parts of tambon Sung Men. There are further 12 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai name	Villages	Inh.
1.	Sung Men	สูงเม่น	9	7,711
2.	Nam Cham	น้ำชำ	15	10,094
3.	Hua Fai	หัวฝาย	13	10,610
4.	Don Mun	ดอนมูล	10	7,701
5.	Ban Lao	บ้านเหล่า	9	5,885
6.	Ban Kwang	บ้านกวาง	6	3,496
7.	Ban Pong	บ้านปง	6	5,151
8.	Ban Kat	บ้านกาศ	7	3,427
9.	Rong Kat	ร่องกาศ	11	7,641
10.	Sop Sai	สบสาย	6	3,891
11.	Wiang Thong	เวียงทอง	12	10,485
12.	Phra Luang	พระหลวง	5	4,037