Amphoe Warin Chamrap
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| Province: | Ubon Ratchathani |
| District office: | Warin Chamrap |
| Area: | 691.0 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 156,355 (2005) |
| Pop. density: | 226.3 inh./km² |
| Geocode: | 3415 |
| Postal code: | 34190 |
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Warin Chamrap (Thai: วารินชำราบ) is a district (Amphoe) in the western part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.
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[edit] Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Ubon Ratchathani, Sawang Wirawong, Na Yia, Det Udom, Samrong of Ubon Ratchathani Province and Kanthararom of Sisaket Province.
The important water resource is the Mun River.
[edit] History
In 1913 the district was renamed from Thaksin Ubon (ทักษิณอุบล) to Warin Chamrap.[1]
[edit] Education
Ubon Ratchathani University is located in Warin Chamrap district.
[edit] Administration
The district is subdivided into 16 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 185 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Warin Chamrap covers the whole tambon Warin Chamrap. There are two more townships (thesaban tambon) - Saen Suk covers the whole tambon Saen Suk, and Huai Kha Yung covers parts of tambon Huai Kha Yung. There are further 15 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
| No. | Name | Thai name | Villages | Inh. | |
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| 1. | Warin Chamrap | วารินชำราบ | - | 30,725 | |
| 2. | That | ธาตุ | 10 | 5,372 | |
| 4. | Tha Lat | ท่าลาด | 12 | 6,940 | |
| 5. | Non Non | โนนโหนน | 12 | 6,435 | |
| 7. | Khu Mueang | คูเมือง | 12 | 7,436 | |
| 8. | Sa Saming | สระสมิง | 16 | 7,795 | |
| 10. | Kham Nam Saep | คำน้ำแซบ | 9 | 8,412 | |
| 11. | Bung Wai | บุ่งหวาย | 20 | 10,390 | |
| 15. | Kham Khwang | คำขวาง | 8 | 7,263 | |
| 16. | Pho Yai | โพธิ์ใหญ่ | 13 | 7,476 | |
| 18. | Saen Suk | แสนสุข | 20 | 22,375 | |
| 20. | Nong Kin Phen | หนองกินเพล | 9 | 6,704 | |
| 21. | Non Phueng | โนนผึ้ง | 10 | 6,653 | |
| 22. | Mueang Si Khai | เมืองศรีไค | 10 | 8,071 | |
| 24. | Huai Khayung | ห้วยขะยูง | 13 | 6,443 | |
| 26. | Bung Mai | บุ่งไหม | 11 | 7,865 |
Missing numbers are tambon which now form the districts Samrong and Sawang Wirawong.
[edit] References
- ^ "แจ้งความกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง เปลี่ยนนามอำเภอ" (in Thai) (October 12 1913). Royal Gazette 30 (0 ง): 1536–1537.
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