Sam Roi Yot District

Sam Roi Yot
สามร้อยยอด
Amphoe

Rai Mai (ไร่ใหม่), Sam Roi Yot District

Amphoe location in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province
Coordinates: 12°16′14″N 99°52′19″E / 12.27056°N 99.87194°E / 12.27056; 99.87194Coordinates: 12°16′14″N 99°52′19″E / 12.27056°N 99.87194°E / 12.27056; 99.87194
Country  Thailand
Province Prachuap Khiri Khan
Tambon 5
Muban 41
Amphoe established 1995
Area
 • Total 871.9 km2 (336.6 sq mi)
Population (2014)
 • Total 48,223
 • Density 54.87/km2 (142.1/sq mi)
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
Postal code 77180
Geocode 7708

Sam Roi Yot (Thai: สามร้อยยอด; lit. "three hundred spires") is a district (amphoe) in the northern part of Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, central Thailand. The name "Sam Roi Yot" literally means "300 peaks".

History

The minor district (king amphoe) Sam Roi Yot was created on 1 April 1995 by splitting the tambon Rai Kao, Sila Loi and Sam Roi Yot from Pran Buri District.[1]

On 7 September 1995 tambon Sala Lai was created by splitting off six muban from Rai Kao.[2] On 1 January 1996 the tambon Rai Mai was reassigned from Kui Buri District to the minor district.[3]

On 15 May 2007, all of the 81 minor districts were to be upgraded to full districts.[4] With publication in the Royal Gazette on 24 August, the upgrade became official.[5]

The British diplomat John Crawfurd visited the area in 1822 during the mission described in his book Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China: Exhibiting a View of the Actual State of Those Kingdoms. He reported that it was then already called Sam Roi Yot and described the view of the coast as "novel and imposing".[6]

Geography

Neighbouring districts are Pran Buri to the north and Kui Buri to the south. To the west is the Tanintharyi Division of Myanmar, to the east the Gulf of Thailand.

At the shore to the gulf is the Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, which was the first coastal national park of Thailand established in 1966.[7]

Administration

Central administration

The district Sam Roi Yot is subdivided into five subdistricts (Tambon), which are further subdivided into 41 administrative villages (Muban).

No. Name Thai Villages Pop.[8]
1.Sam Roi Yotสามร้อยยอด97,461
2.Sila Loiศิลาลอย910,918
3.Rai Kaoไร่เก่า813,311
4.Salalaiศาลาลัย87,357
5.Rai Maiไร่ใหม่79,176

Local administration

There are two subdistrict municipalities (Thesaban Tambon) in the district:

There are five subdistrict administrative organizations (SAO) in the district:


References

  1. ↑ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง แบ่งเขตท้องที่อำเภอปราณบุรี จังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์ ตั้งเป็นกิ่งอำเภอสามร้อยยอด (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai) 112 (Special 9 ง): 66. March 22, 1995.
  2. ↑ ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง ตั้งและกำหนดเขตตำบลในท้องที่อำเภอสามร้อยยอด จังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai) 112 (91 ง): 59–67. November 14, 1995.
  3. ↑ พระราชกฤษฎีกาเปลี่ยนเขตอำเภอกุยบุรีกับกิ่งอำเภอสามร้อยยอด อำเภอปราณบุรี จังหวัดประจวบคีรีขันธ์ พ.ศ. ๒๕๓๘ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai) 112 (58 ก): 28–29. December 31, 1995.
  4. ↑ แถลงผลการประชุม ครม. ประจำวันที่ 15 พ.ค. 2550 (in Thai). Manager Online.
  5. ↑ พระราชกฤษฎีกาตั้งอำเภอฆ้องชัย...และอำเภอเหล่าเสือโก้ก พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๐ (PDF). Royal Gazette (in Thai) 124 (46 ก): 14–21. August 24, 2007.
  6. ↑ Crawfurd, John (1830). Journal of an embassy from the Governor-General of India to the courts of Siam and Cochin-China : exhibiting a view of the actual state of those kingdoms. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 194.
  7. ↑ "Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park". Department of National Parks (DNP) Thailand. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Population statistics 2014" (in Thai). Department of Provincial Administration. Retrieved 2015-09-02.

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