Mueang Nakhon Phanom District

Mueang Nakhon Phanom
เมืองนครพนม
Amphoe

Amphoe location in Nakhon Phanom Province
Coordinates: 17°22′2″N 104°45′38″E / 17.36722°N 104.76056°E / 17.36722; 104.76056Coordinates: 17°22′2″N 104°45′38″E / 17.36722°N 104.76056°E / 17.36722; 104.76056
Country  Thailand
Province Nakhon Phanom
Seat Nong Yat
Area
  Total 853.20 km2 (329.42 sq mi)
Population (2008)
  Total 141,997
  Density 122.7/km2 (318/sq mi)
Time zone ICT (UTC+7)
Postal code 48000
Geocode 4801

Mueang Nakhon Phanom (Thai: เมืองนครพนม) is the capital district (amphoe mueang) of Nakhon Phanom Province, northeastern Thailand.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) That Phanom, Renu Nakhon of Nakhon Phanom Province, Kusuman of Sakon Nakhon Province, Pla Pak and Tha Uthen of Nakhon Phanom Province again. To the east across the Mekong River is the Laotian province Khammouan.

History

In 1917 the district was renamed from Mueang to Nong Buek (หนองบึก).[1] In 1938 it was renamed to Mueang Nakhon Phanom.[2]

Economy

Khok Phu Kratae and Phai Lom villages in At Samat Subdistrict will be the site of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). As many as 400 families are to be evicted in the course of the project. Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, head of the junta's National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and Prime Minister, in May 2015 invoked his authority under Section 44 of the Interim Charter to announce NCPO Order No. 17/2015. The order mandates turning large areas in Tak, Mukdahan, Nong Khai, Sa Kaeo, and Trat provinces into Special Economic Zones (SEZs), where deregulation of industry and tax cuts are offered to lure investors. In addition to the pilot SEZ projects in these five provinces, more land in five other provinces, Chiang Rai, Nakhon Phanom, Kanchanaburi, Songkhla, and Narathiwat, are to be expropriated and cleared for SEZs.[3]

Administration

The district is subdivided into 15 subdistricts (tambon), which are further subdivided into 169 villages (muban). The town (thesaban mueang) Nakhon Phanom covers the whole tambon Nai Mueang and Nong Saeng and parts of tambon At Samat and Nong Yat. There are further 13 tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No. Name Thai Villages Inh.[4]
1.Nai Mueangในเมือง-16,771
2.Nong Saengหนองแสง-4,691
3.Na Saiนาทราย135,784
4.Na Rat Khwaiนาราชควาย97,277
5.Kurukhuกุรุคุ137,938
6.Ban Phuengบ้านผึ้ง2315,787
7.At Samatอาจสามารถ119,771
8.Kham Thaoขามเฒ่า118,721
9.Ban Klangบ้านกลาง138,554
10.Tha Khoท่าค้อ148,813
11.Kham Toeiคำเตย1812,135
12.Nong Yatหนองญาติ1314,372
13.Dong Khwangดงขวาง116,500
14.Wang Ta Muaวังตามัว118,302
15.Pho Takโพธิ์ตาก96,581

References

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