Amphoe Hua Taphan
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Hua Taphan is a district (amphoe
Amphoe
An amphoe is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as district, amphoe make up the provinces, and are analogous to a county seat...

) of Amnat Charoen Province
Amnat Charoen Province
Amnat Charoen is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ubon Ratchathani, Yasothon and Mukdahan. To the east it borders Salavan of Laos.-Geography:...

, northeastern Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was established on August 15 1967, when the four tambon Hua Taphan, Kham Phra, Nong Kaeo and Kheng Yai were split off from Amnat Charoen district
Amphoe Mueang Amnat Charoen
Mueang Amnat Charoen is the capital district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Originally Amnat Charoen was a Mueang under Mueang Khemarat. In the thesaphiban administrative reforms around 1900 it was reassigned to Ubon Ratchathani and converted into a district. It was...

. It was upgraded to a full district on November 17 1971. In 1993 it was one of the district which formed the new province Amnat Charoen.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Mueang Amnat Charoen
Amphoe Mueang Amnat Charoen
Mueang Amnat Charoen is the capital district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Originally Amnat Charoen was a Mueang under Mueang Khemarat. In the thesaphiban administrative reforms around 1900 it was reassigned to Ubon Ratchathani and converted into a district. It was...

 and Lue Amnat
Amphoe Lue Amnat
Lue Amnat is a district in the southern part of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Hua Taphan, Mueang Amnat Charoen, Phana of Amnat Charoen Province, and Muang Sam Sip of Ubon Ratchathani Province.-History:The minor district was created onApril 1...

 of Amnat Charoen Province, Muang Sam Sip
Amphoe Muang Sam Sip
Muang Sam Sip is a district in the northwestern part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:In 1909 the government merged Kasem Sima and Utarupala Nikhom districts together and named the new district Utara Ubon. 4 years later, the district name was changed back to Kasem Sima...

 and Khueang Nai
Amphoe Khueang Nai
Khueang Nai is a district in the northwestern part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Muang Sam Sip, Mueang Ubon Ratchathani of Ubon Ratchathani province, Kanthararom, Yang Chum Noi of Sisaket Province, Kho Wang, Maha Chana Chai, Kham Khuean...

 of Ubon Ratchathani Province
Ubon Ratchathani Province
-History:The area was part of the Khmer Empire. Before the late eighteenth century, this area evidently was outside Siamese or Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom....

, and Kham Khuean Kaeo
Amphoe Kham Khuean Kaeo
Kham Khuean Kaeo is a district of Yasothon Province in northeastern Thailand.-History:In 1917, the district was renamed to Lumphuk after its central subdistrict...

 and Pa Tio
Amphoe Pa Tio
-History:Around 1889 there was an influx of Lao settlers into the Isan region after a large area of Thailand east of the Mekong River was ceded to the French. Among the villages established in this migration was Ban Pa Tio....

 of Yasothon Province
Yasothon Province
Yasothon is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand on the Chi River. Neighboring provinces are Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Sisaket and Roi Et.-Geography:...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 8 subdistricts (tambon
Tambon
Tambon is a local government unit in Thailand. Below district and province , they form the third administrative subdivision level. As of the 2009 there are 7255 tambon, not including the 169 khwaeng of Bangkok, which are set at the same administrative level, thus every district contains 8-10 tambon...

), which are further subdivided into 85 villages (muban
Muban
Muban is the lowest administrative subdivision of Thailand. Usually translated as village, they are the subdivision of tambon. As of 2008, there are 74944 administrative villages in Thailand. As of the 1990 census, the average village consisted of 144 households or 746 persons.A muban does not...

). Hua Taphan is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Hua Taphan, Nong Kaeo and Rattanawari. There are further 7 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).
No. Name Thai name Villages Inh.
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

1. Hua Taphan หัวตะพาน 9 6,220
2. Kham Phra คำพระ 12 6,882
3. Kheng Yai เค็งใหญ่ 10 6,186
4. Nong Kaeo หนองแก้ว 10 4,396
5. Phon Mueang Noi โพนเมืองน้อย 12 7,086
6. Sang Tho Noi สร้างถ่อน้อย 13 8,111
7. Chik Du จิกดู่ 12 7,019
8. Rattanawari รัตนวารี 7 4,624

Education

In Hua Taphan District, there are three schools: Anubarn Hua Taphan (Primary School), Hua Taphan Wittayakom (Secondary School) and Hua Taphan Vocational College.

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