Amphoe Khiri Mat
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Khiri Mat is the southernmost 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 Sukhothai Province
Sukhothai Province
Sukhothai is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phrae, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, and Lampang...

, northern 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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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the northwest clockwise) Ban Dan Lan Hoi
Amphoe Ban Dan Lan Hoi
Ban Dan Lan Hoi is a district in the western part of Sukhothai Province, northern Thailand.- History :In the Sukhothai era, the district area was the western camp of Patrol soldiers. The village located nearby the camp was called Ban Lan Khoi...

, Mueang Sukhothai
Amphoe Mueang Sukhothai
Mueang Sukhothai is the capital district of Sukhothai Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Kong Krailat, Khiri Mat, Ban Dan Lan Hoi and Si Samrong of Sukhothai Province and Phrom Phiram of Phitsanulok Province.The important water resource is the Yom...

 and Kong Krailat
Amphoe Kong Krailat
Kong Krailat is a district in the southeastern part of Sukhothai Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are : Khiri Mat and Mueang Sukhothai of Sukhothai Province, Phrom Phiram and Bang Rakam of Phitsanulok Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided into 11...

 of Sukhothai Province, Bang Rakam
Amphoe Bang Rakam
Bang Rakam is a district in the western part of Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand.-History:The district was established on December 10, 1905, then named Chum Saeng district. Khun Phadet Prachadun was the first district head officer...

 of Phitsanulok Province
Phitsanulok Province
Phitsanulok is a provinces of Thailand, located in the north. Neighboring provinces are Loei, Phetchabun, Phichit, Kamphaeng Phet, Sukhothai, Uttaradit. In the north-east it also has a short border with Xaignabouli of Laos....

 and Phran Kratai
Amphoe Phran Kratai
Phran Kratai is the northernmost district of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-History:The name of the district translates to Rabbit Hunter and refers to a local legend. A hunter surveyed southward to seek a strategic location to build a frontier city for Sukhothai Kingdom...

 of Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kamphaeng Phet is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the north of the country. Neighboring provinces are Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan and Tak.- Etymology :...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 10 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 101 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...

). There are two townships (thesaban tambon) - Tanot covers parts of tambon Tanot, and Thung Luang the whole tambon Thung Luang. There are further 9 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. Tanot โตนด 17 9,344
2. Thung Luang ทุ่งหลวง 13 7,807
3. Ban Pom บ้านป้อม 9 4,917
4. Sam Phuang สามพวง 10 5,105
5. Si Khiri Mat ศรีคีรีมาศ 11 5,203
6. Nong Chik หนองจิก 12 7,946
7. Na Choeng Khiri นาเชิงคีรี 10 5,776
8. Nong Krading หนองกระดิ่ง 6 3,418
9. Ban Nam Phu บ้านน้ำพุ 8 5,017
10. Thung Yang Mueang ทุ่งยางเมือง 5 2,052

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