Amphoe Lat Yao
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Lat Yao 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 Nakhon Sawan Province
Nakhon Sawan Province
Nakhon Sawan is one of the provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phetchabun, Lop Buri, Sing Buri, Chai Nat, Uthai Thani and Tak.- Etymology :...

, 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...

.

History

Originally, Lat Yao was a part of Krok Phra district
Amphoe Krok Phra
Krok Phra is a district in Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:Originally, the district was named Noen Sala. However, as the old location was not convenient for transportation, the district office was moved to the west bank of the Chao Phraya river at Ban Krok Phra in 1899...

. Khun Lat Boriban (ขุนลาดบริบาล), the head of the Tambon developed the infrastructure of the tambon. In 1913, he proposed to the governor of Nakhon Sawan that the tambon should be upgraded to a district. The project was approved and the new district created.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Khanu Woralaksaburi
Amphoe Khanu Woralaksaburi
Khanu Woralaksaburi is a district in the southern part of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-History:In 1987 history students from Silpakorn University surveyed in Khanu Woralaksaburi district area. They found stone axe, clay pot and beads of the Khao Kalon community...

 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 :...

, Banphot Phisai
Amphoe Banphot Phisai
Banphot Phisai is the northernmost district of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:At first, the central tambon was Tambon Ta Sang...

, Mueang Nakhon Sawan
Amphoe Mueang Nakhon Sawan
Mueang Nakhon Sawan is the capital district of Nakhon Sawan Province, in northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Banphot Phisai, Kao Liao, Chum Saeng, Tha Tako, Phayuha Khiri, Krok Phra, Lat Yao....

 and Krok Phra
Amphoe Krok Phra
Krok Phra is a district in Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:Originally, the district was named Noen Sala. However, as the old location was not convenient for transportation, the district office was moved to the west bank of the Chao Phraya river at Ban Krok Phra in 1899...

 of Nakhon Sawan Province, Sawang Arom
Amphoe Sawang Arom
Sawang Arom is a district in the northern part of Uthai Thani Province, northern Thailand.-History:This area was originally called Ban Sawang Chaeng Sabai Chai. In a Thai-Burmese war of Ayutthaya era, the troops began fighting in Lat Yao area in the night and finished at the village in the morning...

 of Uthai Thani Province
Uthai Thani Province
Uthai Thani is one of the provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Suphan Buri, Kanchanaburi and Tak.-Geography:...

, and Chum Ta Bong and Mae Wong
Amphoe Mae Wong
Mae Wong is a district in the western part of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:The minor district Mae Wong was created on April 1 1992, when the six tambon Mae Wong, Mae Le, Wang San, Khao Chon Kan, Pang Sawan and Huai Nam Hom were split off from Lat Yao district...

 of Nakhon Sawan again.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 12 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 149 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...

). Lat Yao and Sanchao Kai To are two townships (thesaban tambon), each covering parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 12 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. Lat Yao ลาดยาว 21 18,811
2. Huai Nam Hom ห้วยน้ำหอม 9 6,773
3. Wang Ma วังม้า 16 6,883
4. Wang Mueang วังเมือง 10 3,082
5. Soi Lakhon สร้อยละคร 10 2,693
6. Map Kae มาบแก 7 2,590
7. Nong Yao หนองยาว 9 4,823
8. Nong Nom Wua หนองนมวัว 9 5,149
9. Ban Rai บ้านไร่ 24 12,611
10. Noen Khilek เนินขี้เหล็ก 12 6,506
16. Sanchao Kai To ศาลเจ้าไก่ต่อ 12 13,491
17. Sa Kaeo สระแก้ว 10 8,292

The missing numbers 11-15 were split off as Mae Wong district
Amphoe Mae Wong
Mae Wong is a district in the western part of Nakhon Sawan Province, northern Thailand.-History:The minor district Mae Wong was created on April 1 1992, when the six tambon Mae Wong, Mae Le, Wang San, Khao Chon Kan, Pang Sawan and Huai Nam Hom were split off from Lat Yao district...

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