Amphoe Lue Amnat
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Lue Amnat 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...

) in the southern part 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...

.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Hua Taphan
Amphoe Hua Taphan
Hua Taphan is a district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district 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. It was upgraded to a full district on November...

, 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...

, Phana
Amphoe Phana
Phana is a district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The district goes back to the Mueang Phana Nikhon , which was a subordinate of Mueang Ubon Ratchathani. It was converted into a district in 1914. The district office was located in Ban Khulu, which is now in Trakan...

 of Amnat Charoen Province, and 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...

 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....

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History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was created on
April 1 1991, when 6 tambon 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...

. In 1993 it was one of the districts which formed the newly created Amnat Charoen province. The minor district was upgraded to a full district on December 5 1996.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 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 79 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...

). Amnat is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Amnat. 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. Amnat อำนาจ 11 4,911
2. Dong Ma Yang ดงมะยาง 7 3,964
3. Pueai เปือย 13 7,396
4. Dong Bang ดงบัง 16 6,463
5. Rai Khi ไร่ขี 10 4,600
6. Maet แมด 11 4,461
7. Khok Klang โคกกลาง 11 5,083

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