Amphoe Mueang Buriram
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Mueang Buriram is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Buriram Province
Buriram Province
Buri Ram or is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Sa Kaeo, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham and Surin. To the south-east it borders Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia...

, 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 south clockwise) Prakhon Chai
Amphoe Prakhon Chai
Prakhon Chai is a district in the southern part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Ban Kruat, Lahan Sai, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Nang Rong, Mueang Buriram, Phlapphla Chai of Buriram Province and Prasat of Surin Province.-Administration:The district is...

, Nang Rong
Amphoe Nang Rong
Nang Rong is a district of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Chamni, Mueang Buriram, Prakhon Chai, Chaloem Phra Kiat, Lahan Sai, Pakham, Non Suwan and Nong Ki of Buriram Province.It is the closest major town to the Phanom Rung Historical Park, and 11th...

, Chamni
Amphoe Chamni
Chamni is a district in the central part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Lam Plai Mat, Mueang Buriram, Nang Rong, Nong Ki and Nong Hong of Buriram Province.-History:...

, Lam Plai Mat
Amphoe Lam Plai Mat
Lam Plai Mat is a district of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khu Mueang, Mueang Buriram, Chamni, Nong Hong of Buriram Province, Huai Thalaeng, Chum Phuang and Lam Thamenchai of Nakhon Ratchasima Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided...

, Khu Mueang
Amphoe Khu Mueang
Khu Mueang is a district in the northern part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khaen Dong, Satuek, Ban Dan, Mueang Buriram, Lam Plai Mat of Buriram Province, Lam Thamenchai, Mueang Yang of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Phutthaisong of Buriram...

, Ban Dan, Huai Rat
Amphoe Huai Rat
-Geography:Neighboring districts are Krasang, Mueang Buriram, Ban Dan and Satuek of Buriram Province.-History:The minor district Huai Rat was created on April 1 1990, when the five tambon Huai Rat, Sam Waeng, Ta Sao, Ban Tako and Sanuan were split off from Mueang Buriram district...

 and Krasang
Amphoe Krasang
Krasang is a district in the eastern part of Buriram Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Phlapphla Chai, Mueang Buriram, Huai Rat, Satuek of Buriram Province and Mueang Surin of Surin Province.-History:Originally part of tambon Song Chan of Mueang Buriram...

 of Buriram Province.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 19 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 320 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...

). The town (thesaban mueang) Buriram
Buriram
Buri Ram is a town in Thailand, capital of the Buriram Province, about 410 km northeast of Bangkok. The town covers the whole tambon Nai Mueang of Mueang Buriram district...

 covers the whole tambon Nai Mueang. There are also 18 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. Nai Mueang
Nai Mueang
Nai Mueang is a small town and tambon of Phichai District, in Uttaradit Province, Thailand. In 2005 it had a total population of 8763 people. The tambon contains 8 villages....

ในเมือง
28,333
2. Isan อิสาณ 18 14,637
3. Samet เสม็ด 18 16,979
4. Ban Bua บ้านบัว 18 9,743
5. Sakae Phrong สะแกโพรง 26 12,675
6. Sawai Chik สวายจีก 19 11,550
8. Ban Yang บ้านยาง 19 12,846
12. Phra Khru พระครู 13 6,709
13. Thalung Lek ถลุงเหล็ก 16 5,706
14. Nong Tat หนองตาด 22 10,634
17. Lumpuk ลุมปุ๊ก 19 8,015
18. Song Hong สองห้อง 16 6,988
19. Bua Thong บัวทอง 15 6,470
20. Chum Het ชุมเห็ด 22 17,854
22. Lak Khet หลักเขต 14 6,463
25. Sakae Sam สะแกซำ 17 10,052
26. Kalantha กลันทา 13 7,007
27. Krasang กระสัง 19 7,009
28. Mueang Fang เมืองฝาง 16 7,579

Missing numbers are tambon which now form the districts Ban Dan and Huai Rat.
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