Amphoe Mueang Kalasin
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Mueang Kalasin is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Kalasin Province
Kalasin Province
Kalasin is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Sakon Nakhon, Mukdahan, Roi Et, Maha Sarakham, Khon Kaen and Udon Thani.-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 north clockwise) Sahatsakhan
Amphoe Sahatsakhan
Sahatsakhan is a district in the central part of Kalasin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Somdet, Mueang Kalasin, Nong Kung Si, Sam Chai and Kham Muang of Kalasin Province....

, Somdet
Amphoe Somdet
Somdet is a district in the northeastern part of Kalasin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Huai Phueng, Na Mon, Mueang Kalasin, Sahatsakhan, Kham Muang of Kalasin Province and Phu Phan of Sakon Nakhon Province.-History:The minor district Somdet was created on...

, Na Mon
Amphoe Na Mon
Na Mon is a district in the eastern part of Kalasin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Huai Phueng, Kuchinarai, Don Chan, Mueang Kalasin and Somdet of Kalasin Province.-History:...

, Don Chan, Kamalasai
Amphoe Kamalasai
Kamalasai is a district in the southern part of Kalasin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Khong Chai, Mueang Kalasin, Don Chan of Kalasin Province, Pho Chai of Roi Et Province, Rong Kham of Kalasin Province again and Changhan of Roi Et Province...

, Khong Chai, Yang Talat
Amphoe Yang Talat
Yang Talat is a district in the western part of Kalasin Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Huai Mek, Nong Kung Si, Mueang Kalasin, Khong Chai of Kalasin Province, Kantharawichai and Chiang Yuen of Maha Sarakham Province.-History:Originally named Pachim Kalasin ,...

 and Nong Kung Si
Amphoe Nong Kung Si
Nong Kung Si is a district in the western part of Kalasin Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The government separated Tambon Nong Kung Si and Khok Khruea from Tha Khantho district and created Nong Kung Si minor district on September 14, 1973. Later Tambon Nong Bua of Sahatsakhan district...

 of Kalasin Province.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 17 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 180 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) covers the whole tambon Kalasin. There are three townships (thesaban tambon) - Nong So covers the whole tambon Lam Pao and parts of Lamkhlong; Na Chan covers the whole tambon Na Chan and parts of Phai and Phu Po; and Huai Pho covers the whole tambon Huai Pho. There are further 16 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. Kalasin กาฬสินธุ์
37,929
2. Nuea เหนือ 12 7,584
3. Lup หลุบ 15 10,831
4. Phai ไผ่ 9 5,122
5. Lam Pao ลำปาว 11 5,797
6. Lam Phan ลำพาน 16 8,973
7. Chiang Khruea เชียงเครือ 10 7,123
8. Bueng Wichai บึงวิชัย 9 6,052
9. Huai Pho ห้วยโพธิ์ 17 11,222
11. Phu Po ภูปอ 9 6,457
13. Phu Din ภูดิน 14 5,554
15. Nong Kung หนองกุง 8 4,827
16. Klang Muen กลางหมื่น 12 4,697
17. Khamin ขมิ้น 11 6,405
19. Phon Thong โพนทอง 8 5,658
20. Na Chan นาจารย์ 9 6,010
21. Lam Khlong ลำคลอง 10 5,338

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Don Chan district.
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