Mueang Maha Sarakham is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Maha Sarakham Province

Maha Sarakham Province

Maha Sarakham is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the northeastern region of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kalasin, Roi Et, Surin, Buriram and Khon Kaen....

, 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...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Kae Dam

Amphoe Kae Dam

Kae Dam is a district in the east of Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Wapi Pathum and Mueang Maha Sarakham of Maha Sarakham Province, and Si Somdet of Roi Et Province....

, Wapi Pathum

Amphoe Wapi Pathum

Wapi Pathum is a district of Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Na Dun, Na Chueak, Borabue, Mueang Maha Sarakham and Kae Dam of Maha Sarakham Province, Si Somdet, Chaturaphak Phiman, Kaset Wisai and Pathum Rat of Roi Et Province.-History:The...

, Borabue

Amphoe Borabue

Borabue is a district in the central part of Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand.- Geography :Neighboring districts are Kosum Phisai, Mueang Maha Sarakham, Wapi Pathum, Na Chueak and Kut Rang.- History :...

, Kosum Phisai

Amphoe Kosum Phisai

Kosum Phisai is a district in the northern part of Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Chiang Yuen, Kantharawichai, Mueang Maha Sarakham, Borabue and Kut Rang of Maha Sarakham Province, Ban Phai, Ban Haet and Mueang Khon Kaen of Khon Kaen...

 and Kantharawichai

Amphoe Kantharawichai

Kantharawichai is a district in the northern part of Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Maha Sarakham, Kosum Phisai and Chiang Yuen of Maha Sarakham Province, Yang Talat and Khong Chai of Kalasin Province.-History:The district goes back to...

 of Maha Sarakham Province, Khong Chai 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:...

, and Changhan

Amphoe Changhan

Changhan is a district in the northwestern part of Roi Et Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Chiang Khwan and Mueang Roi Et of Roi Et Province, Mueang Maha Sarakham of Maha Sarakham Province, Khong Chai and Kamalasai of Kalasin Province.-History:The minor...

, Mueang Roi Et

Amphoe Mueang Roi Et

Mueang Roi Et is the capital district in the western part of Roi Et Province, northeastern Thailand.- History :Mueang Roi Et is an ancient city. The area around the city was made into a district in 1908...

 and Si Somdet

Amphoe Si Somdet

-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Roi Et and Chaturaphak Phiman of Roi Et Province, Wapi Pathum, Kae Dam and Mueang Maha Sarakham of Maha Sarakham Province.-History:...

 of Roi Et Province

Roi Et Province

Roi Et is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring Provinces are Kalasin, Mukdahan, Yasothon, Sisaket, Surin and Maha Sarakham....

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 14 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 182 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) Maha Sarakham

Maha Sarakham

Maha Sarakham is the capital city of Maha Sarakham Province in Thailand's Northeastern region. Sarakham, as it is known to its inhabitants, is located in a rice-growing area on the southern Korat plain, straddling the Chi River....

 covers the whole tambon Talat. The township (thesaban tambon Waeng Nang covers parts of tambon Waeng Nang. There are further 13 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.	Talat	ตลาด
40,298
2.	Khwao	เขวา	24	14,415
3.	Tha Tum	ท่าตูม	10	5,346
4.	Waeng Nang	แวงน่าง	17	12,997
5.	Khok Ko	โคกก่อ	16	8,104
6.	Don Wan	ดอนหว่าน	9	4,943
7.	Koeng	เกิ้ง	12	7,487
8.	Kaeng Loeng Chan	แก่งเลิงจาน	16	7,856
9.	Tha Song Khon	ท่าสองคอน	23	13,238
10.	Lat Phatthana	ลาดพัฒนา	19	7,650
11.	Nong Pling	หนองปลิง	8	5,050
12.	Huai Aeng	ห้วยแอ่ง	10	3,566
13.	Nong No	หนองโน	8	5,968
14.	Bua Kho	บัวค้อ	10	5,407