Mueang Sukhothai is the capital district (Amphoe Mueang) of Sukhothai Province

Sukhothai Province

Sukhothai is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phrae, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, and Lampang...

, 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...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise) Kong Krailat

Amphoe Kong Krailat

Kong Krailat is a district in the southeastern part of Sukhothai Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are : Khiri Mat and Mueang Sukhothai of Sukhothai Province, Phrom Phiram and Bang Rakam of Phitsanulok Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided into 11...

, Khiri Mat

Amphoe Khiri Mat

Khiri Mat is the southernmost district of Sukhothai Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Ban Dan Lan Hoi, Mueang Sukhothai and Kong Krailat of Sukhothai Province, Bang Rakam of Phitsanulok Province and Phran Kratai of Kamphaeng Phet Province.-Administration:The...

, Ban Dan Lan Hoi

Amphoe Ban Dan Lan Hoi

Ban Dan Lan Hoi is a district in the western part of Sukhothai Province, northern Thailand.- History :In the Sukhothai era, the district area was the western camp of Patrol soldiers. The village located nearby the camp was called Ban Lan Khoi...

 and Si Samrong

Amphoe Si Samrong

Si Samrong is a district in the central part of Sukhothai Province in northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Sukhothai, Ban Dan Lan Hoi, Thung Saliam and Sawankhalok of Sukhothai Province and Phrom Phiram of Phitsanulok Province.The important water resource is the Yom...

 of Sukhothai Province and Phrom Phiram

Amphoe Phrom Phiram

Phrom Phiram is a district in the northwestern part of Phitsanulok Province, northern Thailand.The district name means "the beautiful city of Brahma".- History :In 1972 historians explored the old city area of Mueang Phrom Phiram...

 of Phitsanulok Province

Phitsanulok Province

Phitsanulok is a provinces of Thailand, located in the north. Neighboring provinces are Loei, Phetchabun, Phichit, Kamphaeng Phet, Sukhothai, Uttaradit. In the north-east it also has a short border with Xaignabouli of Laos....

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The important water resource is the Yom River

Yom River

The Yom River is the dime main tributary of the Nan River . The Yom originates in Pong district, Phayao Province, Thailand...

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History

Originally named Mueang as the capital district of Sukhothai province, in 1917 the district was renamed to Thani . In 1932, the province Sukhothai was abolished and merged into Sawankhalok province. 1939 the province was renamed to Sukhothai, and the district, by then named Sukhothai Thani was renamed to Mueang Sukhothai.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 10 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 98 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) Sukhothai

New Sukhothai

Sukhothai is a small modern town about north of Bangkok on the River Yom, a tributary of the Chao Phraya River. Population 37,000. The city is located 12 km to the east of the historic city of Sukhothai , which was the capital of the first Thai kingdom, usually called the Sukhothai Kingdom,...

 covers the whole tambon Thani. there are further two subdistrict municipalities (thesaban tambon) - Ban Suan and Mueang Kao, each covering parts of the same-named tambon. There are further 9 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.	Name	Thai	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.	Thani	ธานี
16,479
2.	Ban Suan	บ้านสวน	14	14,249
3.	Mueang Kao	เมืองเก่า	11	17,482
4.	Pak Khwae	ปากแคว	9	9,195
5.	Yang Sai	ยางซ้าย	12	9,749
6.	Ban Kluai	บ้านกล้วย	14	17,270
7.	Ban Lum	บ้านหลุม	9	8,988
8.	Tan Tia	ตาลเตี้ย	11	4,245
9.	Pak Phra	ปากพระ	10	3,695
10.	Wang Thong Daeng	วังทองแดง	8	5,045

External links

• amphoe.com (Thai)