Amphoe Na Yung
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Na Yung is the northwesternmost 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...

) of Udon Thani Province
Udon Thani Province
Udon Thani is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Sakon Nakhon, Kalasin, Khon Kaen, Nong Bua Lamphu and Loei.- 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...

.

History

The area was separated from Nam Som district
Amphoe Nam Som
Nam Som is a district in the northwestern part of Udon Thani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Na Yung, Ban Phue of Udon Thani Province, Suwannakhuha of Nongbua Lamphu Province and Pak Chom of Loei Province.-History:The minor district was created on May 12...

 and created to as a minor district (King Amphoe) on January 1, 1988
. It was upgraded to a full district on September 7, 1995.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southeast clockwise) Ban Phue
Amphoe Ban Phue
Ban Phue is a district in the northwestern part of Udon Thani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sangkhom, Pho Tak, Tha Bo and Sakhrai of Nong Khai Province, Phen, Mueang Udon Thani and Kut Chap of Udon Thani Province, Suwannakhuha of Nongbua Lamphu Province,...

, Nam Som
Amphoe Nam Som
Nam Som is a district in the northwestern part of Udon Thani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Na Yung, Ban Phue of Udon Thani Province, Suwannakhuha of Nongbua Lamphu Province and Pak Chom of Loei Province.-History:The minor district was created on May 12...

 of Udon Thani Province, Pak Chom
Amphoe Pak Chom
Pak Chom is the northeasternmost district of Loei Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district Pak Chom was created on September 1 1967, when the three tambon Pak Chom, Hat Khamphi and Chiang Klom were split off from Chiang Khan district...

 of Loei Province
Loei Province
Loei is one of the most sparsely populated provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East. Neighboring provinces are Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Nongbua Lamphu, Khon Kaen, Phetchabun, Phitsanulok...

, Sangkhom
Amphoe Sangkhom
Sangkhom is the westernmost district of Nong Khai Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Si Chiang Mai, Pho Tak of Nong Khai Province, Na Yung of Udon Thani Province and Pak Chom of Loei Province...

 and Pho Tak
Amphoe Pho Tak
Pho Tak is a district of Nong Khai Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sangkhom, Si Chiang Mai and Tha Bo of Nong Khai Province, and Ban Phue of Udon Thani Province.-History:...

 of Nong Khai Province
Nong Khai Province
Nong Khai is the northernmost of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani and Loei...

.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 4 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 40 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...

). There are no municipal (thesaban
Thesaban
Thesaban are the municipalities in Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities - city, town and subdistrict municipality. Both Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities outside the thesaban system....

) areas, and 4 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. Na Yung นายูง 10 7,602
2. Ban Kong บ้านก้อง 11 6,627
3. Na Khae นาแค 8 4,148
4. Non Thong โนนทอง 11 7,324

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