Amphoe Pathum Ratchawongsa
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Pathum Ratchawongsa is a 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...

) in the eastern part of Amnat Charoen Province
Amnat Charoen Province
Amnat Charoen is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Ubon Ratchathani, Yasothon and Mukdahan. To the east it borders Salavan of Laos.-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...

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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Phana
Amphoe Phana
Phana is a district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The district goes back to the Mueang Phana Nikhon , which was a subordinate of Mueang Ubon Ratchathani. It was converted into a district in 1914. The district office was located in Ban Khulu, which is now in Trakan...

, Mueang Amnat Charoen
Amphoe Mueang Amnat Charoen
Mueang Amnat Charoen is the capital district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Originally Amnat Charoen was a Mueang under Mueang Khemarat. In the thesaphiban administrative reforms around 1900 it was reassigned to Ubon Ratchathani and converted into a district. It was...

, Chanuman
Amphoe Chanuman
Chanuman is the northeasternmost district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Mueang Chanuman Monthon was established in 1879. As it was a subordinate Mueang of Ubon Ratchathani, it became a district of Ubon Ratchathani province during the thesaphiban administrative reform...

 of Amnat Charoen Province, Khemarat
Amphoe Khemarat
Khemarat is the northernmost district of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Mueang Khemarat is an ancient city. It was a first class city during Rattanakosin era and reported directly to Bangkok...

, Kut Khaopun
Amphoe Kut Khaopun
Kut Khaopun is a district in the northern part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district Kut Khaopun was created on July 12 1971, when the four tambon Khaopun, Ka Bin, Kaeng Kheng and Non Sawang were split off from Trakan Phuet Phon district...

 and Trakan Phuet Phon
Amphoe Trakan Phuet Phon
Trakan Phuet Phon is a district in the northern part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Kut Khaopun, Pho Sai, Si Mueang Mai, Tan Sum, Don Mot Daeng, Lao Suea Kok of Ubon Ratchathani province, Pathum Ratchawongsa and Phana of Amnat Charoen...

 of Ubon Ratchathani Province
Ubon Ratchathani Province
-History:The area was part of the Khmer Empire. Before the late eighteenth century, this area evidently was outside Siamese or Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom....

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History

The district was created on July 2 1993, consisting of the three tambon Kham Phon, Nong Kha and Na Wa from Chanuman district
Amphoe Chanuman
Chanuman is the northeasternmost district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Mueang Chanuman Monthon was established in 1879. As it was a subordinate Mueang of Ubon Ratchathani, it became a district of Ubon Ratchathani province during the thesaphiban administrative reform...

, Lue and Huai from Phana
Amphoe Phana
Phana is a district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The district goes back to the Mueang Phana Nikhon , which was a subordinate of Mueang Ubon Ratchathani. It was converted into a district in 1914. The district office was located in Ban Khulu, which is now in Trakan...

 and Non Ngam from Amnat Charoen district
Amphoe Mueang Amnat Charoen
Mueang Amnat Charoen is the capital district of Amnat Charoen Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Originally Amnat Charoen was a Mueang under Mueang Khemarat. In the thesaphiban administrative reforms around 1900 it was reassigned to Ubon Ratchathani and converted into a district. It was...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 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 73 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...

). Na Wa Yai is a subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of the tambon Na Wa and Na Pa Saeng. There are further 7 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. Nong Kha หนองข่า 9 6,259
2. Kham Phon คำโพน 10 7,255
3. Na Wa นาหว้า 9 7,923
4. Lue ลือ 14 8,211
5. Huai ห้วย 13 6,996
6. Non Ngam โนนงาม 8 3,608
7. Na Pa Saeng นาป่าแซง 10 5,848

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