Amphoe Phu Sing
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Phu Sing 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 southwestern part of Sisaket Province
Sisaket Province
Sisaket , is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Surin, Roi Et, Yasothon and Ubon Ratchathani. To the south it borders Oddar Meancheay and Preah Vihear of Cambodia.-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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History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was created on April 1 1991, when the six tambon Khok Tan, Huai Ta Mon, Huai Tuekchu, Lalom, Takhian Ram and Dong Rak were split off from Khunkhan district
Amphoe Khukhan
- Geography :Neighboring districts are Prang Ku, Wang Hin, Phrai Bueng, Khun Han and Phu Sing of Sisaket Province, and Buachet and Sangkha of Surin Province....

. It was upgraded to a full district on September 8 1995.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise) Buachet
Amphoe Buachet
Buachet is a district in the southeastern part of Surin Province, northeastern Thailand.- History :The minor district Buachet was created on 21 August 1978 when the three tambon, Buachet, Sadao, and Charat, were split off from Sangkha district. At first a temporary district office was...

 of Surin Province
Surin Province
Surin is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Buriram, Maha Sarakham, Roi Et and Sisaket...

, Khukhan
Amphoe Khukhan
- Geography :Neighboring districts are Prang Ku, Wang Hin, Phrai Bueng, Khun Han and Phu Sing of Sisaket Province, and Buachet and Sangkha of Surin Province....

, Khun Han
Amphoe Khun Han
Khun Han is a district in the southern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:In 1958 the minor district Khun Han was upgraded to a full district.-Geography:...

 of Sisaket Province and Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

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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 85 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 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. Khok Tan โคกตาล 13 7,324
2. Huai Ta Mon ห้วยตามอญ 10 6,212
3. Huai Tuekchu ห้วยตึ๊กชู 18 11,313
4. Lalom ละลม 13 7,554
5. Takhian Ram ตะเคียนราม 14 5,928
6. Dong Rak ดงรัก 8 5,770
7. Phrai Phatthana ไพรพัฒนา 9 6,484

sa-ngam new town

Phu Sing is one of three district of Si Sa Ket province. The area adjacent to Cambodia The area has been developed as a source of trade, investment and tourism in the future by creating asa-ngam new town is a place for support to trade Exchange between the two countries and is the location of government agencies such as Transportation. Custom Channel and Office of Immigration.

sa-ngam New Town located at Phu Sing district, Sisaket province. Miles from the Cambodian border for a distance of 2 kilometers to the present has not been officially activated in any way.
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