Prathai 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 northeastern part of Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Nakhon Ratchasima or , often shortened to Korat or Khorat , is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand...

, 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

Prathai village was built in Khmer era

Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful empires in Southeast Asia. The empire, which grew out of the former kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalized parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, and Malaysia. Its greatest legacy is Angkor, the site of the capital city...

. King Jayavarman II

Jayavarman II

Jayavarman II was a 9th century king of Cambodia, widely recognized as the founder of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of the Southeast Asian mainland for more than six hundred years. Historians formerly dated his reign as running from 802 AD to 850 AD, but some scholars now have set it back to...

 set his camp in the area when he expanded his power to the west. After his reign, Prathai was deserted. It became a community again in Sukhothai era.

Prathai in Khmer

Khmer language

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 means camp.

Tambon Prathai was separated from Bua Yai district

Amphoe Bua Yai

Bua Yai is a district in the northern part of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northern central Thailand.-History:Bua Yai dates back to the frontier town called Dan Nok . The center of the town was Ban Nong Lang Yai. In 1868, it was upgraded to be Amphoe Dan Nok and the town center was moved to Ban...

 to create a minor district (King Amphoe) on January 1, 1961 and officially upgraded to be full district in 1963.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Phon

Amphoe Phon

Phon is a district in the southern part of Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Waeng Noi, Waeng Yai, Chonnabot, Non Sila and Nong Song Hong of Khon Kaen Province, Bua Lai and Prathai of Nakhon Ratchasima Province.-Administration:The district is...

 and Nong Song Hong

Amphoe Nong Song Hong

Nong Song Hong is a district in the southern part of Khon Kaen Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Phon, Non Sila, Ban Phai and Pueai Noi of Khon Kaen Province, Na Chueak of Maha Sarakham Province, Na Pho, Phutthaisong and Ban Mai Chaiyaphot of Buriram Province,...

 of Khon Kaen Province

Khon Kaen Province

-History:The first city of the area was established in 1783 when Rajakruluang settled there with 330 people. King Rama I made Rajakruluang the first governor of the area when establishing tighter connections with the Isan area. The main city was moved six times until in 1879 it reached its modern...

, Ban Mai Chaiyaphot

Amphoe Ban Mai Chaiyaphot

Ban Mai Chaiyaphot is a district of Buriram Province, north-eastern Thailand.-History:The minor district Ban Mai Chaiyapho was created on April 1 1992 by splitting off five tambon from Phutthaisong district...

 of Buriram Province

Buriram Province

Buri Ram or is one of the north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Sa Kaeo, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham and Surin. To the south-east it borders Oddar Meancheay of Cambodia...

, and Mueang Yang, Chum Phuang

Amphoe Chum Phuang

Chum Phuang is a district in the eastern part of Nakhon Ratchasima province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Chum Phuang district area was separated from Phimai district...

, Phimai

Amphoe Phimai

Phimai is a district in the northeastern part of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:Phimai was an ancient Khmer city named Vimai or Vimayapura. A stone pillar dating to the reign of King Suryavarman I was found, naming the city Bhirapura meaning strong city...

, Non Daeng

Amphoe Non Daeng

Non Daeng is a district in the northeastern part of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand.-Etymology:The name of the district comes from Daeng trees -History:...

, Sida and Bua Lai of Nakhon Ratchasima Province.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 13 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...

). The subdistrict municipality (thesaban tambon) Prathai covers parts of the tambon Prathai.

No.	Name	Thai	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.	Prathai	ประทาย	10,252
3.	Krathum Rai	กระทุ่มราย	7,189
4.	Wang Mai Daeng	วังไม้แดง	6,351
6.	Talat Sai	ตลาดไทร	5,991
7.	Nong Phluang	หนองพลวง	5,611
8.	Nong Khai	หนองค่าย	4,971
9.	Han Huai Sai	หันห้วยทราย	5,655
10.	Don Man	ดอนมัน	5,278
13.	Nang Ram	นางรำ	5,835
14.	Non Phet	โนนเพ็ด	5,895
15.	Thung Sawang	ทุ่งสว่าง	4,638
17.	Khok Klang	โคกกลาง	6,038
18.	Mueang Don	เมืองโดน	4,076

Missing numbers are tambon which now form Non Daeng district.