Amphoe Sai Thong Watthana
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Sai Thong Watthana 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...

) of Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kamphaeng Phet Province
Kamphaeng Phet is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the north of the country. Neighboring provinces are Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan and Tak.- Etymology :...

, 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...

.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Bueng Samakkhi
Amphoe Bueng Samakkhi
Bueng Samakkhi is a district in the eastern part of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-History:Tambon Rahan, Wang Cha-on and Bueng Samakkhi were separated from Khanu Woralaksaburi district to form the minor district Bueng Samakkhi on April 30, 1994...

, Khlong Khlung
Amphoe Khlong Khlung
Khlong Khlung is a district in the central part of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Kamphaeng Phet, Sai Thong Watthana, Bueng Samakkhi, Khanu Woralaksaburi, Pang Sila Thong and Khlong Lan of Kamphaeng Phet Province.-Administration:The...

 and Sai Ngam
Amphoe Sai Ngam
Sai Ngam is a district in the eastern part of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sai Thong Watthana, Mueang Kamphaeng Phet, Phran Kratai, Lan Krabue of Kamphaeng Phet Province, Wachirabarami and Sam Ngam of Phichit Province.-History:The minor district...

 of Kamphaeng Phet Province, and Sam Ngam
Amphoe Sam Ngam
Sam Ngam is a district in the northwestern part of Phichit Province, northern Thailand.-History:Originally Sam Ngam was a tambon of Tha Luang district...

 of Phichit Province.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) was established on April 1 1992 by splitting off three tambon from Khlong Khlung district
Amphoe Khlong Khlung
Khlong Khlung is a district in the central part of Kamphaeng Phet Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Kamphaeng Phet, Sai Thong Watthana, Bueng Samakkhi, Khanu Woralaksaburi, Pang Sila Thong and Khlong Lan of Kamphaeng Phet Province.-Administration:The...

. Originally named Thung Sai after the central tambon, it was renamed to Sai Thong Watthana in 1995. It was upgraded to a full district on October 11 1997.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 3 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 37 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 3 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. Thung Sai ทุ่งทราย 17 9,964
2. Thung Thong ทุ่งทอง 10 7,221
3. Thawon Watthana ถาวรวัฒนา 10 6,786

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