Amphoe Si Somdet
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Si Somdet 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 Roi Et Province
Roi Et Province
Roi Et is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring Provinces are Kalasin, Mukdahan, Yasothon, Sisaket, Surin and Maha Sarakham....

, 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 north clockwise) Mueang Roi Et
Amphoe Mueang Roi Et
Mueang Roi Et is the capital district in the western part of Roi Et Province, northeastern Thailand.- History :Mueang Roi Et is an ancient city. The area around the city was made into a district in 1908...

 and Chaturaphak Phiman
Amphoe Chaturaphak Phiman
Chaturaphak Phiman is a district in the western part of Roi Et Province, Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Si Somdet, Mueang Roi Et, At Samat , Mueang Suang, Kaset Wisai of Roi Et Province and Wapi Pathum of Maha Sarakham Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided into 12...

 of Roi Et Province, Wapi Pathum
Amphoe Wapi Pathum
Wapi Pathum is a district of Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Na Dun, Na Chueak, Borabue, Mueang Maha Sarakham and Kae Dam of Maha Sarakham Province, Si Somdet, Chaturaphak Phiman, Kaset Wisai and Pathum Rat of Roi Et Province.-History:The...

, Kae Dam
Amphoe Kae Dam
Kae Dam is a district in the east of Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Wapi Pathum and Mueang Maha Sarakham of Maha Sarakham Province, and Si Somdet of Roi Et Province....

 and Mueang Maha Sarakham
Amphoe Mueang Maha Sarakham
Mueang Maha Sarakham is the capital district of Maha Sarakham Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Kae Dam, Wapi Pathum, Borabue, Kosum Phisai and Kantharawichai of Maha Sarakham Province, Khong Chai of Kalasin Province, and Changhan, Mueang Roi Et and Si Somdet...

 of Maha Sarakham Province
Maha Sarakham Province
Maha Sarakham is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the northeastern region of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Kalasin, Roi Et, Surin, Buriram and Khon Kaen....

.

History

The district was created on April 1 1987, when the five tambon Pho Thong, Si Somdet, Mueang Plueai, Nong Yai and Suan Chik were split off from Mueang Roi Et district
Amphoe Mueang Roi Et
Mueang Roi Et is the capital district in the western part of Roi Et Province, northeastern Thailand.- History :Mueang Roi Et is an ancient city. The area around the city was made into a district in 1908...

. It was upgraded to a full district on July 4 1994.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 8 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 82 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 8 Tambon administrative organization (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. Pho Thong โพธิ์ทอง 7 2,877
2. Si Somdet ศรีสมเด็จ 13 6,079
3. Mueang Plueai เมืองเปลือย 8 3,075
4. Nong Yai หนองใหญ่ 10 3,883
5. Suan Chik สวนจิก 14 5,447
6. Phosai โพธิ์สัย 10 8,043
7. Nong Waeng Khuang หนองแวงควง 12 4,926
8. Ban Bak บ้านบาก 8 2,831

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