Amphoe Sung Men
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Sung Men 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 Phrae Province
Phrae Province
Phrae is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phayao, Nan, Uttaradit, Sukhothai and Lampang.-Geography:Phrae is located in the valley of the river Yom.-History:...

, 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...

.

History

In 1903 the district name was Mae Phuak (แม่พวก) and was centered in Ban Sung Men. The government changed the district name to Sung Men in 1917.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the southwest clockwise) Den Chai
Amphoe Den Chai
Den Chai is a district in the southern part of Phrae Province, northern Thailand.- History :In the reign of King Chulalongkorn , Tai people working for the jewel mine at Doi Pok Ka Long robbed Mueang Phrae. The king ordered Phraya Surasak Montri to solve the problems. Phraya Surasak Montri based...

, Long
Amphoe Long
Long is a district in the western part of Phrae Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Song, Nong Muang Khai, Mueang Phrae, Sung Men, Den Chai, Wang Chin of Phrae Province, Mae Tha and Mae Mo of Lampang Province.The Doi Pha Klong National Park is located in Long...

, Mueang Phrae
Amphoe Mueang Phrae
Mueang Phrae is the capital district of Phrae Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Sung Men, Long, Nong Muang Khai, Rong Kwang of Phrae Province, Na Muen of Nan Province and Tha Pla of Uttaradit Province.-Administration:The district is subdivided into 20 subdistricts...

 of Phrae Province, Tha Pla
Amphoe Tha Pla
Tha Pla is an Amphoe of Uttaradit Province, in northern Thailand.-History:The district Tha Pla was originally part of Nan Province until it was reassigned in 1923 to Uttaradit Province.-Geography:...

 and Mueang Uttaradit
Amphoe Mueang Uttaradit
Mueang Uttaradit is the capital district of Uttaradit Province, northern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Tha Pla, Thong Saen Khan, Tron, Laplae of Uttaradit Province and Den Chai of Phrae Province....

 of Uttaradit Province
Uttaradit Province
Uttaradit is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, Phrae and Nan...

.

The important water resource is the Yom River
Yom River
The Yom River is the dime main tributary of the Nan River . The Yom originates in Pong district, Phayao Province, Thailand...

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Administration

The district is subdivided into 12 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 109 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...

). The townships (thesaban tambon) Sung Men covers parts of tambon Sung Men. There are further 12 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. Sung Men สูงเม่น 9 7,711
2. Nam Cham น้ำชำ 15 10,094
3. Hua Fai หัวฝาย 13 10,610
4. Don Mun ดอนมูล 10 7,701
5. Ban Lao บ้านเหล่า 9 5,885
6. Ban Kwang บ้านกวาง 6 3,496
7. Ban Pong บ้านปง 6 5,151
8. Ban Kat บ้านกาศ 7 3,427
9. Rong Kat ร่องกาศ 11 7,641
10. Sop Sai สบสาย 6 3,891
11. Wiang Thong เวียงทอง 12 10,485
12. Phra Luang พระหลวง 5 4,037

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