Uthumphon Phisai 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 western 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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Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Rasi Salai

Amphoe Rasi Salai

Rasi Salai is a district in the northern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.- Geography :Neighboring districts are Phanom Phrai of Roi Et Province, Sila Lat of Sisaket Province, Maha Chana Chai and Kho Wang of Yasothon Province, Yang Chum Noi, Mueang Sisaket, Uthumphon Phisai and...

, Mueang Sisaket, Wang Hin

Amphoe Wang Hin

Wang Hin is a district in the central part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Sisaket, Phayu, Phrai Bueng, Khukhan, Prang Ku and Uthumphon Phisai....

, Prang Ku

Amphoe Prang Ku

Prang Ku is a district in the western part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand. The district with the most arid province Si Sa Ket And drought-ranked Thailand.-Geography:...

, Huai Thap Than

Amphoe Huai Thap Than

Huai Thap Than is a district in the western part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Mueang Chan, Uthumphon Phisai and Prang Ku of Sisaket Province, and Samrong Thap of Surin Province.-History:The minor district Haui Thap Than was established on...

, Mueang Chan

Amphoe Mueang Chan

Mueang Chan is a district of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on April 1 1992, when three tambon were split off from Uthumphon Phisai district...

, Pho Si Suwan

Amphoe Pho Si Suwan

Pho Si Suwan is a district in the northwestern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district was established on April 30, 1994, when it was split off from Uthumphon Phisai district....

 and Bueng Bun

Amphoe Bueng Bun

Bueng Bun is a district of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The minor district was created on July 18, 1977, when the four tambon Po, Dot, Siao and Nong Ma were split off from Uthumphon Phisai district. 1979 all subdistricts except Po were returned to Uthumphon Phisai...

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History

The district goes back to the Mueang

Mueang

Mueang were historical semi-independent city-states or principalities in present-day Thailand, Laos, parts of northern Vietnam and the Shan State of Myanmar. Smaller Mueang were subordinate to more powerful neighboring Mueang, which in turn were subordinate to the central king, as described in...

Uthumphon Phisai, which was converted into a district in 1911, then named Phachim Sisaket (ปจิมศีร์ษะเกษ). In 1913 it was renamed back to Uthomphon Phisai. The district office was located in Ban Samrong Yai, tambon Samrong.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 19 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 232 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...

). Kamphaeng is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Kamphaeng. There are further 19 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.	Kamphaeng	กำแพง	9	9,787
2.	I Lam	อี่หล่ำ	12	4,343
3.	Kan Lueang	ก้านเหลือง	20	9,287
4.	Thung Chai	ทุ่งไชย	9	4,579
5.	Samrong	สำโรง	17	7,851
6.	Khaem	แขม	12	4,424
7.	Nong Hai	หนองไฮ	12	5,320
8.	Khayung	ขะยูง	13	5,425
10.	Ta Ket	ตาเกษ	12	4,025
11.	Hua Chang	หัวช้าง	11	4,590
12.	Rang Raeng	รังแร้ง	12	5,391
14.	Tae	แต้	8	2,853
15.	Khae	แข้	9	4,855
16.	Pho Chai	โพธิ์ชัย	11	4,888
17.	Pa Ao	ปะอาว	14	5,194
18.	Nong Hang	หนองห้าง	17	8,808
22.	Sa Kamphaeng Yai	สระกำแพงใหญ่	14	8,875
24.	Khok Lam	โคกหล่าม	10	3,720
25.	Khok Chan	โคกจาน	10	5,403

Missing numbers are tambon which now form the districts Mueang Chan and Pho Si Suwan.