Yang Chum Noi 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 northern 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...

. Onion production is the largest source of Si Sa Ket province. More than 3,000 farmers are planting shallots shallots acre production area of over 9300 of approximately 26,000 tons per year.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise) Kanthararom

Amphoe Kanthararom

Kanthararom is a district in the northeastern part of Sisaket Province, northeastern Thailand.-History:The district was established in 1897, then named Uthai Sisaket . It was renamed to Kanthararom in 1913...

, Mueang Sisaket and 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...

 of Sisaket Province, Kho Wang

Amphoe Kho Wang

Kho Wang is a district of Yasothon Province in northeastern Thailand.-History:Kho Wang was once called Non Kho village, but a monk named Wang from Amphoe Kanthararom in Sisaket Province came to live and teach in the area...

 of Yasothon Province

Yasothon Province

Yasothon is one of the provinces of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand on the Chi River. Neighboring provinces are Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Sisaket and Roi Et.-Geography:...

 and Khueang Nai

Amphoe Khueang Nai

Khueang Nai is a district in the northwestern part of Ubon Ratchathani Province, northeastern Thailand.-Geography:Neighboring districts are Muang Sam Sip, Mueang Ubon Ratchathani of Ubon Ratchathani province, Kanthararom, Yang Chum Noi of Sisaket Province, Kho Wang, Maha Chana Chai, Kham Khuean...

 of Ubon Ratchathani Province

Ubon Ratchathani Province

-History:The area was part of the Khmer Empire. Before the late eighteenth century, this area evidently was outside Siamese or Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom....

.

History

The minor district (King Amphoe) Yang Chum Noi was established on September 1 1971, when the three tambon Yang Chum Noi, Khon Kam and Lin Fa were split off from Mueang Sisaket district. On March 25 1979 it was upgraded to a full district.

Administration

The district is subdivided into 7 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 86 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...

). Yang Chum Noi is a township (thesaban tambon) which covers parts of tambon Yang Chum Noi. There are further 7 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.	Yang Chum Noi	ยางชุมน้อย	10	6,119
2.	Lin Fa	ลิ้นฟ้า	19	6,236
3.	Khon Kam	คอนกาม	14	5,795
4.	Non Khun	โนนคูณ	14	6,654
5.	Kut Mueang Ham	กุดเมืองฮาม	8	3,310
6.	Bueng Bon	บึงบอน	13	5,725
7.	Yang Chum Yai	ยางชุมใหญ่	8	3,152