Chumphon Buri ( th, ชุมพลบุรี, ) is a district (''

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'') in the northwestern part of Surin province, northeastern

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History

The district dates back to ''

Mueang Mueang ( th, เมือง ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( lo, ເມືອງ ''mɯ́ang'', ; Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''muang''), Mong ( shn, ''mə́ŋ'', ), Meng () or Mường (Vietnamese), were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or principali ...

'' Chumphon Buri, which was converted into a district during the ''thesaphiban'' administrative reform c. 1900. On 22 February 1938 the eastern part of the district was split off to form

Tha Tum district Tha Tum ( th, ท่าตูม, ) is a district ('' amphoe'') in the northern part of Surin province, northeastern Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the east clockwise): Rattanaburi, Sanom and Chom Phra of Surin Province ...

. The remaining district was considered to be too small to be a full district and was thus reduced to a minor district (''

king amphoe An amphoe (sometimes also ''amphur'', th, อำเภอ, )—usually translated as "district"—is the second level administrative subdivision of Thailand. Groups of ''amphoe'' or districts make up the provinces, and are analogous to countie ...

'') on 4 March 1938. On 20 February 1953 it regained full district status.dopasurin.th.gs

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise): Phayakkhaphum Phisai of Maha Sarakham province; Kaset Wisai of Roi Et province;

Tha Tum Tha Tum ( th, ท่าตุ้ม, ) is a village and ''tambon'' (subdistrict) of Pa Sang District, in Lamphun Province, Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Sou ...

of Surin Province; and Satuek, Khaen Dong, Khu Mueang and Phutthaisong of Buriram province.

Administration

The district is divided into nine sub-districts (''

tambon ''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district (''amphoe'') and province (''changwat''), they form the third administrative subdivision level. there were 7,255 tambons, not including the 180 ''khwaeng'' ...

s''), which are further subdivided into 122 villages (''

muban Muban ( th, หมู่บ้าน; , ) is the lowest administrative sub-division of Thailand. Usually translated as 'village' and sometimes as 'hamlet', they are a subdivision of a tambon (subdistrict). , there were 74,944 administrative mu ...

s''). Chumphon Buri is a township (''

thesaban tambon Thesaban ( th, เทศบาล, , ) are the municipalities of Thailand. There are three levels of municipalities: city, town, and sub-district. Bangkok and Pattaya are special municipal entities not included in the ''thesaban'' system. The mu ...

'') and covers parts of ''tambon'' Chumphon Buri. There are a further nine tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

References

External links

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